The inchworm

This is pretty cool. Ella went from a sitting position to all fours crawling position today. Yeah, she still doesn't know what to do once she's on all fours, but going from sitting to all fours was a first today! Go Ella! All these little "firsts" might sound uninteresting or tedious, but to me, her mommy, it is absolutely thrilling. She keeps growing and learning so much. Ella's also doing some backwards scooching. She gets on her tummy, pushes up, pulls her knees in a bit and scoots backwards. That too is exciting. ;)

I'm so very proud of her and all her accomplishments. She is so smart, so sweet, and so wonderful. She's fast asleep now, but I have the overwhelming desire to go get her and just hold her. Of course, I won't. I'll settle for sneaking into her room, rubbing her head and kissing her forehead. Funny how, despite being with her all day long (and I do mean all day. Aside from two twenty minute naps, that is), I miss her when she's not around. I just love being with her. I don't think I've ever smiled as much as I do now with her around. Sometimes my cheeks start hurting from all the smiling. She makes me so very happy.

The lovebug...



I wonder what mommy's going to feed me for lunch...

Please. No more pictures mommy.

Hmm..what's this thing??

Helping with the laundry

Let me help fold the laundry, mommy.

Mmm...actually, I think I'd rather nibble on them.

Mmm!

Having fun

I love this little thing so, so much.

This is how we amuse ourselves

Though I don't think Ella enjoyed it as much as we did. She's still under the weather, so maybe not quite up to dog-riding yet.

Ride 'em doggie!

Lucy certainly wasn't all that amused. haha

Baby in a basket

My cute little munchkin fits! She wasn't sure what to think of her new space...

Seriously. How cute is she? ;)

It was a beautiful day

with a high of 62 degrees! It was absolutely gorgeous out, (minus the wind!) so Ella and I took full advantage of it by enjoying a nice walk around the neighborhood.