I have a lot of catching up to do. Time just seems to fly by and before I know it it has been almost 2 months since I posted! We are doing great and loving every new thing that Ellie does. It is the beginning of busy season so Ellie and I hardly see Ryan, but we are just thankful for the weekends. We got a calling to teach the 10 and 11 year-olds in Primary and we love it. Ryan is working on taking the last section of the CPA exam and we are so excited for him to be done soon. I posted a lot of pictures to catch up a little. Here are some of the new things that Ellie has been doing since I last posted:
-Laughing at the most random things, especially lights
-Patting and scratching everything with her hand to see if it makes a noise, especially me :)
-She now weighs probably about 13 pounds and she turns 5 months on Saturday
-She loves to roll from her back to her stomach, but is not very good at getting back
-Blowing bubbles
-Squealing like a little pig
-We are super lucky because she sleeps all night from 8:30 to 7:30
-She loves to be tickled on her side
-She is the biggest wiggly worm when I am trying to feed her bottle to her (annoying!)
She loves to play with her toys, which is superb because it gives me time to get things done.
Most of all, Ellie loves books!!
Christmas was so much fun this year despite Ellie having croup for Kristen's wedding and getting the flu on Christmas day. Kristen and Jeremy's wedding was beautiful and it was so good to see extended family. It is so fun to keep adding to our family and we are excited that Jeremy is in our family now. We also got to meet sweet little Paige. She is absolutely adorable and I am so excited that her and Ellie are so close in age. Although it is amazing how much difference 3 months makes at this time in their lives. Ellie looks huge compared to her!
Cade had fun pushing Ellie in the play stroller, but it doesn't look like Ellie is having much fun :)
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Little Ellie has been a grump lately, maybe she's teething or going through some little phase, but despite the whines and cries she is still so much fun and changing more everyday. She loves her feet, rolls all over the floor and is so close to sitting up on her own. She is exploring new sounds and of course screaming and yelling.
She loves to see what mom is doing and be in the middle of it, in this case the laundry...
She loves to spend time with her daddy even though he has been in and out of town and working til at least 10:30 at night . We are waiting for busy season to be over so we can see him more!
She loves to play with her toys, which is superb because it gives me time to get things done.
Most of all, Ellie loves books!!
Christmas was so much fun this year despite Ellie having croup for Kristen's wedding and getting the flu on Christmas day. Kristen and Jeremy's wedding was beautiful and it was so good to see extended family. It is so fun to keep adding to our family and we are excited that Jeremy is in our family now. We also got to meet sweet little Paige. She is absolutely adorable and I am so excited that her and Ellie are so close in age. Although it is amazing how much difference 3 months makes at this time in their lives. Ellie looks huge compared to her!
Cade had fun pushing Ellie in the play stroller, but it doesn't look like Ellie is having much fun :)
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We are excited because last week we got Ellie's crib set up. It was so fun to set up her room and Ellie loves staring at the bumpers and all the different shapes. We have started trying to get Ellie on more of a schedule for sleep and it has been hard to let her cry herself to sleep sometimes, but it will be worth it in the end.
So my eyes have been open to the wonderful world of garage sales. I got this bumbo at a garage sale for 3 dollars and it came with the tray too! I have been wanting to get one for Ellie, but they are about 35 dollars in the store and the lowest I have seen it on CraigsList was for about 20. It is so exciting when you can find good deals on things that you were planning on buying eventually anyway.
Being with Ellie gets more exciting every day. She has been a little sick lately and it has actually helped her to learn how to yell. It is pretty funny: she will do this this little cough and yell at the same time. She loves story time and loves it when I sing anything. She is starting to hold her head up so much better every day and last of all she loves to lounge when she sleeps.
Gotta love those winter clothes :)
