No Longer Stationary

Let the exercise begin....... Ella is finally crawling. After 11 1/2 months of anticipation, we are now experiencing the world of having a mobile child. For the past two months Ella has been standing and holding onto things for extended periods of time. We first thought that she might just skip the whole crawling deal. We were wrong..... she has decided to crawl after all.

Ella is now into everything. She seems to enjoy the various textures of floors. Chrissy and I sit amazed as Ella transitions from the hardwood floors to the carpet in our living room. Her crawl is a little bit of a one- legged crawl. It is so funny to see her little bottom shooting stright up in the air. At times we feel as if she is going to stand-up and walk. Needless to say we now have some new action in life to keep us busy.

Now our next steps:

1. transitioning off the bottle........this should be interesting considering it is her favorite time of day.

2. Planning her Big 1st Birthday which is only 18 days away.

Crawling is exhausting!

Uh Oh..... I think I am not suppose to be touching this.......

Ella's Crawling Photos:

"What in the World is Going on with Ella Grace?"

Well, here we are again back to the blogging. We appologize for the delay in posting the past 3 months photos. As stated in a earlier blog, we are now in Alabama. We finally moved into our new home, which we love. We are now expecting our 2nd child due April 7th. (For those of you who are wondering.... this was planned. Chrissy and I desired for Ella and her sibling to be close in age.) We should find out in 3 weeks what will be having.

Now about our little Ella........

Ella has changed alot in the past months. She has quite the personality. As you will see in the photos below she is our little drama queen. Chrissy and I laugh as we realize that Ella recieved a double portion of drama when she was born, knowing that both of us are quite dramatic. Ella's hair is growing and becoming thicker. I being the crazy one in the family, tried to cut Ella's hair. Needless to say.... Chrissy has requested that I never seek to become a barber. Below are some new photos with insight to "What in the World is going on with Ella Grace?"

Our Little Drama Queen....this is called "The Bear".

Ella is truly one of the happiest kids you will find.
(As you can see in the photo we are now able to put bows in her hair. Chrissy has been eagerly waiting to use hair bows.)

Chrissy and I take Ella on walks each night. She loves to be pushed in her red car and to drink out of her sippy cup.
(An interesting fact about Ella: She will only drink water..... she doesn't like juice.)

Ella now has 8 teeth. Brushing her teeth at night is an adventure.

This is Ella's favorite facial expression..... wrinkling her nose.

Ella loves books. Each night Chrissy and I have to read her "8 Little Monkeys" and "10 Little Ladybugs".

Chrissy states that Ella takes after her father when it comes to food choices. Her favorite food (just like her dad) is spaghetti.

Ella loves her new water table. As you should guess.... she is soaked by the end of playtime.

Life is exciting when you have little Ella.