Sunday, March 24, 2013

Ella-9 months

My mom told me today that I started walking at 9 months and 2 days.  Ella is no where close to that, but she has learned a couple other cute tricks this month. 

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She claps all time.  She will also put her hands above her head when you say soooo big!

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She’s scared of the blow dryer.  And all strangers. 

She eats whatever we are eating and loves all fruits.

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She has started sleeping through the night (Hallelujah!) and takes 2 naps a day.

She still just sits, but in the last couple days, I’ve seen promise of her having a desire to move and get things.  So we’ll see.

She figured out how to drink water out of a sippy cup and thinks she’s pretty cool.

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Her top two teeth are sooo close to breaking though.  She’s been so wet and drooling a ton, so I’m hoping they’ll poke through soon!

She LOVES grandma and grandpa’s doggie and makes cute sounds whenever she see him.

She likes it when we sing at church and often “sings” loud with us.

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Happy 9 months baby girl!

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Random.

This is what Ella looked like last Friday night.  By Saturday she looked TONS better and by Sunday there was no trace of the hives.  I couldn’t believe how fast they went away.  Her ear infection never came back.  She’s been teething, but we can handle that :)IMG_1538IMG_1541

Ella was totally fascinated with Darrin’s mouth.  She’s since discovered her own tongue, and she’s constantly sticking it out and playing with it. 

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Lately we’ve been playing Wits and Wagers Family Edition with the kids.  They love it!  It requires everyone to have a tissue to wipe off their answer boards.  On this particular day we left the tissue box a little too close to Ella.  She had a ball emptying the whole box while we weren’t looking!

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Josh’s latest obsession is making paper things: paper airplanes, Origami, fortune tellers, etc…  He’s gone through so much paper in the past couple months, it’s crazy.  And at any given time, there are probably 10 paper airplanes on the living room floor.

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The weather has been amazing (read: sunny and in the upper 50’s) the last couple days.  We’ve been outside ALOT playing at the park, basketball, soccer, baseball, and riding bikes.  It’s been so nice to get some vitamin D.  Too bad it’s supposed to start raining again tomorrow and not stop. probably ever.  We enjoyed it while we had it :)

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Why does my little girl have to grow so fast??

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Josh has his last basketball game this week.  And Andrew starts spring soccer practice.  It’s just going to keep getting busier!  I love seeing the kids get older and becoming great people.  It’s so fun!  Josh turns 9 a week from today, and we’re excited to celebrate! I’m feeling thankful for great kids and a husband that is awesome and who I don’t give enough credit to :)  Love you baby.  Thanks for riding the ride with me!