End of Feb.

We can't believe it's already the end of Feb. Ella has her 9 month appt. on her 10 month birthday. Crazy! We are all healthy and doing well. Nothing new, still trying new foods eating mostly big girl foods. We went out to eat on Monday with Jenna and had a play date yesterday with Aiden and Erin. We have had a few fun days! Last night I worked so I am pretty tired today, so we are hanging low today. Well hope this finds everyone doing well.

Another week gone!

The week went fast! I work an extra shift and have a new client so my weeks are always busier now. I like it though! On Friday we met Aiden and his mom and dad for dinner and a hockey game. The babies sure acted like they wanted to play this time but, of course, couldn't put them down. So we will hopefully be having another play date this week some time. It was fun for us too! On Valentines day we didn't do much of anything. We went grocery shopping and hung out at home. Ella did get some presents from both grandmas. They sure know how to spoil her! She enjoyed opening them up. Thanks again, we all loved them.! Yesterday, Presidents day, Evan didn't work so we had plans to go ice skating and to a movie. Well plans changed quick, our babysitters daughter got sick. So we went out for lunch and dinner and did some shopping. It was a pretty good day. I had to work all day Sunday so I was hesitant to leave Ella again for a movie. Well hopefully everyone is doing fine. Have a wonderful week.

Happy Valentines Day!

Well we had an uneventful week. Didn't do anything new, we did enjoy the beautiful weather. We are so ready for spring time! Ella had mac and cheese for the first time and she really enjoyed it. She pretty much eats what we eat with a few exceptions. As you can see in one picture she really enjoys chocolate pudding. She is still not crawling on her hands and knees just army crawling. I guess whatever works! She wants to walk by herself real badly but is very wobbly so she needs assistance. I am able to put a ponytail in her hair now, that is if she will let me. But it looks super cute! Hope everyone has a lovely Valentines Day.

LOVE,
Crystal and Ella

Crabby baby

Ella has been ridiculously crabby lately and we hope its due to teething. I picked up some natual medicine to help but it's not doing the trick, so I guess we will just have to deal with it for now. We just pray it's a phase and that she will shortly be out of it. This week we lowered her bed so now she likes to stand up and hang onto the railing although she cannot pull herself up yet without help. She is still army crawling and moves quite quickly. She also is really starting to like TV so I have been trying to do other activities with her but at 9 months old there is not much I can do. She doesn't enjoy reading yet and we can't play with her toys all day. Another reason why I can't wait for spring time. She does enjoy shopping but that hurts mommy's checkbook, if only I could window shop. Also, as you can see her hair is getting long but she hates me doing anything with it. I did happen to get a ponytail in it and it wasn't perfect but it looked so cute. I hope everyone is doing well, we are 1 month closer to springtime.

Sickies

So we have been a little under the weather this past week. Ella got the flu on Tuesday and is still acting tired and not interested in eating. I got the flu on Thursday evening and am finally starting to feel a little better. Now, today Evan is home from work. So, this flu bug has really kicked our butt! Otherwise nothing is new with us, Ella has stopped growing considering the lack of food. Still no teeth! Our baby finally got a little cuddlier! I love it! Hope everyone else is doing better than us.

Scooter

Ella is officially crawling, well army crawling. So, at the gym yesterday she was scootin along and got in front of a door just as a little girl opened it and scraped her leg. She bled a little and cried just for a short while. The girls said she just watched them as they cleaned it out. What a tough little girl. One of many accidents to happen, I guess. We are all doing alright, sick of the cold weather. Can't wait for Spring to come. Ella is falling asleep all on her own now, and as you can she the more uncomfortable she looks the more comfortable she is. She is sleeping in that pic. with her head in the bed and her butt up. She obviously likes it, caught her in that position a couple times. She has learned "So Big" and she does it very well, as you can tell in one of the pics. Well hope all is well.

Home Alone

Evan has to go to Indianapolis this week again for work but Ella and I decided to stay home. He is only going to be gone 2 nights, so the girls think we can handle it. Well I Ella is becoming more and more independent. She eats so well on her own, as you can see in one pic, she is eating pancakes. In another pic, she is eating her first biscuit which was gone in like 10 minutes. She is even holding her own bottle, if you try to help her she will just give up and let you do it so you just have to give her the bottle and walk away. There are still no signs of teeth. She is getting around a little better. I wouldn't call it crawling, it's more like scooting/jumping. It's cute! She somehow can move better backwards which is why she is under the bed like that. The pic of her silly face, is of her trying Gerber baby mac and cheese. She obviously didn't like it! It sure gave me a good laugh, though. She doesn't really like books too well yet, unless she can eat it. So we watch tv and hopefully she learns through that way. Anyways, she is very attentive to it. She got a little car from Uncle Brett and Aunt Ashley for Christmas and she loves it. She already had one car accident and I am sure there will be many more to come. Doesn't she look big on it? Well hope all is well with everyone. Take Care!

Good to be home

We had a wonderful time being home with our family and friends over Christmas time and thank all of you who helped with Ella and spoiled her. Even though I love being home I have never been so happy to be back in Ohio. It is extremely hard on us being gone that long, especially Ella. She is starting to adjust to her old routine again. Although she is very crabby and irritable. She has another cold and may be teething. Grandma Donna thinks she is used to being spoiled and held so now is adjusting to not being held all the time. It's been a little rough. So back to work for me again, I don't mind my job but I don't want to go back either. Evan went back 1 day and is home today because he isn't feeling well. He has a lot of sinus pain with a cold, I guess we just can't handle the ND tundra anymore. Hope everyone's New Year has started out right. We miss you all!