Our New Family blog

Now that our family is about to grow with the arrival of Hudson, we have decided to create a family blog. You will find our new blog at www.theskeltonfamily.blogspot.com . We can't wait to hear from each of you!

A Boston moment

We realize that it has been a while since we last posted. Things have been quite crazy around the Skelton home. Ella is now 15 months and full of personality. Chrissy is doing well with the pregnancy. We are beginning to anticipate the arrival of Hudson in the next 8-10 weeks.

On Tuesday of this week we had some friends over for dinner. One of Ella's close friends, Jax, arrived in a Red Socks hat. As you can see in these photos Ella loved his hat. She laughed and laughed as she walked around the room wearing the hat.

The feeding frenzy.....

One of Ella's favorite new things to do is feed herself. Chrissy and I have learned to let loose.... we realize that the learning curve is worth the mess. As you will see in the photos below, Ella is enjoying some of her favorite foods- yogurt, green beans and crackers.

A Squeaky Christmas

This year Christmas for Ella was very exciting.... not because of the presents......but because of her squeaky red shoes. Ella is walking everywhere. Each step she takes gives a little squeaky noise. As you will see in photos below, Ella is not only a walker but also a drama queen. She is beginning to perfect the art of drama. Chrissy and I can only laugh realizing that Ella gets a double portion of drama have us as parents. We are so proud of our little girl... she was the best gift we could have had during the holiday season.

Halloween 2007.... Our Little Duckling

Our Little Duck.

Halloween at the Skelton home consisted of attending Wednesday night church. Ella, was our little duckling, enjoyed crawling around the church as everyone watched. Chrissy and I felt like selfish parent's putting Ella in the warm fur covered body costume. Thank God that Ella did not break a sweat or we would have really felt bad.

Our Precious Duck.

Our happy duck.

Our Reaching Duck.

Our Crawling Duck.

Our Puzzled Duck.

A Little Brother on the Way......

Last week my family found out that I am going to have a little brother. Mommy and daddy were shocked.... and excited.

His name will be.....

Christopher Hudson Skelton

We will call him Hudson.

I can't wait for my little brother to arrive sometime around April 7th.

Watch for Hudson's Blog it will be coming soon...

Ella... Our New Urban Model

Last week Ella had her first photo shoot as an Urban Model. Abernathy Photographics is doing an Urban Model competition and asked if Ella could be one of their poster children. You can go to their blog to see other photos of Ella.

Blog: http://www.abernathyphotographics.typepad.com/

Website: http://www.abernathyphotographics.com/

For any of you who are looking for a child photographer..... we would HIGHLY recommend this one. She will be traveling to Atlanta with us in the near future, for those of you who live in Atlanta.

1st Birthday

Ella celebrated her first birthday on October 13th. Even with an ear infection, Ella had a wonderful time with her family and friends.

Ella was excited about her cupcake until....

.... it was all over her hands!

Her favorite birthday party item was the balloons.

Since Ella's birth, we have always enjoyed items for her that were little pink pigs. She loved her pink pig stuffed animal.

Ella loves dogs. Her aunt Alisha gave her the cutiest little puppy.

Presents and more presents...... Ella had fun opening all of her presents.

Ella and Lilley Kate were so excited to see each other.

Ella enjoyed seeing her new cousin Brayden.

Ella's friend, Lilley Kate, came dressed for the occasion.

Morning Fun

Ella enjoys her mornings.... wether playing in ribbon or........

......... eating her favorite breakfast food, oatmeal.