Aunt Allie trying on Ella's Halloween costume:
Along with Grandma Susan, we attended an activity at the Hawes' home in Connecticuit. The special speaker was Glenn Beck who basically shared his conversion story. We also ran into some old friends from our Orlando days- the Merritts. So much fun to catch up with them! The church makes this a wonderfully small world.
Here is a clip of Glenn- sort of the same kind of things he shared the night we heard him speak:Just a good smiley shot of Ella taken sometime in November:
A HUGE thanks to a friend who gave Lexi & me the last-minute opportunity to attend the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular. This was the 75th year of the show and it was fantastic. Lexi could hardly stay in her seat! We had seats right smack in the middle of the orchestra which made for great views of everything. The ushers gave us programs (which included a pair of 3D glasses) and little light sticks with stars on top. During the show we saw a 3-D movie of Santa travelling from the North Pole to New York City. Other features that had Lexi on the edge of her seat: snow in the theater, streamers shot out over the audience, fireworks (!), real live animals walking across the stage, and at the end, everyone was asked to light up their little star sticks and the theater was aglow with little lights. So fun! This also happened to be a preview night and NBC was filming the show for a TV special (which I believe already aired) as well as a DVD. Before the show started, a crew member came out on stage and directed us to yell things like "Merry Christmas" and also to applaud and cheer quite loudly. It was fun. And, of course, I teared up!
Ella on December 5, 2007- 6 months old!
And finally, this short clip of the cat at my aunt&uncle's home checking out Ella. Seems the kitty has never seen a teeny tiny person (smaller than she is!) before. She just sat and stared at Ella, who was kicking her little legs, for quite some time.
