Ella Can WALK!!!!

The time has finally come!! Ella is walking most of the time now! She is so cute. She still crawls a little bit especially when she wants to get some where quickly. She had her three month check-up at the ear doctor today. He said that the tubes look great and she should get them checked out again in another three months.

Ella the Climber

One of Ella's new favorite things to do now is to climb onto, into, and on top of anything in sight. She has also added a new word to her vocabulary. She can now say "baby". I'm back at school this week darn it! Back to being stressed while trying to take care of Ella, cook dinner, clean the house and study all at the same time. Oh well, I guess I kind of like the challenge knowing that one day I WILL finish!!!

My Baby

Here is Ella playing with some of the new bath toys she got for her birthday!

Ella's One Year Check-Up

Ella had her one year appointment yesterday. She weighs 23 pounds and measures 30 inches long. She is in the 75th percentile in both height and weight. Her noggin measures in the 90th percentile!! That's one big head... As the nurse put it, she's got a lot of brains in that head of hers!!! She got two shots and screamed of course. The doctor said we don't have to worry about weaning her from the bottle unil she is 15 months old. Thank goodness because I'm not ready to tackle that right now... The doc also said to not worry that she isn't walking yet. I guess as long as she's trying to, we're okay. She sure is going to be a little terror once she's running around. She just started to say "uh, oh", which is so cute. She now can say dad, mom, that, dog, duck, and uh oh. Too cute!

Ella's 1st Birthday Party

Ella's first birthday party was a success! There was so much planning involved, but I'm really happy that we did it. We rented out the side room at Old Town Coffee and Chocolates. I just put together some finger foods and had a yummy birthday cake. Ella got tons of new toys and clothes. She had fun coming home and playing with all her new things. It was so great to see everyone come together and celebrate the birthday of my little girl. It's amazing how many people love her (but how could you not, right?!).

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY ELLA!!

Ella was very grumpy this morning when she woke up. I thought she was going to have a horrible birthday, but her auntie said she was fine today. She even took a three hour nap! She must have just been tired. Auntie Julia came over and watched as Ella demolished the carrot cake that I made her last night. We got some video of it as well. She liked the frosting way more than the actual cake. I think she was on kind of a sugar high tonight as she was dancing to the "ABC" song over and over!!!

Grumpy Ella

Ella after eating black beans

She loves those beans!

This was the start of playing with Sadie....

This was the end....

And this was when Sadie left....

Well, we had kind of an uneventful week. It was nice to only have to work 3 days again. Ella has been teething really bad for about a month now. I don't know why it is taking so long for her molar to come in. She also has another tooth coming in on the other side of her mouth. She is a very grumpy baby when she is teething. We slept on the couch last night after she woke up 3 different times. She then was up and ready for the day at 6 am this morning. It's hard to have a good run the day after not getting any sleep. I just can't wait until these teeth come in. I've forgotten what the "real" Ella acts like. We didn't take Ella running today because it was pouring rain. Of course the sun came out once we were done... Only three more days until her first birthday!!!