Baptism Pics & Ella's 3 Months Old!

Ella was baptized on August 30th at our church in Lakeville. There's something about taking Ella to church...it prompts her to have a poopy diaper during the service. Hasn't failed yet. So, that was fun....changing her diaper while she's wearing a long white gown! But, we made it through and she didn't really cry or fuss too much. The weather was a lot cooler than we anticipated though - check out Ella's undergarments (by this point we had already lost the socks & shoes)!

Yesterday Ella officially turned 3 months old! Again....I can't believe how fast it is going. I think any day now she's going to officially giggle for us. She does something that resembles a laugh, but not quite there yet. Can't wait to hear it! Weekend plans include a trip to the State Fair. Happy Labor Day everyone!

Ella at 3 months

Happy Wedding Anniversary!

Today is our 4th wedding anniversary. Happy Anniversary Babe! Each year, we give gifts based on the traditional wedding anniversary gifts. This year called for fruit or flowers. Talk about a weird one! Neither of us was having much luck finding a gift to fit the category (besides the obvious), so we ordered an Edible Arrangement to share. If you've never seen these, I thought I'd post a picture of the arrangement. There are chocolate covered bananas (those are the white things in the picture) and chocolate dipped apple slices - YUM! The yellow "daisies" are pinapples with a melon center. We'll celebrate with dinner out tonight (hopefully Ella will be agreeable to this)!

12 weeks old!

Ella turned 12 weeks old on Tuesday. I can't believe it, makes me sad! Time is going so fast.

North Shore at 11 weeks

We're back from our annual trip to the North Shore. This year we didn't travel as far north as we typically do because we had Ella along and we weren't sure how she would travel. We stayed north of Two Harbors in a log cabin resort. It was nice to get away, and we were able to get some down time, but not a lot. Ella kept us pretty busy as usual. It rained a LOT while we were there, so we didn't get outside much. We did make it to Gooseberry Falls, which was fun. We strollered around the park & got a few pictures. We also made it to Betty's Pies (twice)!! YUM!

Ella is 11 weeks old! She's still having formula fussiness & gas. Another trip to the dr. is on the agenda for the upcoming week. Ella's baptism is coming up this week also. More updates soon!

11 weeks old!

The new formula, etc.

So, we've had Ella on a new formula this week (Enfamil Gentlease) to try & fix her gas issue. I'm not sure yet that it's working, but our pediatrician wants us to give it 2 weeks before we decide if it has solved the problem. I think she has a little less irritability from the gas, but she's still waking up because of gas & then gets really mad before & after passing gas. Poor sweetie!

BUT, Ella has slept through the night 3 nights this week (Monday, Tuesday & Thursday). Monday & Tuesday she slept from approx. 9 p.m. until 7 a.m.!! Thursday she slept from 9 p.m. until 4:45 a.m., but I'm counting that as sleeping through the night - close enough!

In other news....Jay is headed to Hazeltine tomorrow to watch the PGA tournament. Grandma Jolyn has offered to watch Ella for the day, so I've got a day to myself! You should see my to do list!! I got a head start this afternoon - hair cut (pic attached). It's short, but I think I'll like it.

We're headed to the North Shore next week - WHOO HOO! Stay tuned for trip pictures & stories of Ella's first trip up north. Betty's Pies here we come!!

8, 9, 10 weeks

Time Flies! I promised updated pics of Ella on Monday...now it's Friday.

8 weeks old!!

9 weeks old!!

10 weeks old!!

2 Month Stats

Today was Ella's 2 month well check appointment. She now weighs 11 lb, 10 oz, 75th percentile & is 24 1/4 inches long, 97th percentile! Her head is measuring 15 1/4 inches, 50th percentile.

Let me tell you about our visit. While in the waiting room, she woke up, gave me a smile or two, proceeded to spit up and then shoot formula out of her nose. Of course I still had her all strapped into the carseat, so I was frantically getting her out so she could breathe for goodness sakes! I suctioned out all the yucky stuff & thought it'd be smooth sailing. Not so lucky I guess. The dreaded gas is worse than ever for little Ella, and she let everyone know it today. She was bright red faced and screaming because of the gassy tummy (it sucks). Thankfully, we're switching formulas to see if that is the cure for her, otherwise we'll be back to visit to figure this out. So on top of being really mad about the gas, she had to get 4 vaccine shots & 1 oral vaccine. The nurse gave the oral vaccine first - Ella started choking because she was crying & wasn't swallowing. Lovely. Then came the dreaded shots. I knew it wasn't going to be pretty - but JEEZ! We're talking purple face - straight up pissed off. I had tears for sure, and if I hadn't been by myself I probably would have been crying right along with her. But, it's all over now. She fell asleep....and fingers crossed....she'll sleep for a while yet this morning.

I've been lacking in the updated photos, but I have some 9 weeks shots that I'll try to post later this morning. Tomorrow she'll be 10 weeks old. So crazy!