First my parents joined us at church and Ella did great! I say this because there have been times that we have rounded the corner and the children's minister has been holding her in the lobby. ;-) But we have finally figured out that rather than feeding her before we go, we take a bottle with us and they feed her. This routine seems to make everyone's day a little brighter!
Then Skip's family & the rest of my family came over to celebrate. We had a huge lunch & ate to our hearts content and then we tried out our detective skills in the annual egg hunt. Yes we have been doing this every year since I was a child. At least this year we actually had a contestant under the of 25 searching for eggs. (thanks Ella)
Here's the photos.....
Look the Easter bunny came and Ella's diving into her basket! (Note the dress we are wearing, while it is adorable, the "true" Easter dress only made it through Church before it was spit up on. The saying "you can dress me up, but you can't take me out" is definitely true in our house!)
Here's Ella with her new golf clubs. Only appropriate since it was the final day of the Master's.
Hmm Ella doesn't know what to think of this bunny; it sings, lights up & the ears flap. After a song or two she tried to put it in her mouth, which in Ella language means "yeah I like this crazy bunny!"
Look Ella found an egg in the tree! (For those of you with good eyes might be alarmed & say "oh no her lips are blue!" Yes, they are blue however it is only due to her shoving a blue egg in her mouth. So for those of you that were wondering yes the dye does temporarily stain if the egg gets wet.)
The First Easter family shot....maybe one day we will all be looking at the camera ;-)
Some first Easter notes:
1 - Maybe you should have 2 Easter outfits
2 - Take pictures before the dyed eggs go in the mouth
3 - And at the end of it all, just laugh!
Oh the other thing I forgot to mention was that Ella got her 2 bottom teeth for Easter! They are not up completely but they have cut through and she is starting to get that silly little baby smile. It's very exciting to see her pearly whites coming in!
This is just a cute photo the day after Easter. Here's the mobility run down....She still loves to walk around while holding your hands. And we are wondering what she will do first, walk or crawl? She has taken a step or two on her own and she can do the worm (that's her version of crawling) but she hasn't completely figured either one out. She loves standing on her own and when she realizes what she is doing she smiles, squeals, then sits.
Sophie watching the snow (or planning her escape out of the crazy house)
Ella giving Sidney a "kiss." I use this term loosely since it's more like a soggy love bite. (Please excuse the piles of clothes in the back, Mommy & Daddy were trying to pack)
Ella steering Daddy around the house. After they are through Skip has to jump in the shower because his hair is full of Ella's happy drool!
Ella wanting to be a big girl wearing her sunglasses!
Daddy's lucky charm! No green beer this year!
Ella doing her almost crawl....she rocks back and forth and can somewhat 
Cheese!
All the girls in the Brown house!
Here's the Brown Family.
Ella walking around the backyard.
Ella getting a little taste of Papa's Birthday Cake icing, yumm!
Peek-a-Boo I see you!!!
See mom still no teeth.
Splish Splash I love the water!!!
Ella meeting Auntie M's new little furry one, Merlin.
All bundled up for a cold day!
This is how the playdate started with Ella (6.5 mnths), Hannah (5 mnths), Caroline (3.5 mnths) & Blake (2 mnths)...
Oops this is what happens when you sneeze while eating carrots! 
"Cheese or should I say Applesauce!" No surprise here, Ella loves to eat!!!
"Who needs re-runs of Seinfeld when you have my Daddy's show every night!" Daddy playing fun games with Ella.
We thought this photo was funny since it looks like she is holding the camera & taking a picture of herself. ;-)
