New Pictures!

Ready to get on the plane
First Plane Ride

Rodeo Drive

First time in the Ocean

First time in the sand

Happy 25th Anniversary

On the way home

14 Months

Catching Up!

Hi everyone! I know it has been a while since I last posted. Summer has gone by so fast, and now here we are at labor day weekend. I'm going to try and catch you up to speed on how Ella is doing. She is 14 months already!

She is crawling all over the place now. The first time she crawled was when we were in California. We are so proud of her, she has come a long way since therapy started. We are still taking Ella to therapy to get her started on pulling herself up and walking.

She is the happiest baby ever. She is becoming more independent every day and enjoys entertaining herself because now she can get to what she wants. She is talking all of the time. Some of her current words are dada, mama, mom, up, ba (which we think is ball). She does so big when we ask her "How big is Ella." She clicks tongue and is starting to wave.

You can tell her mind is always thinking, she is very intrigued with objects and people. I can't wait for her to actually tell me what she is thinking.

We went to Santa Barbara, California in the beginning of August with Tony's family for Bill and Gina's 25th Anniversary. Ella's first plane ride was perfect. She really loved it and slept some of the way there and back. She was excellent the whole trip even when we kept her up late some nights. The trip was great. Tony's parents rented a house for all of us. It was amazing! There was a pool and a hot tub and enough space for all 10 of us. Santa Barbara was beautiful! We can't wait to go back some day.