first toothbrush

Ellie got her first toothbrush at our dental appointments the other day. She loves that thing; will suck on it forever. She looks "psycho" about it!

7 years and $10

We had our 7 year anniversary December 5th. It was a Sunday and I worked that night so we "celebrated" on Saturday. Once Ellie went to bed Nate bought us Subway and got a movie from redbox. Nothing too impressive but nice to be home together without having to run around keeping Ellie out of everything. Thanks for seven wonderful years, I love you first!

can't think of a fun title, so there isn't one

well, i'm sitting here with a couple loads of laundry beside me. thinking since i haven't started in on them yet, they'll get to wait until tomorrow. i got sidetracked looking at cute pictures on other blogs/facebook. sure wish i could just get some non-blurry pictures of ellie. she either moves way too fast or i need to figure out how to adjust my camera settings. since i don't think she'll slow down, i better find that instruction manual. nate and i exercised at the same time this afternoon after putting ellie down for a nap. him on the treadmill, me with my long lost friend...the step. i love that step. i was introduced to step aerobics in 10th grade and lost about 30-40 pounds. no more fat alyssa. my step was hibernating at my mom's house and i decided it was time to dust it off and bring it home. i have a vhs (yes it's so old) rebok video that is only a 30 minute workout, but it includes using weights and so when i don't have a ton of time it is a great way to get my heart rate up and do weights. of course, ellie woke up 20 minutes into my 30 minute workout so she got to sit in her little stationary chair thing (whatever it's called) while i finished.

lady in red

food poisoning?

So a couple nights ago I fed Ellie her bottle getting ready to put her to bed. She finished, laid her head on my shoulder, and then all of a sudden made those all too familiar faces of something coming back up. Then she spewed everything back onto me, my nice white bed linens (yes, i know i've learned now that white is not a great color for me to wear, or apparently for my bed to wear, with a small child), and the night stand. I screamed for Nate's help (the one night we were actually both home together, hallelujah) and Ellie gave him a big grin when he arrived. At least she was in good spirits! So, he stripped her down, put new pjs on her and then he put her to bed, empty stomach now. I just didn't know where to start with the cleanup. I stripped down the bed, then jumped in the shower (#2 for the day).
So, fortunately, it must have been some random food poisoning because she never had a fever, nor any other symptoms. Weird.