Alex, Jana, Ella,& Easton: December 2007

These last few weeks have flown by with Ella's 1st Birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas Parades, Decorating for Christmas, and travelling around for Alex's various job interviews!!!!
First of all- Ella TURNED ONE!!!! It is true what they say about time flying by when you have kids!! Amazing! We planned a party with family and friends, but sometimes things don't always go as planned! The night before her party, we went to a Christmas Parade with Alex's parents, Tana and the kids, and Aunt Maxine! Well, Alex's Mom had the flu and wasn't able to make it. So, we get to a church in town that was having a dinner before the parade. We meet Alex's Dad there and as we are walking in, Maddie throws up all over Ella!!!! So Fun. We thought she was just car sick so we stayed and had dinner (after cleaning everyone up). I will say though that the Chilli Cheese Hot Dog Dinner was not quite as appealing after cleaning the girls up! After dinner she threw up again. We still thought she was just car sick (that happens quite frequently). Anyways, we went to the parade and had fun. Maddie was feeling much better. After the parade she threw up again. Well, we finally realized it had to be the flu. On the way home Spencer threw up. That was an exciting car ride home!! The next day was Ella's Party. By this time John(Alex's Dad), Rebecca (Alex's Mom), Maddie, Chloe, Spencer, Jennie(Sister in law), and Magnolia(niece) were all sick and couldn't come! Despite all of that we had a wonderful party!!!!! What a blessing to have Ella in our lives!!!
Ok, now for our BIG NEWS!!! WE ARE MOVING TO CHICAGO!!!!! Alex got hired by the Kane County Cougars (Single A Team of the Oakland A's) as a Sales Representative! We had been praying for so long that the Lord would continue to lead us through open doors and we would follow until they closed. That is exactly what happened. This has been Alex's dream and we are very excited. It will be a while until we are completely moved up there, but we can't wait! Please pray for us as there will be so much to do! Hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving!!!