Interesting Info (and a video)

Here's some interesting info I just got from a baby website.


Ella's half birthday is February 11 (which is also our anniversary and her Aunt Lacie's birthday!)
Her astrological sign is Leo (just like her Aunt Mary).
Her flower is Gladiola or Poppy (Orange, Red and Light Green)
(This is what gladiolas look like - I had to google it!)

She will start kindergarten in 2013, be old enough to drive a car in 2024, finish high school in 2026, and will graduate from college with the class of 2030, give or take a year.
Can you imagine?
This time last year I was 17 Weeks Pregnant!

Here's a little video of our little superstar. She looves to sing!!

A Mommy's Love

Have I told you lately how much I love you?

Nothing New on the Homefront

Not a whole lot to report.

Mommy and Daddy enjoyed a nice weekend with you! We did a lot of shopping, and as always, you were a complete angel.

You just started holding your own bottle...well, you've been doing that for quite a while now, but now you're a pro! When I went to pick you up today, you were "hanging with the girls" at daycare - yall were all sitting upright in a circle on the play mat. Too cute!

Other than that, there's nothing new. You have an endless snotty nose that's making you cough at night. Maybe you inherited mommy and daddy's allergies.

Here are a few pics from the past couple of days - you're still majorly teething - I'm waiting for that tooth any day now. You're getting so big so fast. STOP GROWING ALREADY!

Ella got a haircut

Yes, a haircut.

Your hair has been growing straight forward. And that's fine, except it's starting to get longer. When it gets in your eyes, you rub and rub and rub your eyes until they're red. So, this morning...mommy just gave you a quick haircut. Of course, I saved the hair in your little "first curl" container - but I'm starting to think I shouldn't cut your hair in the morning before my coffee when I am still half asleep. When I went to pick you up from daycare, you had bangs!! Ok, so it wasn't that bad, but it looked funny.

Oh well! It's just hair, and it will grow back.

And you have been majorly teething. You have little crying fits, which is so unlike you, and you're feeling for your mouth, so I know it's only a matter of time before a tooth pops out.

Before you went to bed, you had your piano lessons.

Love, Mommy

Paw Paw and Mammy love you

Ellapoops-

By the way, have I ever told you your daddy and I call you Ella Poopy Pants. I'm sure you'll really appreciate that when you're older.

Anyway, you were really sleepy this evening. I think you're still working to fight this cold. YES, another cold. You poor thing...

I have a few pics from our trip home this last time...Paw Paw and Mammy got some snapshots of you around the yard the last morning we were there. Paw Paw fixed up the swing that his great grandfather made, and you look just cute as a button in it. Your ancestors would be proud!

Love,

Mommy

New Shoes...

Mommy had you in a new outfit tonight (the tag says 3-6 months but I KNOW it was bigger - you are snug in 9 months now!) Anyway, we also tried on your new shoes!! You just loved them...in fact, you wanted to eat them! In fact, you want to eat everything right now!

Love,
Mom

I'm baaaaaack!

Mommy got a new laptop!! So, now I can blog every free minute I get. Yay! I've got lots of photos to share, now I can share them. And tonight, we tried out the webcam on the laptop, and your Mammy, Paw Paw and cousin Christina got to see you before you went to bed. They said they could see you crystal clear, so we'll have to do that a lot more often!

Mommy took this video of you right before you turned six months old. I just love it. Anytime Daddy or I want to videotape you, we have to sneak up on you because when you see the camera, you usually stop doing whatever cute thing it was we wanted to tape! So, we really caught you this time.

Love, Mommy