Well Ella is just a little peanut!! 11lbs and 15 oz (just about 12lbs!) and 23 3/4 inches long....so she has doubled her weight since birth and grown 4 3/4 inches.
Today was also a day of shots...like before we did only 2...I set them up for a day Josh was off...so he came with me today...really he was there to do the dirty work (hold her down during shots!). I was actually surprised...Ella did much better with her shots today, then she did at her 2 month appointment....Josh held her arms down while the nurse gave her a shot in each leg...and yes Josh looked away (he didn't want to see his little girl in pain)...he scooped her up off the table as soon as they were done and snuggled her close to him :) A precious sight to see! She let out a few small wails and a few whimpers...but there really weren't any tears...which I hope she repeats this again when I bring her back in a few weeks to get the other two shots!
Josh was a little concerned with how Ella would be in the afternoon...I was asked to work a few hours in the afternoon to cover someone at work...so Josh was left with her for the afternoon. The other times she had her shots she was a little fussy and just wanted to be held...but she really wasn't like that this time...we did errands for a few hours after her appointment and she did great...and then we got home and I fed her and put her in her swing...and within 10 minutes she was asleep - I went to work...and when I came home Josh said that she had just finished eating and had slept the entire time I was gone...which is normal...Ella usually only takes a cat nap in the morning (30-45 minutes) and a long afternoon nap (2-3 hours)....so he lucked out!
We talked with the Doctor about starting rice cereal...and I've also asked around as to what other people do...I think we are going to start that at 5 months.
We have set up Ella's "Fall Photo Shoot" - hopefully October 21st - the photographer is getting back with us at the beginning of the week. I'm excited about that! And praying for a happy baby that day! :)
We read 6 books tonight...I could have read 10 more - she was having a blast! :) I held out the book in front of her so she could see the pictures...and she wanted to help hold it...so each time with her left hand (we're convinced she will be left handed!) she held the book and kept smiling and making faces at the pictures...she was also trying to crane her neck around to see me and watch me read...and then turn again quickly to look at the book with a big smile...by then end of book 6 - she was rubbing her eyes pretty fiercely...time for bed! So downstairs we went...I had a bottle ready...and she couldn't even finish it..she was so tired she kept falling asleep while eating...so I snuggled with her for a few minutes and we rocked and I laid her down to sleep.
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