Our Angel Ella: Merry Christmas!

Ella-isms

8 teeth - 10 months
Walking..no RUNNING everywhere - 10 months
First steps - 9 months
Standing - 8 months
Top Tooth Poking Through - 7 months 2 weeks
Trying to stand unassisted - 7 months 1 week
Sippy Cup - 7 months
Full Crawl...everywhere! - 7 months
Pulling up to stand - 6 months 3 weeks
Army Crawl - 6 months 2 weeks
"Ma Ma Ma Ma" - 6 months 1 week
Two bottom teeth - 6 months
Stands holding my fingers - 6 months (she did earlier but really enjoys it now)
Squash, Carrots and Sweet Potatoes - 6 months
Sits up to play - 6 months
Squirms like a worm! - 5 months and ongoing!
Ma Ma Ma Ma - 5 1/2 months
Throws EVERYTHING - 5 months
First Restaurant Visit - 5 months NYPD Pizza
Spoon Feeding (rice cereal) - 4 months
Rolling over - 3 mos 4 weeks
Playing with her feet - 3 mos 2 weeks
Bottle feeding during the day at 11 weeks (to prep for moms return to work)
Coos - started a lot at 9 weeks
Talks most to dad when he gets home from work
Laughs - at dad changing her diaper and mom sticking her tongue out
Smiled around 5-6 weeks
Lazy Eater!
Loves: Mommy and Daddy & Bath Time
Weighed 7 lbs. 6.2 ozs. 19 inches long
Born November 14, 2009 at 1:11 AM

Things That Surprised Me During Pregnancy........

*How comfortable maternity pants are even though they give me a diaper-butt look
*How good ice cream sounds at any time of the day
*Why going to the bathroom can't just wait until the morning
*That a baby rolling around in your belly actually is only described by saying "it feels like a baby is rolling inside your belly"
*How often one person can rub their belly without noticing! (Me of course, and Jimmy notices!)
*The real-ness and love for our baby that set in after the first ultrasound
*How quickly your belly button can flatten..it hasn't popped yet
*How fast the belly can grow
*The feeling I got when we heard the heartbeat...BEST EVER
*How much I actually hated food in the first trimester..I LOVE food
*How many times a person can actually throw up