The Incident

So this past week was a big week for us! I went back to work Monday and it went pretty well. Of course I worried about Ella Bella all day and called my MIL several tmes to check on her, but she did great and didn't seem to really be phased by the change! Tuesday went ever better for her than Monday and then I got to spend the rest of the week with her! I think this is going to work out well. The biggest problem for me is with being at home, sometimes I have a hard time staying focused but all in all, it went fine and I was suprised at how quickly I got back into the flow of work.

Wednesday I worked out for the first time in who knows how long. Rusty and I got a membership at the Y finally, I'd been wanting to for awhile. So, my friend Laura came over and we loaded Ella up and went to work out. I just grabbed a few things (diaper and wipes) for Ella as we walked out the door thinking, We'll just be there an hour, how much will she really need? So, we headed out, Ella was all bundled up and ready to go...

Well, an hour or so later, we arrived back at the house, Ella not looking quite as chipper. Notice she isn't wearing the same thing as when we left the house...

Poor girl! She had a major explosion right after we dropped her off at the childcare and, bad mommy, I hadn't brought any change of clothes! I was mildly scolded by the childcare ladies for not being more prepared. Oops! The only thing they could find was an 18 month onsie and a tattered old blanket! She was pretty tuckered out by the time we got home.

Friday my friend Jill came over with her adorable baby Levi, who her and her husband recently adopted from Ethiopia! He is SUCH a cutie and I'm sure him and Ella will be great friends! He kept trying to hold her hand. So sweet!!

Just checking each other out. Can't wait to see them grow up together!

We have so many babies in our church right now, I'm so glad! It'll be so fun to see our kids grow up together and one day when they're all in youth group together we can show them all these pics of when they played together as babies! I think that will be so cool :)

This week was also Ella's first week of sitting in her big girl high chair! The jury's still out on whether she likes it or not. Its been about 50/50 with her being happy in it. I think once she starts to play with toys more she'll like it. Right now I think she's just bored when she sits in it. She's SO close to reaching for things and playing with toys but isn't quite there yet.

Well, I guess that's it for now! We had a belated Christmas celebration with my in-law's today...I'll have to post pics of Ella with her cousins (who she met for the first time today!) in my next post!