Happy Valentine's Day & We have an 8 Month Old!!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE! Tony, Ella and I went out to dinner lastnight for Valentine's day! It was a lot of fun, Ella did an excellent job! Tonight she will get her present!

Along with it being Valentine's Day, Ella turned 8 months today! I can't believe it has been another month! I know I say this all the time, but time is flying by. Pretty soon I'm going to have to start thinking about her first birthday!

New things about Ella since last month- she is getting so much strong, she sits all by herself with rarely falling over. We still put a pillow behind her because she does fall backwards once and a while. We think that she is teething, but nothing has popped through yet. She is drowling all the time and chewing on everything especially her hands. I'm just waiting for the tooth to pop through. She has also taught herself to spit. I'm not sure where she got that from, but she is doing that all the time now, hopefully that will stop soon. She is such a big girl, I can't believe how much she changes all the time.

Here are some recent pictures of her! My friend Marcie has been watching Ella a few days a week. She was having a photoshoot with Ella and Jacoby. The pictures are soooo cute!

Valentine's Day Photoshoot- Tony and I took about 50 pictures till we could finally get the right one!

Sitting like a big girl in the rocking chair!

Ella & JJ- so cute!

One of my Favorites- She was so tired from jumping in the jumperoo that she fell asleep!

Superbowl Champs!

We are very excited over here that the Packers won the Superbowl. This is Ella's first Superbowl, and how awesome is it that the Packers were in it and won it! Here are a few pictures from our Superbowl night! GO PACK GO!!

Snowed In!!!

I hope everyone was able to digout from the Blizzard! We had a snow day yesterday, so we got to stay home with our little peanut! That was fun! I don't think the plow company came till like 4pm to plow our driveway area! Below are some pictures of the snow! The ones of Ella on her sled are from a couple weeks! We did NOT leave the house yesterday :).

Stay Warm Everyone!

7 Months...So Big

I can't believe it's been 7 months. Ella is changing so much everyday. She can pretty much sit up on her own now, with a few pillows behind her. She is great at rolling from her tummy to her back with no help. She reaches for everything and wants to always play with her toys. She smiles and laughs and now she says dada....I keep practicing mama with her.

We started swimming lessons a few weeks ago. We go every Saturday morning. Ella loves it. She even is swimming with her BFF Maddy! We are having a great time with it. I look forward to seeing her develop with her swimming skills as she gets older.

I hope everyone is staying warm! Remember to cheer on the Packers on Sunday!!!

YAY I'm 7 Months Old!

Swimming Time!

Maddy & Ella ready for swimming!

In the Bathtub with Daddy!

Ella in her party outfit!

Ella and her cousin Dallas!

Sitting up like a big girl!

Ella and JJ!!!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

We hope everyone had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year! We had a busy Christmas, it went really fast! Ella enjoyed all the wrapping paper :). I think she got a bit overwhelmed with all of the places we had to go too, but she did great.

We didn't do much for New Year's Eve, we just stayed home and watched a movie. 2010 was absolutely the best year of our lives. We were blessed with our pride and joy Ella. We couldn't be happier!

We wish everyone a great 2011!

6 Months!

Ella had her 6 Month appointment yesterday. Everything went really well. She is able to move up to the next level of foods and we are able to start giving her water from a sippy cup. She is such a big girl! Dr. Grunske was very impressed on how well she is doing with sort of sitting up on her own. She said to start getting prepared because in the next few months Ella will really become mobile! Scary! Ella got two shots also, that was not fun, she screamed and screamed, I'm not looking forward to when she realizes she will be getting shots when she goes to the doctor.

Stats:
Weight- 14lb 14oz: 5oth percentile (Doubled her weight since birth)

Height- 25 3/4 inches: 75th percentile (not sure where she is getting the height from)

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Here are some pictures from her 6 month photoshoot :).

Santa!!!!

Ella got to see Santa for the first time on Wednesday. My work put on a kids holiday party. It was a lot of fun. We had crafts and snacks along with Santa. Ella liked Santa, no tears, she doesn't know any better yet. My friend Marcie brought her little man too he is so cute! A lot of my friends that I work with have kids too, they also brought them. Below are some pictures.

Ella turned 6 months on Tuesday, so crazy! We have her 6 month appointment on Monday so I'll have more updates after that.

Ella & Santa

Little Jacoby James

He will be 1 Month on December 19th

Rockford, Ella & Addison

Ella & her BFF Madison

Madison will be 8 months on Christmas Eve!