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Sorry it has been so long since the last post. Our car was broken into about a week ago when we were visiting friends in R.I. and our beloved camera was stolen...along with our GPS, the diaper bag Jutsin gave me when Ella was born (sad) and my wallet, phone, and alot of Ella's clothes and her cute little jacket. I was sad about the sentimental items (Ella's cute little jacket and diaper bag), but REALLY not happy about the fact that our camera that we had literally saved money for for months before Ella was born is now gone. We were just running into a store (in the POURING rain)and could see our car from where we were. Lesson learned-never leave anything in your car, even in a "nice" neighborhood and even for just a minute or two. It certainly could have been worse and we are truly thankfulthat it is nothing more than an annoyance. As Thanksgiving approaches, we wish our family and friends all the best. We are thankful for each and every one of them and for our healthy and adorable, walking, talking (well, babbling...) daughter. Soon we will have a new camera and I'll post some pictures of her walking....here are a few pictures from before our camera was stolen...enjoy!

At our house the last 2 days has been not so fun. Justin has what we are calling the "0oga-booga", not really sure what it is, but it involves a sore throat and fever. Yuck. And Ella had her first trip to the dr. ever for a non-well-baby visit. She has had a lingering cold which Wednesday night turned into an ear infection. She was up every hour all night long. That is not like her, so we knew something was not right. The next morning she was tired, but okay. I took her to the pediatrician and they said that she has a "whopper" of an ear infection in her right ear and pink-eye. Her eye never looked pink, just gooky, so I had no idea. She is on an antibiotic for 10 days. She has remained in a good mood despite all of this and we are just hoping everyone is better SOON! In the meantime, Ella took 19 steps today! We have a walker!! :)

Happy Birthday to Ava!

We want to say a big HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY to Ava! She's one today! Ella loves her cousin (and we do,too!) We hope she has a fun birthday today....
We'll post pictures from both parties soon!

XOXO to the birthday girl!

Ella's 1st year!

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Happy Birthday, Ella!

Well, the day is here! Ella is one! It is a bittersweet day....we "survived" the first year of parenthood and I think we have done pretty well! :) Ella is thriving-a happy and healthy girl, what else could we ask for? One year ago today at this time, we had a six-hour old baby. We (I) survived a 31- hour long labor and became parents to one adorable baby. We are so in love with our little girl and we can't wait to see what the next year brings!

At 1 year Ella can:

-Crawl like a crazy baby at lightning fast speed

-Clap her hands

-Wave bye-bye

-Use sign language for "more" and "all done"

-Stand up unassisted

-Drink on her own from a sippy cup

-Say "Dada" for Daddy and "Ga" for dog

-Barks like a dog when we ask her what the doggie says

-Eat cheerios on her own (her favorite food)

-Sleep through the night-7pm-6 am (most of the time)

She weighs 23 lbs. 7 oz. and is 30.5 inches.

At birth she weighed 7lbs. 2 oz and was 21 inches.

Here are a few pics from the last year....party pictures to follow soon!

On the move!

Should we be afraid of what our future holds...in 15 years?!

Pumpkin in a pumpkin patch!

Ella experienced her first trip to the pumpkin patch. I am sure she will be going back a few more times before fall is over! We love fall and everything about it (except that winter follows...). This week our playgroup is meeting to pick apples and pumpkins, so more pumpkin pictures to follow!

More like a toddler each day...

Ella is quickly turning from baby to toddler- a bittersweet time! She is so much fun these days and loves to get into trouble already! She can climb onto the couch without help and "cruises" along the furniture. Won't be long until we are chasing her!

She has her first little cold today and so I have a preview of the next several years of wiping noses!

It's cool and sunny here today-loving fall in New England!

Here's a picture of our big girl!

Silly Girl

Ella is a silly girl. Her personality has definately started to come out these days. She laughs a lot and smiles easily. She loves to play games (crawling over things is a favorite...)
We love our silly girl!

We are all saying prayers for Ella's new cousin and for another new friend born this past Saturday! We are also eagerly awaiting her new cousin who is due to arrive in January!

10 months old!

Ella is a little over 10 months old...we can hardly believe it! It seriously has gone so fast. These past 10 months have been great. Never before in my life have I been so amazed by one person as I am by Ella...and never before have I been more tired! It has been so fun seeing her grow and the constant changes we've seen in her. She has a silly personality and a very cute sideways grin! She LOVES her pacifier these days (more than ever before) and she loves to eat! She prefers to feed herself... she loves noodles and peas, bananas and rice. She sleeps 12 hours most nights now (yipppeee!) and usually takes two good naps.

We are loving each day with her and we can't believe she will be a year-old in a very short time!

Prayers Needed

Please say a prayer for my cousin and her husband and baby today. They have been through a tremendous battle and we want them to know they are all in our prayers...

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Nine Months!

Ella is NINE months old! We cannot believe it! She is a ton of fun these days and is on the MOVE... she is crawling and into everything. We are enjoying every moment, but we are tired! :)

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What a difference 9 (almost) months makes! :)

5 Years!

It has been FIVE years since we got married? Where did that time go? We celebrated by going out today and we are going to celebrate when we go to VT in August. Lots of good things have happened in 5 years....and a great one happened this past year...Ella!

Here's to many more happy years!

Crawling and Pickles

It's official! We have a crawler on our hands! After about a month of "practicing", Ella took her first scoots forward on Sunday. She sometimes still forgets that she can crawl and scoots on her belly places, but by the end of the week she will be a pro! We also discovered that she loves pickles! She tried a lick and wanted more and more and more!

Happy 4th!

Summertime

We are having a fun summer. Wish Daddy was not working so much, but we are making the most of it! We celebrated Ella's first 4th with friends and family...good times for all! Happy Summer!

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Ella's first time in the "big" pool

So, Ella went swimming for the first time in a big pool yesterday at her cousins house. We dipped her feet in the pool in Florida in March (she was 4 months), but this was the first time she actually went in. A little cool at first, but then she liked floating in her crab boat and so did Ava! Enjoy the pictures of the bathing beauty...

Yay for sleep! Since Ella turned eight months over the weekend, she has been a sleeper! It must be a growth spurt or something, but we will enjoy it while it lasts! She went to bed at 8 last night and she's still asleep....shhhhh. I am up before her! :)

Ella turns eight months!

Ella turned eight months old on Saturday! Hard to believe she is already that big! She is trying out the crawling thing (not quite there yet-fine with me! ) Soon our lives will be even more non-stop once she is mobile! We spent a great weekend with our friends at their cabin in Pennsylvania. Ella actually slept through the night (7-5:30-ish) for one of the first times ever on Friday night which was great.

She is eating three meals a day of babyfood and her new favorite is blueberry/pear. Yum!

Ella waves now and it's just so cute! She is a smiley, happy baby, but don't take that toy away from her! She will let you know she wants it NOW!

Okay, so its been a few months since my last post...Ella has grown so much! She is so much fun these days.

Ella at 6 months...

• Rolls from back to tummy and tummy to back
• Smiles and laughs...LOVES the dog
• Eats rice cereal and fruit/veggie twice a day
• Sleeps 12 hours at night (but gets up twice and then right back to sleep)
• Loves jumping in her jumper
• Hates getting her diaper/clothes changed
• Loves going on lots of walks

Our lives have changed so much in the last six months, but definately for the better! :)

So, I am new at this whole blog thing, but I thought I'd give it a shot and share news about our lives and about the love of our lives, Ella.