We Got A Climber

Well...we're still not walking, but we are definitely getting closer. She has been practicing letting go and standing alone and is getting better and better everyday. Just last Sunday I watched her stand straight up from a sitting position without holding on to anything. Then later that evening she was holding onto my leg and when I walked off she just kept standing there so pretty, so tall and so strong. My heart started racing as I knelt down in front of her and said "Well, come on...walk to Mommy." Deep down I was thinking "No, not yet, your growing too fast. Slow down!"
Then she slowly sat down and chose her alternative mode of mobilization - crawling. Thank gosh, I'm just not ready for her to walk yet, that's TOO big of a step.

Just within the last couple of weeks Ella has blossomed so much - she is so interested in learning and experimenting with anything she can get her hands (or toes) on. She is climbing onto and into EVERYTHING! It cracks me up; it seems like every time I turn my head she is hanging head first into a laundry basket,a drawer, a box or even the toilet. She is incredibly nosy, unpleasantly impatient, and completely spoiled rotten or as her Meme says "S-P-O-I-L-T!"
Oh the joy of kids, what would we do without them?

Need a good laugh...watch this!

I have watched this over and over and cry laughing every time!

I LOVE kids!

Naked Baby Alert!

I finally have a good video of Ella Bella Leigh in the bath tub. She absolutely LOVES bath time, it's her favorite time of day! That is until we have to ruin all the fun and make her get out, dry off, put on lots of lotion and powder and get in her PJ's - she doesn't really care for that much. O-Kay, she hates it for some reason and throws a horrible fit every night. I guess that's her que that it's almost time for bed.

The poor kid has had a pretty rough week, but has been such a trooper. She had a tooth come in last week Friday, then started with the hershey squirts (which are still flowing today) and as of yesterday, she now has 2 more teeth coming in. That has got to be so painful, I feel so bad for her, but she hasn't really been all that fussy - not that I'm complaining.
Anyway, Neal came home this afternoon from being in Marble Falls all week, and boy was Ella excited to see her Daddy. It is the cutest thing, she sees him and her whole face lights up, she starts kicking her feet and hands and she nearly jumps out of my arms reaching for him. We really miss him when he's gone and this is just the beginning of it. In a couple of weeks he'll be starting the outage at LCRA in which he'll be working 12-13 hours 7 days a week - I know it doesn't seem legal but hey, the money's nice! :)
Daddy's girl hanging out Sunday night before he left town for work

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!

I just thought I would share this with y'all because I just think it is too funny!
A friend of mine sent me an e-mail with a link to www.makemebabies.com

They use a picture of you and whoever else you want, and show you what your baby will look like. Soooooo.....here are the results for me and Neal:

I think Ella turned out much better than that and I'm just praying that when it's time for #2 our genes don't get mixed up in this website!

I Love Mornings!

If you would have asked me to get out of bed at 7AM on Saturday morning about a year ago, I would have laughed in your face and told you you were absolutely crazy! But now that I have Ella, once I hear her sweet little voice coming through that monitor, I can't wait to get up and wrap her in my arms. This morning started out like every other - She woke up around 7:15, I went and got her, put her in bed with me and we played for about 15 minutes, then we got up and started getting ready. She played on the floor, we danced to music, then I got in the shower.

That's when the fun started!

I was washing my hair and had my eyes closed, when I opened them...there she was half way in the shower - fully clothed! I just looked at her and said "what the heck are you doing?" She looked up at me, then crawled all the way in. I just stood there cracking up at her and she just sat there cracking up at me! I wish I could have frozen that moment in time, it was so precious! So I just went about my business and finished showering while she played with my shaving cream and face wash, being showered with water - having a blast! Here's a little clip of the scene...sorry it's sideways, you'll just have to cock your head a little.

And when it was all said and done and I got her out, she tried to crawl right back in. Look at the size of that diaper! Lastly, I just thought I would throw a couple questions at ya...why is it that babies won't do what you want them to do when you want them to do it? I spent an hour with Ella in the bath tub last night trying to get a cute video to post and she wouldn't do anything funny for the life of me. Then this morning when I'm in the shower, soaking wet and camera less, she pulls a fast one on me. And why won't they play with ANY of their own toys? I swear I could have a toy at the house that she doesn't even notice, but if the exact same toy is at anybody else's house, it's the coolest thing in the world! Worse yet, instead of playing with all the cool stuff I have for her in the bottom drawer in the bathroom, she finds - and LOVES this......For all of you men reading out there, that would be a pregnancy test!

I can't make this stuff up people...

Hope you all have a great week!
Peace Out!

she will always be Forever Young...

We love you SO much Whitty, and miss you more than words could ever say!

Nannie's Birthday Present

My mom bought this cute little lion thingie to give to Ella for her birthday which isn't for another month and a half. It's basically a thing she can stand behind and push to help her with walking, then after she has conquered that, it transforms to where she can sit on it and ride it. She has been pulling up on everything for a while now and just recently she has started letting go and standing alone. So I figured she needed her birthday present a little early that way maybe she will be walking all by herself for her birthday!

Thanks Nannie....I love it!