Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
Let the earth hear His voice
Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
Let the people rejoice
Oh come to the Father through Jesus the Son
And give Him the glory
GREAT THINGS HE HAS DONE!
I woke up with this song in my head, how fitting!
Praising God for all the blessings in my life. Every good and perfect gift comes from above.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Ok. Time to go make a turkey.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Back to normal
After being hit by some sickness in our home, I think we are back to normal! For now at least. It had to happen-Ella had her first ear infection last week. Poor girl! She was just not happy...crying at every little thing, having trouble sleeping at night, 20 minute naps (if that). I felt confined to the house because she was such a nightmare to take anywhere! I thought it was just a cold (no fever, no pulling at the ears) so I didn't take her to the dr until about a week into it. Thankfully, after a few days of antibiotic, Ella is back to her happy self. Here she is in a less than happy state...
One day last week we went to Borders to visit Aunt Sarah on her lunch break. Ella really loved standing in this corner for some reason!
Ella playing with her buddy Zane at church! Ella looks a little out of it...
In the midst of trying to get Ella healthy we had a busy weekend! Saturday night Rusty and I went to his work holiday party. I was so happy Ella was healthy for us to go. Aunt Sarah watched her for us, thanks Sarah! Rusty looks a little weird in this picture. I think he was uphappy he had to wear a suit.
I promise Rusty had not been drinking. The party was a '40's themed "puttin on the ritz" and they handed out accessories!
Ella has been cracking me up lately! Her newest thing is saying "thank you". Its so stinkin cute! She loves to hand me a toy, let me say "thank you" to her, then I give it back to her and she says "thank you" to me! She also likes to say it after I give her a kiss! Her new favorite toy is her work bench I got her from goodwill yesterday. gotta love toys at goodwill! yesterday she kept walking around with her wrench, trying to "fix" things. She is also hilarious to take out in public. She is super friendly to everyone we pass by. She loves to "chat" with them, say hi and laugh. This is definitely my favorite age so far! Such fun!
One day last week we went to Borders to visit Aunt Sarah on her lunch break. Ella really loved standing in this corner for some reason!
Ella playing with her buddy Zane at church! Ella looks a little out of it...
In the midst of trying to get Ella healthy we had a busy weekend! Saturday night Rusty and I went to his work holiday party. I was so happy Ella was healthy for us to go. Aunt Sarah watched her for us, thanks Sarah! Rusty looks a little weird in this picture. I think he was uphappy he had to wear a suit.
I promise Rusty had not been drinking. The party was a '40's themed "puttin on the ritz" and they handed out accessories!
Ella has been cracking me up lately! Her newest thing is saying "thank you". Its so stinkin cute! She loves to hand me a toy, let me say "thank you" to her, then I give it back to her and she says "thank you" to me! She also likes to say it after I give her a kiss! Her new favorite toy is her work bench I got her from goodwill yesterday. gotta love toys at goodwill! yesterday she kept walking around with her wrench, trying to "fix" things. She is also hilarious to take out in public. She is super friendly to everyone we pass by. She loves to "chat" with them, say hi and laugh. This is definitely my favorite age so far! Such fun!Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Bless You!
Some new/cute things Ella's been up to lately:
Says "bless you" after someone sneezes. It sounds like "bessew", so cute!
Loves to play with her shoes and hair bows/clips. She likes to lay out all her little clips in a row and then points to them and likes me to hand them to her, one at a time. She's VERY particular on which one I give her.
Really likes sitting in her little antique chair even though she has problems getting in and out of it. Its pretty high off the ground for her so I have to sit right by her when she's in it.
Still loves Little Einsteins. Her attention span to watch it is about 10 minutes right now.
Likes to carry her blankie around and often trips on it. Trying to break her of that :)
Loves to wrestle on the floor with us. She really likes to tickle us too, its so funny! She'll move her fingers around really fast on our belly and say "ickle ickle ickle" and then laugh.
Can finally get on and off her little train and 4-wheeler. She hasn't figured out how to move on the train yet but she can go backwards on the 4-wheeler.
LOVES milk, she would drink it all day if I let her. She drinks about 27 oz a day!
Says "no no no" a lot. She mainly says it at meal times. She's also started answering my questions with "no". "Ella, do you want to go eat lunch?" "no". hmmmm. Another thing we're working on...
Its amazing how much she can communicate to us right now! Its rare that she wants something or is upset about something and we can't figure out what it is. The other day I forgot to get her sippy cup out for her at dinner. Right away she pointed to the cup holder on her highchair, looked at me and said "cuppy!"
Sorry if this was a boring post, not too much going on here! Looking forward to a fun weekend-Rusty and I are going to his work's holiday party. The theme is "puttin' on the ritz", fun!
Says "bless you" after someone sneezes. It sounds like "bessew", so cute!
Loves to play with her shoes and hair bows/clips. She likes to lay out all her little clips in a row and then points to them and likes me to hand them to her, one at a time. She's VERY particular on which one I give her.
Really likes sitting in her little antique chair even though she has problems getting in and out of it. Its pretty high off the ground for her so I have to sit right by her when she's in it.
Still loves Little Einsteins. Her attention span to watch it is about 10 minutes right now.
Likes to carry her blankie around and often trips on it. Trying to break her of that :)
Loves to wrestle on the floor with us. She really likes to tickle us too, its so funny! She'll move her fingers around really fast on our belly and say "ickle ickle ickle" and then laugh.
Can finally get on and off her little train and 4-wheeler. She hasn't figured out how to move on the train yet but she can go backwards on the 4-wheeler.
LOVES milk, she would drink it all day if I let her. She drinks about 27 oz a day!
Says "no no no" a lot. She mainly says it at meal times. She's also started answering my questions with "no". "Ella, do you want to go eat lunch?" "no". hmmmm. Another thing we're working on...
Its amazing how much she can communicate to us right now! Its rare that she wants something or is upset about something and we can't figure out what it is. The other day I forgot to get her sippy cup out for her at dinner. Right away she pointed to the cup holder on her highchair, looked at me and said "cuppy!"
Sorry if this was a boring post, not too much going on here! Looking forward to a fun weekend-Rusty and I are going to his work's holiday party. The theme is "puttin' on the ritz", fun!
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
We have a walker!!!
I'm proud to announce that Ella is finally FINALLY walking! I know she's only 13 months so its not like she's really a late walker or anything. But of all my girlfriends or blogs I read, everyone else must've gotten early walkers. It just made me feel like Ella was late. She had been in the "pre-walking" stage for so long, since before Labor Day even! I'm not sure what took her so long!
Last night around 7, Rusty and I were just sitting in the living room with her and Rusty was watching The Simpsons. Ella was standing, holding onto a chair. All of a sudden, she just took about 10 steps and stopped right in front of the TV and stood there for about 2 minutes, watching the Simpons! Then she turned around and walked back to the chair. Then she walked to the fireplace, then to me, then to Rusty. She was like a machine! It was really funny how she went from not at doing it at all to just doing it! I guess its all or nothing with her. Here's a video I took last night-this was probably the 2nd or 3rd time she walked. Can you believe how fast she's going?? Today has been a little slower. She's been walking here and there but she still wants to hold onto my finger when she walks. Not sure it that is just out of habit or if she feels nervous. Go Ella!! You can do it!!
Sunday, November 01, 2009
My Little Ladybug
I know I'm biased but Ella was the cauuutest little ladybug there ever was!! After the fiasco of actually getting her in her costume, the rest of the night went great! Ella really loved handing out candy with her daddy and seeing all the other kids.
We decided to take her around to a few houses. She's still not really walking on her own but she does great if one of us holds her hand.
Taking a little break. Once she got her first piece of candy she had to sit down to investigate.
And...we're off again!
We decided to take her around to a few houses. She's still not really walking on her own but she does great if one of us holds her hand.
Taking a little break. Once she got her first piece of candy she had to sit down to investigate.
And...we're off again!
In exciting news, Ella took what I will call her first steps yesterday! FINALLY! She's taken steps here and there for the past month but it was never initiated by her. Yesterday while Rusty was home with her (of course), she stood up and just took about 6 steps towards him! Then she did it again this morning with him and finally with me this afternoon. Woohoo! I'm really hoping that within a week or 2 she'll really have the hang of it! I cannot believe its taken her this long considering she was already really stable on her feet at the beginning of September!
In not exciting news, Ella seems to be pretty off schedule thanks to daylight savings time. Thanks a lot! Is getting light earlier in the morning worth having to wake up at 5:30? Uhm, no.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
