Ella and Zoë: Eight IS Great!!

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Eight IS Great!!

the celebrating for birthday #8 began two days before

the girls' actual birthday, and started with rainbow sprinkled

chocolate eclairs that ella .....

and zoe ......

brought in to school to share with their 2nd grade classmates.

they were a special, fun treat and tasted so, so, SO good!!

the next day the girls didn't have school (teacher workshop)

but i did, so tom stayed home with the girls. before i headed

home i stopped by the pet store and bought two of

THE CUTEST EVER baby dwarf hamsters, as an early

birthday surprise.

surprised they were and it was so much fun :)

the hamsters are really so, so, SO cute .....

..... and the girls were so, so, SO happy .....

(and kind of in shock too- ha!)

birthday #8 started out great!!!

2 comments:

Cheryl Lage said...: Happy Happy Eight to them! EIGHT?!?! I can scarcely believe how the time is flying.

What a fun, fun gift....

Kudos to you all on 8 years!; July 8, 2014 at 2:03 PM
Annie said...: Our girls are growing so fast. Yummy treat for school.; July 13, 2014 at 12:11 AM

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The Beginning of the Adventure . . .

After trying and waiting for a long time, June 26th 2006 was the estimated due date of Baby A and Baby B. We were thrilled. But a little over 10 weeks early our doctor decided it was time for us to meet the babies. On Wednesday, April 19th at 6:49 pm, Ella Marie was born. We named her after Tom’s mom, Della Marie, and her name means 'Light'. She weighed 2 pounds 14 ounces, was 16 inches long and was perfect. At 6:51 pm, Zoë Dianne was born. We named her after my mom, Dianne, and her name means ‘Life’. She weighed 3 pounds 5 ounces, was also 16 inches long and was perfect too.

Both girls stayed in the NICU for almost 2 months and did really well, especially considering all of the 'what could have/should have beens'. It was a 'one step forward two steps backwards' type of dance those first few weeks, but after 47 days we brought Zoe home and 10 days later brought Ella home. FINALLY, we were all four under the same roof, and were ready to start the next exciting chapter in our lives . . .

Ella and Zoe turned FIVE this April and are THRIVING. They are fun, funny, naughty and sweet. The joy they bring to our lives is immeasurable. They are also really fun to take pictures of : )