Well it has been a while since I last posted. I can not believe my little baby is 8 months old now! Ella has grown so much and continues to amaze us. As you can see from the weekly photos I just finished posting, Ella is beginning to make it more difficult to snap those photos. She likes to grab at the paper and eat it! Ella has also been rolling all over the place. She hasn't yet crawled, she tries but slides backwards!
We just celebrated Ella's first Christmas. She was so funny! When we brought her downstairs and sat her in front of the tree, she bean opening gifts right away. As if she was a veteran at gift opening! She enjoyed having her Grammy and Grampy down with us for a few days before Christmas and she was sad to see them leave on Christmas morning. It has been great spending my vacation home with Ella, I will be very sad when Tuesday comes and I have to go back to work.
Ella's first word was, "mom/momma". I must admit that this melts m heart. She probably began saying it a month ago. Sometimes it even sounds like she is saying, "hi momma". We are working on getting her to say, "dada". Ella is also slowly beginning to give high 5's.
2011 has been an amazing year. I look forward to what 2012 and Ella will bring to our family.
Happy New Year.
