Sunday, April 26, 2009

Springtime fun!

It's been in the 80's the past few days here (a little too warm too fast for me, but Ella loves it). Nana and Pa are here with us so we all got out and enjoyed the beautiful weather together.

Ella really enjoys getting in Pa's convertible and "driving."

Daddy and Pa were weeding, and Ella also helped water the seeds she helped Mama plant. (Ella's an excellent gardener!!)

Picking some daffodils... :)

Ella with Mama.

My sweet adorable little angel playing in the grass.

What a nice day!

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Ella with Uncle Mike

This picture was taken on Daddy's cellphone so it's not great, but it's the only one we got!

This is Uncle Mike befriending Ella. She warmed up to him a bit after he gave her his fancy, expensive cell phone to play with. What a guy! :)

Uncle Mike needed to do something to make it up to her for Christmas when he scared her and made her cry. She's coming around!

And it was so nice of Uncle Mike to stop by on Ella's 22 month birthday. :)

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Music Class

Ella had her last music class at the local college today and Nana and Pa took her as I'm just too tired and it's much too difficult now to be getting up and down and dancing around. :) Ella really flourished in this 3 month long class and I'm really happy she got the chance to do this. Here are some pictures from her last class.

She now LOVES the parachute!!

Playing with the tambourines and egg shakers...

On the trampoline...

Singing and keeping the beat. Ella apparently hogged the trampoline. :)

Smiling and having fun!

Though this class was really a wonderful class, I believe Ella learned a new bad habit from the class; throwing things! Some of the other kids in class would constantly throw the egg shakers and other music makers and Ella eventually picked up on it! As a result, the little one had her first time out today. :( She was throwing her play food around the house and not listening when I told her no. I sat her in the corner and she sat perfectly fine for a whole minute and a half. No crying, no trying to leave, she was great. We've never had to do time out before because every other time we've told her not to do something she's stopped. Hopefully time outs won't become a regular thing in our house. She's so sweet. I really do feel so blessed to have such a sweet, well-behaved, good natured baby.

Monday, April 20, 2009

Ella's New Toy

Ella got an early birthday gift/new toy to play with while mommy and daddy are at the hospital. It's this adorable little washer and oven. Ella was so excited when she saw it after her nap and her play food from nana and pa worked perfectly with it! For some reason, I think she's going to be just fine when her mama and dada are away for a couple days. :) She adores her nana and pa and has a fun new toy. Lucky girl! :)

The washer. She had fun putting her food in it. :)

Daddy playing with her.

Cooking up some dinner!

She's so easy going and laid back (much like her daddy!). Hopefully she'll adjust well to having a little brother as well. I know she's just going to love him. :)

Thursday, April 16, 2009

A laundry basket can be so much fun

Ella takes such good care of her babies!


Ella later had us pull her around in the basket. :)

She's easily entertained. It doesn't take too much to make her happy. :)

I found out in the past week or so that I have a genius on my hands! Ella apparently knows all her colors (even silver and gold!), most of her letters, and most of the shapes! She doesn't say all the words, but points to the right ones most of the time. I've been working with her on a daily basis on these concepts, but didn't realize all our hard work was paying off so much. It's so exciting how much she knows and how much she continues to learn. She is one smart cookie!!

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Easter Art Project

I almost forgot to share these. Ella made these adorable Easter cards for her grandparents.

How cute are they??? :)

More Easter pictures

Ella enjoying a yummy breakfast of toast, scrambled egg, kiwi and milk. She almost finished the whole plate!

Hamming it up...

Posing in her dress before church. My little model.

The fam.

And soon there will be four of us!

Happy Easter!

Ella truly enjoyed going through her Easter basket this morning...it was so cute! She didn't get a single piece of candy, and didn't know she'd missed out on any of that!

Markers!

More stickers...

Light up wiggle octopus that she LOVES!

Another fun little light up toy...

And a bubble maker of course!

She also got a new book, but the bubbles were probably the biggest hit. A huge smile spread across her face as she knew right away that it was a bubble maker.

:)

Saturday, April 11, 2009

The sticker fun continues...


Yes, that's a sticker on her head! I wasn't quite quick enough with my camera. 30 seconds earlier she had a sticker on her chin, nose and cheek as well. :) Then she saw me with my camera and of course, attacked me!

Monday, April 6, 2009

Sticker Book Fun!

Ella looooves her stickers!! And she loves to show everyone her sticker book.

Here she is showing off her book to her Grandma R.


Ella's even really good at getting the stickers off the sheets herself!

Between bubbles, stickers, and stamps, Ella goes for pretty easy (and cheap!) entertainment! :)

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Easter Egg Scramble

We went to an Easter Egg "scramble" this morning for ages 3 and under, thinking it wouldn't be too crazy. We were wrong! It's called a scramble for a reason. The eggs and candy were all clumped on 1/2 of a tennis court and we waited behind yellow tape with about 100 other kids with their parents. It was completely mobbed, but Ella enjoyed herself nonetheless. :)

Before the scramble began...

2 minutes later when it was over. :) Ella checking out her 4 pieces. :)

And happy as can be!

What Ella managed to grab (with our help). :)

Good times.

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Even with (yet another) cold...

she still smiles! She was up at 4am last night coughing her little head off. Hubby and I now have this cold and this terrible sore throat, so we can only imagine how the little sweetie must feel as well.

If only we could be so pleasant when we're not feeling well... :)

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Helloooooooo Spring!!

What an absolute GORGEOUS day! I think today's high was somewhere around 68 and Ella and I were loving it! We had such fun outside enjoying the beautiful weather.

We chased bubbles... (yes, by the time I took my pictures the bubbles were out of shot!)

Ella rode around on her toys...

She flew a kite... (and really, really had fun with it!)

So proud of herself... :)

And when Daddy got home, she even got to go for a nice bike ride.

I hope Spring is here to stay!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Spaghetti night!

Ella loooves spaghetti! And she looks so grown up in her booster seat at the table. She loves sitting at the table.

She is so polite...even uses her napkin to wipe her mouth. :)

Hamming it up for the camera. :)

Yep, she wears her food well!

But is doing such a good job using her fork!


Happy April!

Baby boy will make his appearance this month!