My Baby Girl is Growing Up

Ella in her toddler bed.




With her new sneakers on from auntie Julia.
You really have to double knot those puppies!

Her first little ponytail. She takes it out as soon as I put it up.

Ella is turning into a little toddler. She is no longer my little baby. She is now able to climb out of her crib!!! I didn't believe it when Charley told me that she had escaped from her crib at nap time until she was pounding on her door at 5 AM the next morning. Charley converted her bed into a toddler bed, but she isn't ready for that transition yet. She is still having to cry herself to sleep in her crib. Last night was the first night we tried to get her to sleep in her bed with free roam of her room. She would not lay down in her bed and screamed and cried until she fell asleep on the floor right by the door. I tried to carry her to her bed, but she would not cooperate! I ended up bringing her to my bed around 2 (the time I got to finally fall asleep!). Needless to say, we both took a long nap today. I ended up buying a crib tent for her crib that I will have Charley install tonight. I'm so happy someone thought of that!! I also had to get Ella a new pair of shoes. She has grown into yet another size.

I still haven't been able to really take Ella outside because Charley wasn't able to get the gates on our fence last weekend. Hopefully that will get done this Friday on his only day off.

The gym where Ella goes to gymnastics has moved across town and opens this Friday. They say they will have twice the square footage as before. I am very excited to take Ella on all the new equipment.