This past weekend our friends Maria and Allister Sewell and their 2 boys came down from selling in Dallas to see us! We had some really great times hanging out, going to the beach and the boardwalk!
Mason Sewell is only a month older than Ella and they had a lot of fun playing together! We put these baby sunglasses on them and both of them were trying to rip them off right away...so we had to hold their hands down to take this picture!
Ella did think it was pretty cool at first but after a minute she was ready to pull them off!
She did look really cute in those little sunglasses though.
Later that day we went to the beach in Galveston and had a blast.
Ella absolutely loved it there! The water was so warm and it was a pretty nice day just a bit windy!
Ella decided she was in charge and wanted to be very adventurous and curious while we were there. She did NOT want me to pick her up or hold her hand to walk her around as you can tell from the picture!
Ella was on a mission running around investigating everything!
She tripped and plopped down in the wet sand and then she was in heaven.
She loved sloppin around in the muddiness.
Having a great old time until...
she scooped up a mouthful of sand and seawater!
She was not too keen on the taste!
After awhile she got over the bad taste and started having fun again!
She thought it was awesome when the water would come up on her legs!
Daddy was trying to keep her from running away...
but as you can see, she was always on the run!
Then as she was trying to get away from us a wave came up and made her a bit unsteady... and this was the moment right before she was swept off her feet!
Though it startled her and me at first, i grabbed her quick and she was refreshed with the quick saltwater bath that she got! She was covered in so much sand and it was so fine that it just stuck to her! The worst part was that her ears were just filled with sand!
This was Ella's face of, "Mom stop trying to take pictures with me I gotta play!"
As soon as we took her onesie off she was all about trying to take her diaper off.
Then she made a friend as she watched this little girl dig a big hole in the sand.
Having fun in the sun.
This is Maria and her son Mason Sewell.
Snuggling Ella up and getting her dried off.
Ella and Daddy.
Ok so it's caught on camera...Ella snuggling! Those of you who know her know that she isn't the most cuddly baby but every once in awhile she'll give us a little snuggle!
The next day we went to Kemah, where there's a boardwalk with some carnival type rides.
Ella loved the merri-go-round !
Chad did too! :)
Here's the Sewell family...(not the best pic to show all of them but it was the only one we had with all of them in it!)
Then we went up to the restaurant there but it was closed. Ella loved this huge stuffed bear there though but she didn't want to get too close to it...
Chad would try to put her closer so that she could touch it but she would back her body as far away as she could! She wanted to be close but not too close!
Our weekend was a lot of fun! We miss you Sewells!
