Dresses!

I finally made dresses with some of my new fabrics (more to come)- I love them!







You can't tell in the photos, but the lines in the fabric above are actually the pinky/lavender color shown in this fabric...


I don't think I'm going to sell this pattern with the inverted pleats down the front, but I wanted to make one for Ella. :)

Everett at 10 Weeks

Everett had his 10 week appointment today (although he is actually 10w5d today).  He is 4w4d adjusted.  He is only in the 2nd to 3rd percentile actual for height and weight, but about the 50th percentile adjusted.  He is 9 pounds and 21 inches.  Ella was 8.5 pounds and 21 inches at her 10 week appointment so they are very close in size!  Hopefully Everett stays as tall as Ella because she is going to be super tall, and I don't want him to get a complex!  His head is enormous- the 90th percentile!!  It's so weird because Ella has and always had a pretty small head- I think it was usually in the 40th-ish percentile.

He's up to 3 oz. per bottle, but I can't get him to go longer than 3 hours between feedings still during the day!  The ped said this is good because he's stocking up during the day so he can go longer at night, and he encouraged me to stay on the 3 hour daytime schedule.  He still goes from 10:30 p.m. to 3 or 4 a.m., but last night he went until 4:40 a.m.! 

He makes tons of eye contact and tracks like a champ, but he's still not smiley.  We *think* he started smiling this week (just before 10 weeks), but it's hard to tell because it's very infrequent.  He did seem to give Ella a BIG smile last night (aww, the mutual love), and I think he gave me a few smiles this morning so maybe we are going to start getting them more often soon!

He is still SUCH a good baby.  Loves to be held.  I think he's going to be much more affectionate then Ella was because he makes tons more eye contact and always wants to be held, whereas Ella could not care less if you were holding her or not!

Ella rocking her boots...

 Look at how well I can sit up!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Ok so it's not V-Day yet, but Ella had her Valentine's Day party today so it's V-Day to us!  I planned on Ella wearing her red corduroy pants, but she wanted to wear her V-Day tutu from last year...

Ella's Valentines for her friends...


Cookies...

I mostly use the cookie/frosting recipes from here. 

Is this a good looking bunch or what?!

Ella's Big Girl Room!

It's basically done (aside from filling in the cubbies)...finally.  Looking into the room...

The dresser...

The bed and quote above the bed...


Unfortunately, you can barely see the quote so I may have to go over it in aqua or dark pink, but this is what it looks like...

The storage unit...

The sign Gary made...

Gratuitous Photo Drop

Everett's Announcement...

Some more shots...

More brother/sister shots to come. :)

Old School Dance

In honor of Ella's entrance into the dance world, my mom brought over my old, I mean "vintage", ballet box (don't you love?), which contained one pair of my old ballet shoes and two pairs of tap shoes...

They are much too big for Ella, but we went to the dance store and got her a new leotard and an adorable mini pair (the smallest size they have) of ballet shoes...cuteness!!!

Ballet (Class Two)

Ella had her second ballet class today, and it went GREAT!  She sat on my lap again at first, but after a few minutes, she actually participated in the class.  I was so proud of her.  She did keep looking to make sure I was still there, but she was laughing and dancing and having a great time.  It was really all thanks to Aviela, who Ella adores.  The one time Ella did try to come back to my lap, Aviela marched over, grabbed her hand and led her back to the class- it was so sweet.

This was Ella before class showing me her twirling skills...



She also went to a 4th birthday party for one of her favorite people in the world, Logan.  Once I got into the party, I forgot to take any photos, but look at the monstrous bounce house they had!!

2 Months Old

My baby boy is 2 months old today.

And for comparison: Everett at 1 month, Everett at 2 months and Ella at 2 months...