Catch-Up

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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Ellie's Crib

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.

Yay for Garage Sales!

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 :)

Machine Gun Ellie

A Peek Into Ellie's Day

Dress up time

Tummy time with daddy

Hanging out with her Bunny Friend

That stinks daddy!

Sitting up by herself on the couch!

Colorado

Here we are in Colorado, finally in an apartment and excited to be settled down for a while. Ryan started his job last week and is liking it so far. I can't believe how fast Ellie is changing every week. She has started smiling every once in a while so I have been trying to catch it on the camera, so here are a few attempts. She has her grumpy times, but overall she is a pretty good baby. It is certainly a new adventure and we are loving every new little thing that she does. Hopefully now I will be better at posting :)

Meet Baby Ellie...

On August 29, 2010 at 10:22PM (22:22) Kimberly pushed out our beautiful daughter Ellie Mae. She weighed in at 6 lbs. 8 oz. (Sorry to those family members who were told a different weight, we were misinformed) and 19.5 inches long. The above picture is from today, August 30, and she is staring at us (I hope lovingly).


There she is with her dad. He's in for a real treat.


There is Ellie Mae meeting her mother for the first time. It was an extremely sweet moment.