Graduation Week

It's been a busy busy week! Let's see...Saturday was my works Christmas party...Ella wasn't having a part of it...she cried everytime someone came near her...a new phase? I hope not! We played "Dirty Santa" (yankee swap for those up north...we moved down here and I heard...Dirty Santa? What is that??)...and I won...are you ready for this...a Kindle Fire!! How exciting!! I immediately put it to use :) Ella was up at 2am...we have found...everytime that her little schedule gets thrown off and she isn't in bed by 7pm...she has a bad night of sleep and wakes up in the middle of the night having a meltdown...which yes she did!

Sunday - my mom and dad came to pick up the dogs...they were going on vacation to the lake :) And Sunday I came down with...who knows what...chills, achy, sore throat...blah! This time I was the sick one...Ella didn't get it (thankfully!)

Ella has been introduced to more foods...she really likes Pears/Apples/Raspberries/Squash...Peas...not so much! :)

Josh's parents came to stay with us this week...as this is Josh's graduation week! Here is Ella hanging out with her Grampy...

She really likes facial hair on men...always checking it out!

Josh's graduation was this week....on Wednesday...

Here he is...dressed and ready to go...

A lot of my pictures came out blurry :( But here is Josh shaking the hand of the Chief for Lynchburg...

This was taken right after Josh won the first award of the night....and that award was the, "Academic Award." Josh placed first academically with his scores on his quizzes, tests, etc. We were all very proud of him!

Here they are lining up to get their diploma...

Ella made it through the dinner...once the ceremony started...and the first round of applause happened...she had a meltdown...her Grandma sneaked her out and spent some time with her out in the lobby! Again...since her schedule was thrown off and she wasn't in bed by 7...she was up at 12:45am...having a mini melt-down! She was up for about an hour....which resulted in about 5 hours of sleep for mom (and I have a cold)...so that means yes...it's 9:00 - and I am headed to bed!!

Tomorrow is Josh's, "Pinning Ceremony." I have to pin Josh's badge on him at the ceremony...I better do a few practice runs :)