It's Ella's World Now

A brand new Catholic church was recently built right by our house.  I'm so excited to have one close by, and Ella went to church for the...

I forgot to post that Ella had her first bath on Thursday night without the newborn net in the little plastic tub!  Next step...big bathtub...

  Today we all went to MainPlace because we HAD to go to Gymboree to get this adorable hat for our vacation!  It's a little big now, ...

Ella is 16 weeks today!  Only a little over a week until she is 4 months old.  Craziness.

Today Ella and I met Olivia and JB at a shopping center in Cerritos (it's half way between our houses).  We had lunch, shopped and bough...

Ella has slept until 5 a.m. two out of the last three days.  From 7:30 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. !  There is a dream feed in there at around 10:30 p...

Ella made her first trip to the Orange County Swap Meet today!  That's a picture of her in what we call her 'gansta' outfit...ok...

Ella is 15 weeks old today!  She is changing and learning new things everyday.  She "talks" like crazy now.  Yesterday, I put her ...

This is just a picture drop off because I forgot to put them at the beginning.  The nursery is our FAVORITE room in the house.  G did all th...

Ella has been on a pretty solid sleep schedule...between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m., she gets a bath, bottle and put to bed (in her crib- we later t...

I was one of those people that said I would NEVER have my child sleep in the bed with us. Never. And, I swore she'd be in her crib by ...

This blogging thing is fun! So here are the highlights to date...   10.26.09 First Pediatrician Appointment 2w4d (actual) 4lb. 12oz. 18....

Just got through 3 1/2 months in 1 day! I think we're all caught up now. Here she is at 2 months old and 3 months old. Ella is 14 we...

Since I'm still on maternity leave, Ella and I decided to go with daddy to his national sales meeting in San Diego. We figured it woul...

NYE is definitely different when you have babies! Ella got to spend it with her friend Paige, but most of the night was spent feeding, cha...

Ella had her first playdate on January 10, 2009 with her friends Sophie and Grace. The playdate was at our house, and some of the daddies ...

Ella's first Christmas was wonderful! We went to G's parents' house in Palm Desert for Christmas Eve and celebrated with both ...

Ella's first Thanksgiving was VERY low key. We weren't allowed to have her around a lot of people (the rule from the NI...

Almost as soon as Ella came home, it was time for Halloween! I didn't expect to have a baby for another month so I definitely didn...

I guess I should start things off with Ella's birth story... Tuesday 10-6-09 G made me call my OB because I had been miserable for da...