The Krazy Kirklands: Back to Life- Back to Reality

I can sit up by myself now!!

After a whirl-wind couple of weeks the Kirkland's are finally back in Minneapolis & back to reality! First I must thank you all for your sweet thoughts, prayers & words of encouragement during such a difficult time for us! Thank you, thank you! It will be a difficult time to create a new "normal" but I'm blessed to have such amazing support!! We were so lucky to be able to spend his last few days together as a family at home! We will remind Ella of how great her PaPa was everyday!

He loved on Ella up until the end!!

And she LOVED him too!

Second I must brag about how awesome my little Ella is! Not only is she a great flyer, extremely flexible and super happy- but she is now a great cross country car traveler! After the funeral in Tulsa, we drove 14 hours across the U.S. (In 2 days with a 6 1/2 month old & dog) to my parents hometown of Charleston West Virginia for a family service. And Ella was GREAT! She played, slept & cried a few times just to let us know she was there! I'm a very lucky mommy to have such a happy & flexible baby willing to do what needs to be done! She was also able to spend time with her great-grandparents who adore her! She charmed them all with her giggles, smiles & "tricks."

Are we there yet? These KRAZY ladies are causing me to start drinking early :)

Pit stop along the highway for Fro Yo! YUM!

You people have worn me out- goodnight! Wake me when we get there!

Ella has learned how to sit up and "army crawl" across the room to get her toys (or most likely paper, garbage or something she's not suppose to have)! She's keeping me busy for sure!! She also loves to eat toast and english muffins! She's a carb lover for sure! She has 2 bottom teeth that popped up over night! She's learned how to pull off her head bows & how to chew/teeth on her sippy cup! We headed to Lake Calhoun for Labor day to celebrate being back in Minneapolis and spend some quality time with Jon! Ella had a blast- probably because we let her teeth on a grape freezy pop that was bigger than her! The lakes here are beautiful and have tons of activities! The weather has been great- so we are taking full advantage of it!