Ella's New Trick

Ella is growing leaps and bounds. She is watching us from across the room and is smiling almost all day. She recently has gotten sick and tired of laying down. When we put her in her boppy pillow next to us and starts working those little abs and moves her body to an upright position. Her head is so big that she can't hold it up so after a few minutes she falls to her side or falls forward. When she is laying at an angle where she can't move her body upright she cries and cries. It's amazing. My 2 month old is a little over-achiever. She must get that from her daddy! Here is a video from last night:


Since it's Labor day weekend Mark has 3 days off. Ella and I are enjoying having him around the house. We have been watching a lot of "Food Network Challenge". The last one we DVRed was about burgers. Mark was inspired!! He has been spending the morning looking at different concoctions. Should be a good dinner!! I'll post the recipe and a picture later.

Mark has been begging since the beginning of baseball season to get MLB game day. The price finally went down to $20 so I let him get it (haha... "I let him"). The Tigers are tearing it up right now! It's looking like they will get to the playsoffs. We are very exicted but at the same time we won't be there to cheer them on. In 2006 Mark and I were able to go to Game 4 of the ALDS when the Tigers beat the Yankees. What a great time. Oh, well. We'll have to enjoy it from Texas this year.

2 Weeks ago Mark noticed something wrong with Nola's paw. At first we just dismissed it as her getting into something she shouldn't have and getting cut. A few days later her paw was not looking good. So Ella and I took her to the vet. Apparently she had be bit twice by a bug. $120 in meds later we were told to come back in 2 weeks. One night I was looking at it and found a new "growth" on the bottom of her hurt paw. Like the infection has moved from the top to the bottom. We shall see what the Dr. has to say on Thursday. Hopefully it won't cost us another $125. Silly puppy. Doesn't she know I don't get a pay check until the end of October (hopefully)?!