Merry Christmas!

We have enjoyed a nice little Christmas with our most favorite gift yet, and she slept in until 9! Hopefully she will be just as good on our long trip to Ohio and Michigan in the coming days! Hope everyone had a great day!

Photo Updates

Since I haven't had much time to blog these days, I thought I would share some random photos from our December!

 

This big girl loves her sink baths!

 

 

 

Our pictures from our visit with Santa, at the very end she decided she wasn't quite sure - but she was all smiles after I picked her up and was looking right back at Santa!

 

I don't know what this is, but can I eat it?

Grandma Hund sent some early Christmas presents!

 

 

Ella's very first snow came on her 1/2 birthday!  North Face snow suit came courtesy of Auntie Mel and Uncle Steve :)

2 Video Treats

It should be noted that at the end of this, when I thought she would be crying - I should have kept filming because she was just laughing and laughing :)

6 Months Old!

This may have been the fastest 6 months of my life!  Although my days are busy and my evenings are busier I love my little bear so much!  She amazes us every day!  Today the pediatrician told me that she will be walking EARLY - when I told her how mobile she is already.  We sure do have our hands full all the time now!

At 6 months old Ella is moving all over the place, she is always on the go - most often towards things that she isn't supposed to have.  Like the fireplace tools.  Or the Christmas gifts.  Or the cat toys.  So she is under constant supervision!  She sits up by herself and rarely falls over, although she hasn't put herself in a sitting position yet.  She has started even pulling up a bit - she can stand holding onto things for an extended period of time.  She babbles and giggles all the time - which is the absolute best.

She has 1 tooth in and a second tooth on its way - I miss her gummy smiles, but the little teeth are pretty cute too!  She weights 15 lbs, 6oz and is 25.75" tall!  She is still in size 6 months clothing but I'm starting to put some 9 months on her now too.  She is in a size 2 diaper.

She has met Santa, and has been the best little girl this year - so I know he is going to be very good to her :)  This will probably be the best Christmas ever and I can't wait!

Ella Meets Santa!

Yesterday Nick and I took the day off work and took Ella to see Santa!  She did so good and didn't cry at all :)  She was a little overwhelmed taking in all the new and exciting things around her, so Santa didn't get many smiles, but she did take the time to tell him what a good girl she has been and all the fun things she wants for Christmas!





"Santa, I've been so good this year!"

We drove down to Bass Pro Shops to their "Santa's Wonderland" and I'm so glad we did because all of these pictures were FREE and I love the little wood cabin and woodland scene rather than what is usually set up in the mall.  We had a nice day and did some Christmas shopping too!

Learning to Stand

Another video for you today, and a blog post 2 days in a row, what is going on here?!

It should be noted that she is standing on her own this whole vido except for the part where she "falls" into Nick... such a big girl!

Laughter is the Best Medicine

A little lunch time laughter for you all

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today we hosted our very first Thanksgiving!  Mom and Dad and Mel and Steve all made their way around the lake so we could celebrate together :)  We had a very nice day and enjoyed a really yummy meal!

Nick and I are so thankful for our little sweetie!

And yes, she is about to put a vintage locker basket in her mouth... along with everything else these days!

5 Months Old!

Today our little Ella Bear is 5 months old!  She seems like such a big girl now, I can't imagine how it will seem when she is a whole year old!

According to Great Grandma Boehm's baby scale Ella weighs 15 pounds and is approximately 24.5" - although it is very hard to measure an active little girl!  She is wearing 6 month clothes still and still Costco size 1-2 diapers.  She has started to sleep through the night regularly again - which makes for happy mornings and happy parents!  She always wakes up with a big smile on her face!

Our little girl had a big day yesterday!  Not only did she try some sweet potatoes for the first time she also started crawling!!!  She is a girl on the go!  She loved the sweet potatoes, although she did look pretty confused at first - but she quickly decided it was a good thing :)  She has been on the verge of crawling for weeks and finally figured it out last night!  She needs constant supervision now.

And to wrap it up... a look back...

Missing Ella

So, I knew that once I went back to work keeping up with the blog would be hard... but I didn't know just how busy I would be!  It is hard to find time, so I apologize!

I just got back form a work conference in Chicago for a couple days and I am happy to be back and to just get to be Mommy for the weekend!  I missed my little bear so much!  And Daddy had the house all clean when I got home - a very nice surprise, and I am not sure how he had the time to do it!

I got a couple picture messages while I was away:

 

Ella continues to do great!  She has started to sleep through the night again which is really wonderful - we are all much more well rested and happier now :)

Ella contineus to be on the verge of crawling and sitting up on her own - she is truly amazing in so many ways :)

And with that I'll leave you with a picture from 80's night at my conference - complete with Mel's orginal 1980's crimper.

Sleepless Nights

Life has been tiring and busy these days.  This weekend my parents were in town and had some fun playing with Ella, Mom had Monday off so it was great that they were able to come out to see us!

Playing in my door jumper!

The exhausting part has been that although Ella has always been a rockstar of a sleeper... she now does not want to sleep.  Unless she is in the car... or napping in the day occasionally... or on a walk.  So needless to say, Nick and I are a little sleepy these days while we figure this phase out.  As Nick said the other morning "Ella, I was so mad at you last night, but then you smiled at me this morning"

Bundled up for a walk around the neighborhood

This weekend we also started Ella on some rice cereal!  She didn't quite know what to do with it yet, but she sure did love playing with the spoon, and I think a little bit ended up in her belly :)

And to wrap it all up, our little snuggle bug after a bath
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Happy Halloween!

We didn't get Ella a costume this year, but we did get her this adorable little outfit!  Hope everyone has a great day and eats lots of candy!

Ella and Her Jumper

Out little girl just loves playing in her exersaucer lately, she looks around at all the different toys and likes to get as many in her mouth as possible.  This weekend we got a little video to prove it :)  She also loves to look at the pretty fire - almost as much as Mommy and Lucky love laying by the fire!

Unintended Break!

Man!  I didn't intend to take blogging break, but I guess that is what happened!  Sometimes it is hard to find time during the busy work week.  I always say that I am going to blog over lunch but we only have internet explorer at work and there is no spell check.  And I can't spell.  So I don't like to do that!

Little Bear Hoodie

Ella is such a little mover these days!  She LOVES to look all around and always need to know what is going on.  She rolls over and somehow moves all around the floor.  It is so so fun watching her these days!  She is getting close to being able to sit on her own and doesn't really like just laying on the floor anymore because she can't see enough.  Every toy that we give her ends up in her mouth and she is drooling more and more.

All smiles to pick out a pumpkin!

This week she had another little cold accompanied by a cough, but she seems to be doing a lot better today.  We had one night of pretty rough sleep because of it, but thankfully we seem to be past that now :)  She doesn't calm down to go to sleep quite as well anymore and I think it is because she doesn't want to miss anything!

I found her in her crib like this one morning - ready to go!

The other day we were all sitting on the couch and Nick was holding her and she actually scooted all the way from him to me at the other end of the couch!  She would put her head down and push forward with her legs and then look up to see how much closer she was!  She kept doing this until she was all the way there - it was quite an accomplishment for such a little girl!

Ella and Daddy napping today

Today Mommy and Ella did a little shopping while Daddy did some yard work and then we watched the BIG MSU WIN!  Now we are switching between the Tigers and Michigan and have a little fire going.  A nice day.  And we are all set for Trick or Treaters tomorrow.  Which for some reason in Wisconsin is during the day.

Believe it or not - I'm worried this won't be enough!

4 Months Old!

Yesterday was Ella's 4 month birthday!  I can not believe she is already 4 months old - but I will probably say that every month (if I haven't already!).

I don't have her official weight and length as she goes to the doctor in two weeks.  But she is totally in size 6 months clothes, but I do have to roll up the pants and sometimes the sleeves, but 3 month are two tight on her body, she must have got her short legs from me!  She still wears size 1-2 diapers from Costco, but I have started wondering about when we are going to need to transition her to size 3.

She loves to grab her toes and roll all over the place, she prefers to be on her stomach these days and will roll over as soon as we lay her down on her back.  However, she still knows when it is bedtime and never rolls over at night, which is good for now!  As you saw in the last video she is starting to try and scoot around... we might have a crawler soon(ish)!

Our little princess is still sleeping through the night, although she doesn't go down quite as easy anymore, but she calms down pretty well.  We have started to try and eliminate her evening nap and that seems to have helped with bedtime.

The past 4 months have gone so quickly - we sure to love our little girl!