Our First Thanksgiving with Ella

We had an awesome first Thanksgiving as a family. We went down to my Aunt Deb and Uncle John's house in the Bay Area. The dinner was absolutely fabulous. Ella behaved her self and made sure she entertained the whole family. Julia and I went shopping at the outlets at midnight on Thanksgiving. There were a lot more people than I expected and quite long lines to wait in. We didn't even get to bed until 3 am. Today we woke up and went to the mall. Poor Charley had to wait around for us girls to shop for hours. I finally got some new clothes. I even got pants that actually fit me!!! I was amazed to find out that I've gone down 3 sizes from pre-pregnancy size. That's pretty impressive, huh? Anyway, we had an awesome trip. I couldn't have asked for a better first Thanksgiving with my family.

We had a really busy weekend!! We had a birthday party yesterday, then we went to Sage's house to visit, out to dinner, and then back home. Today we had an awesome run in the gorgeous sunshine. Ella was all bundled and cozy. She got a nice long nap in her jogger. She hasn't done anything new and exciting lately. She has been practicing standing up, so maybe her first steps aren't too far behind. We'll see...

Playing with Ella

Ella loves to crawl around and play with anything and everything she can get her hands on. We have to keep a very close eye on that girl!! It's kind of nice because she is becoming much more independent and is able to entertain herself. We just found out today that she has to have tubes put in her ears within the next few weeks. It's not going to be easy to watch her go through that, but I know it will make her feel much better.