Ella and Zoë: Cooking Our Way Through the Alphabet

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Cooking Our Way Through the Alphabet

Aa is for Apple Crisp

Bb is for Banana Bread

(We forgot the flour, Grama Dianne's Banana Bread is much better!)

Cc is for COOKIES!!

Dd is for Drumsticks

Ee is for Elephant Ears

Ff is for Fudge

Gg is for Gingerbread

Hh is for Honeybee Cookies (yum, yum)

Ii is for ICE-CREAM SANDWICHES (previous post),

and Jj will be coming up soon!!

1 comment:

Rydley said...: Those hats are too cute!! We're working our way through the book as well! Jia is now however fixated on making a chocolate cake with jelly beans, sprinkles, M&Ms and more (from a photo she saw). Someday...maybe when you guys pay us a visit!; March 5, 2009 at 10:55 PM

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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 : )