Taking a Step...

Ella took her first step when she turned 9 months old. Since then she has just been working on her confidence and practicing her balance. She recently took two steps by herself! She is such a sweet girl and is getting so big!

9 Months

Baptism

8 Months

Family Cruise...

Well, we made it home from our 5 day vacation all in one piece! We had a great vacation, a little stressful at times, but overall a good get-a-way with some quality family time. We flew out Wednesday night on a 6:00 plane headed for Houston. This was both the kids first plane ride and it really went surprisingly smooth. Nic kept talking about how his ears felt funny, and Ella was trying to climb the seats the whole time. We arrived in Houston at 7, and were picked up by Chris's parents for the remainder of the drive to Galveston. We loaded the ship Thursday afternoon and were entertained by tropical music, swimming pools, water park, casinos, and of course our cosy little suite! Nic really enjoyed speending time with his two cousins Zoe (on left side of Nic)and Jacy (on the right). They enjoyed swimming in the ocean at Cozumel, making a bear at build-a-bear, and enjoying their evenings at Camp Carnival. Ella also had a great time on the cruise. I think she was a little spoiled by the constant attention, and started manipulating us a little towards the end of the trip-man she is smart! She also enjoyed swimming the ocean and being strolled around in her stroller. She learned to say momma and used it all trip long when she wanted me- sweet, but a little wearing, because I could not turn her down! We got constant comments on how cute she was and even has two couples ask if they could take a picture of her- which I thought was a little sstrange. Long story short, we all got really close spending non-stop days together for 5 days in a row, and it's amazing how much you see them change. Oh, and she also cut another tooth- top front right! We made it home on our 6PM plane ride last night and the kids were so excited to be home! We had an amazing time.

Playing Catch Up

So I have been bad about blogging lately so here's my go at catching up. Over Spring Break my neighbor friends and I took the kids to the zoo. Nic enjoyed playing with his friends, and Ella absolutely loved the swing. She now has one in the back yard and laughs constantly while swinging. Here is another picture of Ella enjoying one of my toys when I was young. She loves playing house and also loves sticking the people in here mouth. It's really neat to see her play with some of the same things that I played with when I was her age.

Easter 2010

Silly kids

So I haven't posted in awhile. It seems like this months has been super busy and I haven't made time to update. After recieving an email from my sister letting me know how upset she was that there hasn't been any new posts in awhile, I decided to post a couple silly pictures of Nic and Ella. Nic and Jacy really enjoyed their cupcakes at Hudson's second birthday-as you can see. These two are so funny together, a real hoot. Ella was also hamming it up with her daddy, who was also loving every second of his little girls smile.

Who's Ball....Thunder ball

We had tickets to the Thunder game Friday night and Ella was quite the cheerleader and Nic was VERY excited to go to a game. They both did suprisingly great and made it the whole game and we even received many compliments from the neighboring seats on how good our kids were...boy if they only knew -ha. Since we had all had some kind of illness for a three week spread we were very eager to all get out and do something together.

7 Months

WHERE IS ELLA? She has fully transformed from a newborn to a full blown infant this month. She is now VERY mobile and is loving every second of it. It was God’s decision to make her full of energy and very strong willed, and she has not let him down yet! She has such personality and it’s amazing to watch her transformation over the past month. Here are a few things for month 7:

Crawling in full force.
Pulling up and walking while holding onto furniture.
Cut her first 2 teeth!
Continues to say dada, and we think she is associating it with Chris.
Had to lower her crib because she was trying to climb out (and she HATES it now).
Loves playing with toys and watching her Baby Einstein videos.
Drinks from her sippy cup at lunch and dinner.
Eating Stage 2&3 baby foods, along with cheese and bread
Says mama in silence. She puts her lips together and whispers mamama (I melt every time!).
6 oz bottles every 4-5 hours
Size 3 diapers.
Love Cheerios and yogurt melts
Wants to try all and any adult food…and we let her!
Learned to say bubu (we like to thinks it’s her way of saying Buby- Nic’s nickname).
Can retrieve her small toys from the toy box by herself
Doesn’t like to lay still on her back (diaper changes are a nightmare)!
Enjoys walking in her walker; following us around the kitchen.
Still likes her pluggie to fall asleep
Recognized familiar faces (and will stare you down if she thinks she should know you)
Tried a playground swing for the first time and her smile couldn’t have gotten any bigger!

We couldn’t imagine life without our precious Elle. What an amazing gift!

She's getting good.

Here is a clip of Ella crawling to her mama tonight! She is really getting this stuff down, and has moved on to pulling herslf up and walking behind her walker. I can't believe you are only six months old and doing this already Ella!

Fun Fun with Claire Bear

Ella has such a great time playing with new things. Who knew she would already be good at air hockey? She is so curious and you can almost see her brain turning when you put anyting 'new' infront of her. Here is a picture of her with her great grandma Sandra passed out after an afternoon playing hard .