She's growing so fast!

Ella will be five weeks tomorrow and she is growing way too fast! It seems like she changes each and every day but continues to be a perfect baby girl.


A lot has changed since the last post. She now enjoys taking baths!! Instead of making her mad it actually calms her down and she only cries when it is time to get out.  She's still not a big fan of taking her clothes off or diaper changes but we will take things one step at a time.


She is sleeping about four hours at a time at night, usually waking up at 4 a.m. for a bottle and a new diaper then goes right back to sleep on her own until 8 or 9.  We haven't moved her to her own room yet, I keep saying I have to get a baby monitor first but I'm really just not ready for her to be so far away!


We have taken her on a few outings so far and she has been a total trooper.  Of course we have been to Target (her favorite store) and out to eat a couple times.  She falls right to sleep in the car and she sleeps great in her stroller as long as you don't stop moving it. 


She's finally starting to grow into her clothes which means she can actually wear pants instead of leg warmers every day.  Some things still fall off of her but she definitely has more of a wardrobe selection these days! 

Sleeping Beauty

Exercising on her play mat

2 Weeks and 1 Day

Today Ella is 2 weeks and 1 day old.  She had her two week check up yesterday which was a pretty stressful outing for everyone involved.  Ella hates having her clothes off so that wasn't fun, she hated getting measured and weighed (she's up to 7 pounds now), she wasn't too fond of the doctor and she let him know she wasn't and when it came to getting her blood taken she let out the loudest, hold your breath for five seconds scream we have ever heard from her.  Bart and I left the doctor's office traumatized but Ella was asleep before we put her in the car.  

Since I'm two weeks behind on starting this blog I figured I would just share some of the things we've learned about Miss Ella Claire so far.

Ella's Likes:

* Sleeping on Mom and Dad's chest

* Her brother Ace . . . even when he's licking her toes

* Leg warmers

* Eating, eating and more eating

* Taking pictures . . . if she's sleeping and has a heater or blow dryer keeping her warm

Ella's Dislikes:

* Diaper changes

* Taking off her clothes

Ella's Strong Dislikes:

* BATHS

Ella Cam

Ella at 4 days old

Ella at 5 days old

Ella's story . . .

Since this is my first post I thought I would start from the beginning.  As you all know, Ella was born on December 28, 2010, we like to think of her as being fiscally responsible from day one.  She arrived screaming her head off at 11:28 a.m. weighing in at 6 pounds 10 ounces and 20 inches long.  From the minute we saw her Bart and I stared at her in awe as we quickly realized that we had just experienced the most amazing, terrifying, exhausting, beautiful moments of our lives.  Our lives changed in a matter of seconds and we couldn't be more proud of the baby girl that was just born.