goodbyes

it was a sad day when kiley, scotty and ellie left. i think it's really just hitting me now that they are there for good and not on a trip. it's hard. we have been able to face time and send videos but it's just not the same as holding that girl and seeing her face light up in the morning and seeing her smile!

i'm ready for a trip to cali :)

 matt had to say goodbye the night before, lots of hugs!!

                                       on the way to the airport! that sweet face!!!
the mozo's came down to the airport. kiley wanted to make this as easy and as low key as possible but she was really glad they came. they were a big help as luggage handlers for the 6 bags they had and ellie!
amber is always there with her camera to capture moments. so glad she is!

          saying good bye to ki. she has been all over the world but never lived far from home until now!

 jack, amber and yani. they all really love her, jack is especially attached and so good with her!

                                       caleb really  misses them!

 i don't know what is wrong with my shirt!! looks terrible but here we all are nonetheless!

            off to new adventures where gluten free food can be found on every corner and you can drive far as the eye can see!!

the babies

baxter was our baby before ellie came along, he wasn't quite sure about her in the beginning but grew to love her and be her "big brother".  he had to see her when she woke up in the morning and lick her feet. one time we took him out to kiley's house with us and ellie was asleep in the bedroom in her crib. kiley went in there and baxter was on his hind legs at the side of the crib trying to see her!

                                      baxter goes wherever ellie goes

 ellie would watch baxter in the beginning, neither of them having knowledge of what the other was but she grew to love baxter too. whenever he came by her she reached out her hand and eventually started petting him with no one ever showing her that! when he had longer hair he was a little scared because there would be some grabbing and pulling but we got his hair cut and then it was ok for him.

we would always take ellie on walks with baxter and  you remember when i took them on a long walk and he had to hop in ellie's stroller to rest a while!

i know i sound like a dork but it's really about ellie!!

                           rubbing her feet on him when she was really little!

                                     baxter and ellie when she was  just a few days old!
i'm sure she won't remember him but they were little buddies until she was 4 months old. i'm sure he wonders where she went. sometimes i play ellie's video's and he looks at me like i know that voice. we all miss her baxy!

the last beach day

we wanted to go to the beach with ellie before they left. we knew that would be it for a long time, at least in hawaii. i took a lot of pictures and i am posting most of them. i have been catching up on my blog and i only have a few more of my own pictures of ellie while they were still here! so here's lot of  pictures from waialua!

                                              daddy digs her a chair in the sand

                                       where she hangs out while baxter watches over her

                                                       

                                  of course you have to bury scotty and give him boobs!

                 grandma and grandpa walking with ellie, baxter running behind, not to be forgotten!

                                                ellie's favorite chew toy, grandpa's thumb

                                                                cute!

                                                giving daddy kisses while he's buried

 she really does love the water, it's a little cold right now to go all the way in but she likes dipping her toes!

                                         mama and her baby! aren't they both so cute!

                                             itty bitty sandy toes!

 give a boy any age a stick and they find fun out of it.  a chair,

                                           a jumping post,

                                          bury it better so it can hold us

                                                              cuter!

                                           scotty and caleb playing another "boy" game!

                                            cutest!!!

           ki does not like ellie wearing a hat, she doesn't think it's cute enough but grandma says it's a must so caleb decided to try it

                                            last day at the beach in hawaii!

i'm sure she'll always be a beach baby between cali and hawaii! either way she has lot of cute swimsuits!
miss you ellie girl!!!

bowling

we packed in as many things as we could before ki and scotty left. mainly just to hang out and have fun. we went bowling which is the very first thing we did with scotty. he gets a little competetive!

i don't even know who won but the boys were all up there!

                              ellie is teething and tries to chew on anything she can get her hands on!

                                 sometimes i still feel like they just went to visit cali for a trip!