Photos!

Ella is obsessed with paper!

Caught in the act of trying to crawl backwards!

The first tooth has arrived!

Guess who has their first tooth?!?!? ELLA! I got home from work yesterday & I checked (like I do everyday) and felt something scratchy....checked again....pulled Ella's lip down/around/over a few times so I could see - and there it was! A glorious nubby tooth. :) I'm so proud! I was getting a bit worried that maybe there weren't any teeth in there since she's been teething for months now. Everyone's betting that her teeth are all going to start coming in around the same time now. Time will tell....

Ella's newest skill: crawling backwards! She hasn't figured out how to move forward on all fours yet, but she's got it down moving backwards. It's pretty funny. She mostly rolls still to get where she wants to go, but I think very soon we will be chasing after her crawling around the house.

I've got some pictures to post - hopefully tomorrow.

Valentine's Day has come & gone, but I hope everyone took some time out of the day to spend it with their sweeties! Jay & I spent our first night away from Ella bean. I think we were both a little apprehensive just because we weren't sure how Ella would be through the night, etc. but it went pretty great. Aunt Annie and Lily spent the afternoon & night with Ella. I think Ella was a bit afraid of Lily because she cried a lot & didn't want to be put down to play, but otherwise Annie said it went fine.

Next week: Ella will be 9 months old on 3/2 (Tuesday) - Wowsers. 9 month checkup on 3/5 (Friday). Stay tuned for some updated stats.

Some smiles

It's been a while

So where did the month of January go?!? Wow. Things have been going well & we're having fun watching Ella play with new toys & explore (a/k/a shove in her mouth) everything in sight. No teeth yet, but maybe soon?!!? It's hard to say. She's been teething for about 2 months now I think. Gotta get some teeth sooner or later. Her first word is officially momma. :) She still blabbles quite a bit, but that's the only word so far! So much to look forward to in the next few months with her! She'll be 8 months on Tuesday!

Hair

Isn't this hilarious? Ella's hair is OUT OF CONTROL! We had some serious static issues today. Notice it appears Ella is flipping us off. That's how I feel on a bad hair day too.

Baby It's Cold Outside

Time Management

So, the holidays are over (sad!). Merry Christmas to all our friends we didn't see over the past few weeks. Weather & crazy schedules kept us from seeing many of you. But, all is well. Happy New Year! Resolutions? Are you kidding me! I FORGOT to make a resolution. That happens I guess. But, now that we're 9 days into 2010 (Are you supposed to say Two Thousand Ten or Twenty Ten? Both ways are currently driving me crazy). Anyway, now that we're 9 days into 2010, I've had a few seconds to think about it. And my resolution is time management. I consider myself a very disciplined & organized person. Until June 2, 2009. I just spent hours this past week working on my filing. I'm usually anal about the filing, and still am, however, finding time to get to the filing has been an issue for me. There's always something more pertinent to do or I feel I should be teaching & engaging Ella more. Anyway, it's sad that I'm writing this, but this past week I worked on filing of stuff from August 2009 through year-end. Wow. It's almost like, why waste the time at this point? But, I need those meticulous records! I'm just about done (hurray!). From this point on, I resolve to keep on top of the filing & (try to)manage my time. Good luck.

Next on my "to do" list - start writing in Ella's baby book. Unreal that I haven't written a single word! I thought I'd be all about that book - keeping up with it from day 1 so I wouldn't be overwhelmed. Yeah. Good luck.

Ella is now starting to do something new all the time! She's 7 months old as of the 2nd. She has finally got the hang of sitting by herself (just the other day!) and it's so cute to watch her play with toys - like really starting to understand "play" as opposed to "shake the rattle."

Here's a few pictures we've been taking and not sharing with everyone b/c I haven't found the time to sit down and update this damn blog!

Post-Thanksgiving 2009

Christmas Eve 2009

Ella's First Christmas - 2009. [Christmas Day Morning]

Abbas Christmas 2009. (Ella - are you afraid of the monkey?!)

Christmas in Worthington - part 1 (celebrated New Years Eve 2009)

Christmas in Worthington part 2 (celebrated New Years Day 2010)