I realize I have made a few promises in the recent past that I am not fulfilling – but I have valid reasons:
1. In my last post I mentioned “To be continued…Ella’s Journey” however, I am not feeling like writing about that yet – so it remains in the to be continued status.
2. I also promised to post something once a week – and you will notice that I have not blogged since April 28 and since today is May 11 I missed a week but, that is because Joe and I were on a Vegas Vacation!!!!

That’s right, last week we traveled to Las Vegas – no, not to get married – but to visit our friends Becky & Jess and Josh & Kira. We left this past Wednesday (May 5th) and were gone until Sunday (May 9th). The trip was good but it was very challenging for me to spend that much time away from Ella, especially since Sunday was Mother’s Day….without my baby.
Ella spent her time with Grandma and Grandpa Stevenson and I can’t wait to see the pictures – as soon as Grandma learns how to put them onto Facebook Stay tuned.

Before we left for vacation we went to the park down the street and I snapped a lot of good pictures and captured some great video. Ella went down the big girl slide all by herself, which she initially thought was fantastic until midway down where her face turned to fear. I also was able to capture this video – which may be my favorite to date. This video helped me get through our vacation away from her. Love it and that child!