Pictures with Ellie

Oh my gosh, we had such a WONDERFUL visit yesterday. Can you believe she is already 6 years old!!! It was a really fun time. I think this was the most that I really felt like we were just letting the cousins get together to play. I didn't feel like we were just "observing" Ellie as much. The kids all got along great. Aunt Caitlyn pulled out the #1 present with some toe nail polish and Ellie loved it. So her and Mackenzie got theirs painted and then Ellie painted mine and Caitlyn's. Seems it is really her calling, she said when she grows up she is going to be a toe nail polisher! lol What a hoot. Then we went downtown Columbia for their twilight festival. Guess we got about 4 hours with her and it was every bit not long enough. I'm thinking maybe Mackenzie and I will try to fly down sometime to visit. Ellie was also fascinated by the whole breastfeeding thing. At first she started saying that she was cold, well I realized that she was just copying since I had throw the blanket over Austin to feed him. I told her that he was eating, and that he was drinking milk from my boobies, and she was NOT falling for that one. So they she wanted to see. She just couldn't believe it! So Ann said she will be sure to tell me when Ellie decides she is a baby feeding expert and shares her new knowledge - surely it will be a story for the books. Ellie is such a ball of energy. She reminds me a lot of Turner's personality. And Branson, I mean you seriously just melt, he is so handsome and such a sweetheart. His personality is much more like Mackenzie. I think the funniest thing to me yesterday is that I thought Branson and turner showed resemblance more than even Mackenzie and Ellie - and there is no blood connecting them. But they both just have that same kind of boy look, I don't know how to explain it. Ann I'm sure would have gladly taken Austin home for me. She just couldn't get over his cuteness and how good he was. He gave her lots of good snuggles. And Turner made her laugh every time she looked at him. Thank you so much to Vicki, Ann's best friend, for always opening up your house to us.

I have never ever had a single doubt that Cameron and Melody made the best decision ever and it is only reinforced more and more. Ann and Roger have given her such a beautiful life. Ann and Roger are what make Aaron and I think about adoption...to be able to give another family the same sense of comfort that they have given us...it is a true gift. Thank you guys.