Is it really April already?

I was thinking today that tomorrow is already April 7th. Seriously the beginning of the year is flying by. I was looking at the blog tonight and Ella's age ticker is getting soooo close to that 1 year mark and that totally FREAKS me out! It actually makes me want to cry! This time last year I was getting ready for my baby shower and preparing for the birth of our child...NUTS! Now here we are preparing for her to turn 1 years old. I know I say this all the time but she is the most amazing baby I could ask for. She is the joy in my life and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about how blessed I am to have her. She makes me laugh and smile every single day. But when I think about the fact that she will be 1 years old I get really sad because that means the years are really going to go fast. In a week Ella is going to be turning 10 months old! It's all exciting and sad at the same time.

9 Month Professional Pictures!

Doesn't she look like such a big girl?!?!

Recent Pictures

7 Months

8 Months

9 Months

9 Months Old

Ella turned 9 Months on Monday. She is doing excellent! We have one happy baby over here. She sits and talks to us she mostly says dada ;). She isn't crawling yet but she is reaching for everything in front of her. She still loves her jumperoo and just sitting on the floor and playing with her toys. She is even starting to hold her bottle!

We had her 9 month check up today! She is doing excellent. We can move up to the next level of food and even start feeding her people food. Around 11 months we can start giving her whole milk. I can't believe we are talking about taking her off of formula.

Stats:
Weight: 18lbs 2.5oz
Height: 27.5 inches
She is in the 50th for height and 40th for weight.

She is our little peanut!

I'm really excited for summer! I can't wait to take her to the park and for walks and even to the zoo and my parents pool.

We are still taking swimming lessons, they are so much fun! Ella loves the water!

We hope everyone is doing well!

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!