Happy St. Pat's Day from Ella!

Apples and Bananas!

I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas

I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas

I like to ate, ate, ate ay-ples and ba-nay-nays

I like to ate, ate, ate ay-ples and ba-nay-nays

I like to eat, eat, eat ee-ples and bee-nee-nees

I like to eat, eat, eat ee-ples and bee-nee-nees

I like to ite, ite, ite i-ples and bi-ni-nis
I like to ite, ite, ite i-ples and bi-ni-nis

I like to ote, ote, ote oh-ples and bo-no-nos

I like to ote, ote, ote oh-ples and bo-no-nos

Biking with Mom & Dad

Dad has been wating a bike trailer since the day I found out I was pregnant and we finally found a good deal at a consignment sale in town! Woo hoo! We bought the trailer, a helmet, and off we went.

It was 65 degrees and the perfect day for a bikeride. We took it easy for the 1st time and stayed close to home. We took a short ride, stopped for dinner, and then biked home. I think Ella really enjoyed herself. It's a 2-seater, so she had room to bring a few toys along. So fun!

My Yoga Baby

I've been doing yoga lately and Ella has started to show an interest in joining.



She does a great up-dog!




So cute!




I'm having a serious urge lately to write everything down. Ella is changing daily and I am afraid it will all past by too quickly for me to remember. Here are a few of my recent notes:

• New words on a daily, even hourly, basis. Some new ones are: teeth, shoe, sock, cheese, up, down and agua (Is she considered bi-ligual if she only speaks 1 word of Spanish!?)
• She is also doing animal sounds now! She has "moo", "woof" and "meow" down pat!
• Ella is getting MUCH better at pointing out body parts. She knows: eyes, ears, mouth, hair, nose, ears, belly and teeth.
• Still no walking yet, but we have had a few standing episodes. It's so exciting to watch her make progress on this one. She walks holding my hand, but I only let her hold the tip on my pinky finger.

Happy Birthday Evie!

Ella wanted to wish Evie the HAPPIEST of Birthdays today! Thanks for having us to your birthday party this weekend! We had a blast!

Here is Ella on her way to the party! She barely fit in the seat with her big tutu!

Ella LOVED riding on Evie's lamb rocker.

It was diffucult to get a shot of all the kids together, but I think we managed pretty well. Here are a couple...

But the most fun was EATING THE CAKE!! Ella was so excited that Evie let her help!

Ella Stands on Her Own!

Ella stood up on her own this Sunday! We were getting her dressed for Evie's 1st birthday party and I let go of her for a sec and suddenly she was standing on her own! She stood for a few minutes... just long enough for us to snap a pic and get a video! Yay Ella!

Looking back on Ella's 1st year

It's hard to believe that Ella is already 13 months old. I spent some time tonight looking back and I thought I would share some of my photo memories...

More Gymboree Fun with Emery

We had another fun day at Gymboree with Emery and her mom Jackie! Ella (and Mom) look forward to our time with them every week! Thanks Ladies!

Trip to the Zoo

Ella made her 1st trip to the zoo today with friends Kendall, Cooper, Reece and Taylor. Thanks to the Mom's- Kristie and Stacy for joining us (I especially enjoyed the company)! What fun!

Winter Park- snow and sledding

Thanks to our friends Cory and Melanie Seitz who invited us up to their beautiful vacation home up in Winter Park, CO. We had a wonderful weekend hanging out... and Ella enjoyed playing in the snow and sledding.

This was her first time in her new snowsuit! I purchased a size 2T snowsuit in an end of season sale for her to wear next year... looks like that won't happen since it ALREADY fits! Who knew!?

Ella really seemed to enjoy playing in the snow, although she wanted to eat the snowballs!

And thanks to GG and Granddaddy Godsey for the cool boots. They were purchased when I was still pregnant... so I'm so glad that we finally got some use out of them.

After playing a bit, it was time to go in. Mom & Dad were FREEZING... Ella was the only one properly dressed (as you can see from Dad's T-shirt!).

On Sunday morning, we headed out to do some sledding. It was HUGE fun for Ella and Dad. Ella enjoyed riding down the hill much more than she enjoyed being pulled back up. Almost every time, she wouldn't be able to stay sitting up and would be lying in the sled on her back, crying for someone to sit her back up! So sad!