April 13, 2012

Ella just got back from her second trip.  Her and Josh went to Kansas for a couple of days to see the family.  She got to meet her aunt Shawna and cousin, Never along with a lot more extended family.  They had a great time and Ella was exhausted when she got home!  She had some real smiles again though when I dropped her off at daycare today.  I think she missed her friends!

We are still waiting for her to roll over, but she looks like she's getting really close.  She gets herself about 70% there and then stops.  Put her on her belly last night though and was shocked at how well she can hold her head and body up now.  I'm going to try and keep working with her this weekend and hopefully it will be soon!

 

April 7, 2012

Can't believe almost another full month has gone by.  With both of us working full time, it's much harder to keep up with everything.  Every second that I have at home and Ella is still awake, I'm just dying to be with her!  She has been to daycare for two weeks now and absolutely loves it.  She loves all the sitmulation there and seeing all the other babies.  I'm not sure if it is daycare, or just time, but she has learned so much lately.  She is really reaching for all of her toys now to play with, not just put in her mouth.  I'm truly amazed by how much she knows already.

She got another cold her first week at daycare, but we are looking on the bright side that this will just help build her immune system!  She's definitely feeling better this week because she's been talking up a storm!!  The other big thing that's changed lately is that she really loves sucking her thumb now.  Other than if she's really tired or frustrated, she soothes herself all the time with her thumb.  This helps a ton and lets her sleep much longer since she can put herself back to sleep. 

Ella is headed to Kansas in two days to meet a lot more of her family.  I know her and Josh will have a great time, and I'll miss them both so much!!  We figure she will be a world traveller by the end of the year :)

March 12, 2012

Today is our anniversary and there is no better way than to spend it with our adorable daughter at the zoo!!  We had a weekend of fun family events.  Went to Moody Gardens to see the aquarium and rainforest and then the zoo today.  Ella slept through most of our trips (surprise!), but it was so funny to see her reaction to the animals when she was awake.  She seemed to like the fish the most because they were so colorful. 

We are already working with Ella on sign language and hoping she is following us.  She seems to love the sign language video and just talks to it while she watches.  The books say most babies won't start signing until 6 months, but we figure it can't help to start a few signs now. 

There isn't much else that's new, other than she seems to be growing by the minute!!!

March 8, 2012

Ella took her first trip this past week to NJ for her grandpa's jersey retirement.  She couldn't have been any better during the flights and the chaos of the vacation!  She got to meet her great grandpa, Uncle Nolan, Uncle Travis and Aunt Kristine.  She was talking up a storm to everyone and just full of smiles.  She also started sleeping a full 8 hours each night so Josh and I are hoping that continues now! 

As for the night of the jersey retirement I think she tried to steal the spotlight!  She finally woke up as we walked onto the ice and was just transfixed on all the lights!  Grandpa held her when they showed him on the big screen later and you would have thought Ella was famous!  When we walked down to the concourse to meet some friends we had random strangers asking to take her picture.  Of course Ella kept her arms around her face as though saying "please, no pictures...just too much paparazzi for me" :)

February 28, 2012

Ella is 8 weeks old today!  We went to the doctor this morning and she now weighs 12.3 lbs and is 23.25 inches long.  She is in the 90th percentile for height and 80th for weight.  She is a growing girl!  She has already started outgrowing her 0-3 month clothing because she is so tall.  Everything is still going very well and the doctor said she looks great.  She had her first set of vaccines today and I finally heard her "pain cry" and saw her first real tear fall down her cheek.  It was heartbreaking!  But lucky for me she forgave me right away because she already had smiles for me when we got home.

She is smiling and talking all the time now and is really trying to figure out how to get her thumb in her mouth.  She constantly explores her hands and tries to figure out how they work.  We work on tummy time a little every day and she is very strong and can hold her head up and push off the ground a little for a few seconds at a time.  She also likes trying to stand up.  I'm amazed at how strong her legs are.  Now I know why it hurt so much when she was kicking during pregnancy!

She is a sweet little angel and Josh and I couldn't be more happy or proud of our little girl!

February 15, 2012

Ella has had a very exciting 2 weeks.  She is really growing and learning so much.  She smiles all the time now and "talks" to us, herself, and her toys!  She is so much fun to be around.  Even when I wake up for a 4am feeding, I can't help but stay awake longer just to see more smiles when I'm changing her.  Yesterday I think she was even trying to laugh.  She got so excited and with her smiles she had a high pitch squeal come out.  Then she just kept trying to do it again!

She is now 6 weeks old and I can't believe it.  She will be making her first plane trip in two weeks to New Jersey for my dad's jersey retirement ceremony.  We tried on her dress the other day and she couldn't stop smiling.  I think she really likes being a "pretty girl".  Hopefully that means she will be full of smiles on tv!

February 1, 2012

Well Ella is growing fast!  She just grew out of her newborn clothes and first pair of shoes.  So naturally we did what any good parents of a stylish baby would do, bought her some new clothes and two pairs of sunglasses! 

Grandpa came to visit this weekend and we took Ella on her first road trip to San Antonio to see her first hockey game.  She slept almost the entire game, but when a song that said "put your hands up in the air" came on, Ella was waving her arms around.  It was quite hysterical!  She also went to see the Alamo, but I have a feeling she may not remember that :)