Ella—10 months

Happy 10 months baby!

You are at such a fun age.  I just love you to pieces.

You are wearing size 12 month clothes, size 3 diapers in the day, and 4’s at night.  If you wear socks, you often pull them right off. You also pull bows out of your hair…I have better luck with the ponytails.

You still love all food: broccoli, blueberries, green beans, chicken nuggets, carrots, toast, cereal, etc…  I haven’t found much you won’t eat.  You drink 3-4 bottles a day of about 4ish oz each. 

Your brothers love you.  Andrew carries you around like a doll, Luke loves to rub his head on your belly and make you laugh, and Josh pulls you around in the wagon and pushes the stroller.  You make everyone’s life just a little bit happier!

You love toys that make sound: rattles, play phones with buttons, etc…Most of the time you like to sit and play with toys.  Still no walking, crawling or rolling, but we’re not stressed :)

You still sleep through the night which is a.w.e.s.o.m.e.  And take 1-2 naps depending on how busy we are that day. You still have a binky, but you’re not super attached to it.  You mostly just like it at night or when you’re tired.  You also sleep with a blankie.

You have 5 teeth: 2 on the bottom and 3 on the top.  I’m sure more are on the way with the way you’re acting. 

While we were in Utah you learned how to patty cake so you will clap, roll it, and toss it in the air.  It’s very cute!

You’re a sensitive soul that cries when you’re scolded or we take something away that you want. 

I’m not sure how much you weigh these days, but we go to the dr. in a week or so.  You’re still in your infant car seat which is probably a record compared to the rest of the kids. 

Love you Ella Bella!

(Whew!  Posted with 7 minutes to spare ;)

Easter Weekend.

Saturday afternoon we dyed eggs and had an egg hunt in the backyard.  The weather was beautiful!

Saturday evening we went to the park with our cousins to enjoy the weather and have some fun. 

Easter Sunday we went to church and had a beautiful program.  I know that because of the Savior’s resurrection we can all live again.  What joy and gratitude I feel because of Him!

Happy Easter!

Trip to OK Mar 20-28

Wednesday the 20th the kids and I got on a plane and flew to Oklahoma for spring break.  The boys did great on the plane.  Ella cried quite a bit; I could tell her ears were hurting.  We managed and made it there in one piece.

On Thursday Grandpa took the boys swimming and to play basketball and soccer in the rec. center gym.   They had a blast and begged to go back every day. 

Grandpa took lots of time off work while we were there which the boys loved.  They spent lots of time together playing and reading books.

The kids liked listening to Grandpa practice the saxophone. I was going to play my old clarinet while I was there, but totally forgot!  I’ll have to remember next time.

Friday evening we went bowling (no pics) and had a pizza party with our cousins.

The weather wasn’t that great while we were there, but Aunt Natalie was nice enough to take the boys exploring in the creek anyway. 

It was fun to get to know our cousins better while we were there.  Buddy loved playing with the boys.  And McKayla LOVED baby Ella.

Ella loved to play Grandma’s piano.  If she was sad, it would make her happy!

All the kids, especially Andrew, love Grandma and Grandpa’s dog, Colby.  They tell people in Oregon that they have a dog, but that he lives at their Grandma’s house--which is exactly what I want them to think. lol. 

And it snowed while we were there.  I was hoping to bask in warm temperatures and sunshine.  But it was not to be.

Saturday night we got together with my good friend and her family and ate pizza.  My kids had fun playing with their kids, and Jess and I had fun chatting for a couple hours. 

Sunday the kids made up a FHE program with Grandpa with singing and acting.  The kids loved putting it together!

Tuesday we went to the Tulsa Zoo.  Oklahoma had their spring break the week before we were there, so NO ONE was at the zoo that day.  The was great! 

There was a chimp named Morris.  We got a kick out of that.

Wednesday we colored Easter eggs and had a Easter egg hunt. 

Wednesday night we had one last hurrah at the park and then went to Braums for ice cream. 

We had a WONDERFUL trip and are so grateful for everyone that helped us and took care of us. 

This is Ella and I on the airplane.  I was trying to entertain her anyway I could think of. lol. 

I got lots of comments from other people how brave I was to fly so far with 4 kids by myself.  I usually replied, “I’m not sure it’s brave, but more like crazy.”  The plane ride home was super long as we flew from Tulsa to Dallas and then to Kansas City and then to Portland.  I was so tired of flying by then.  We were soooo glad to see our daddy!  The first thing he did was get Ella out of the stroller to hold her.  She took one look at him and just started crying.  I think Darrin was crushed.  They’ve bonded since then and are friends again, so no worries!