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!