Oh sweet baby, you are getting so big already! You really seem to want to get busy lately. You love it when we sit you up, put you on your tummy, put a rattle in your hand, or lay you on the floor under a ceiling fan. You somehow scoot when we lay you on the floor, and you are so close to rolling over!
You are wearing 6 month clothes and size 2 diapers. Our favorite thing to dress you in is the cotton Carter's dresses with the onesie snaps - so cute and so easy!! We had a very hot week last week, and you made it into the pool for the first time one evening after the sun was hidden. You liked it!!
Our sweet girl still has a case of "stranger danger." She loves our immediate family, but she doesn't like to be handed off. Although it is sometimes hard to hold you all of the time, you reward us with smiles quite a bit, and lately, giggles, too! One day you will learn that there are many, many other people that want to love on you!
You're not much of a napper, but we have made some progress by putting you on your tummy in the pack and play a couple of times. One day this week you napped for 2 hours - that was record-breaking!! You continue to sleep well swaddled at night. Consistently 10pm - 3am or even 5am sometimes! That is amazing!
You *love* Ella and Gabe. Ella is your little mama, and Gabe loves to bring you a "nonny" or a toy. I can tell that you're in a hurry to get going and play with them soon!
You're still nursing and taking a bottle two days a week while Mommy goes to work. You stay with Daddy and he loves taking care of you! He likes to take you on walks and take you to the green or yellow parks with the kids. It is a special time that I know he will look back on fondly!
Clara, we love you! We're so glad you're part of our family!
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Monday, July 15, 2013
Ella is 4!
This sweet girl is 4 already! Ella is such a great little girl. She is such a little momma! She loves to help me out and she *loves* being a big sister to Clara and Gabe! She takes care of all of her dolls and stuffed friends so sweetly.
She loves to sing and dance. She started taking ballet this summer at the park district and she just loves it. She loves to swim in the pool. She loves to ride her bike and go to the park. She loves to say the "God is great" prayer and remind us to pray at meals.
Ella loves to tell jokes - and they are all nonsensical. "What do you call a table that walks?" "Neck!!!" She cracks herself up. She makes up games, like "stuck in the mud" (Where you put yourself in a small space and then call for help for someone to save you!). She is always bringing Gabe to play "vacation" somewhere. She is a total bag lady! She is always stuffing her toys into purses, tote bags, boxes, grocery bags, and hauling them all over the house. She loves to color with markers and crayons, and paint. She shows off her creations and goes right to the fridge to hang them up! She loves putting money in her bank. She also loves outings - particularly the zoo, Chickfila, running errands with mommy or daddy, and visiting mommy's building (my office).
Favorite foods: Scrambled eggs, egg casserole, pancakes & sausage, barbeque sandwiches (sloppy joes), BBQ chips, McDoubles, McNuggets, hot dogs, cold cut sandwiches, peanut butter sandwiches, grilled chicken, corn on the cob, strawberries, grapes, apples, orange juice, life savers, lemon heads, & her very favorite, ice cream cones!
Ella, I hope you always are a go-getter, hilarious joke teller, and spontaneous dancer. I hope you are always overbearing with hugs and kisses (especially to me)!!! Goodnight!!! SWEET DREAMS!!!! We love you!!!!!
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