First Taste...

This was written on Friday night (but I never posted it!)

Well tonight was Ella's first taste of rice cereal...all organic of course! :) I looked at the Gerber compared to Earth's Best...and the Gerber brand had some sugar in it...so I didn't want to use that...so I picked up a box of the organic no-sugar kind. It was a fun experiece...we only let her have just a little taste of it tonight...and we will slowly add a little bit more each time...we recorded a video of it...but the file is too large and won't load :( But she liked it! She was very curious...and kept wanting to grab the little spoon...

Ella has done well this week....she's over her cold. She spent the day with Grandma yesterday. Josh wasn't able to pick Ella up due to a change in his schedule...and I work until 7...so we didn't have anyone to pick her up. So Grandma came to the rescue and came and spent the day with the little girl!

I have had so much fun looking through our family pictures that we got back...and this week I have put together our family Christmas Cards...I have ALWAYS wanted to send a photo family Christmas card...and Josh has always been ehhh....but this year I said I was definitely doing a photo Christmas card using some of the great pictures!

 

Ella has really been fascinated with the dogs the past couple of days. She watches their every move and any chance that she can get to reach out and grab towards them she does. A few times she has gotten a little fistful of fur...thankfully she hasn't pulled :) I watch really closely to make sure she doesn't grab any tails or ears...we want her and the puppies to get along good :)


What I wrote on Monday (11/7/11):

Well Ella had another taste of her cereal Sunday evening....I did skip a day between the two...I wanted to make sure she adjusted ok to it...so Sunday I bring the spoon up to her mouth and I get some in...YUCK! She spit it right out and made a face....I tried again...still spit it out...I tried a third time...now it's not so bad...she looked up at me and smiled :) She was funny...once she got that little taste down...then she was all about having some more...and quickly sucked down a few little spoonfuls! Josh fed her a few bites too...she was enjoying it!

Ella was up at 2am and 5am...Saturday night and Sunday night!! Yuck...what's up with that schedule! Saturday night she went right back to sleep both times...this morning...5am...that was it...she didn't go back to sleep...Mom is tired (oh and did I mention that I then worked 9-7, then came home and cooked dinner, did the dishes, and did a load of laundry)....it's 8:41pm as I type this and I hope to be in bed before 9! Josh was very helpful and took care of Ella tonight...he fed her and got her completely ready for bed...while I was making dinner he was reading her a bedtime story...then he brought her into the kitchen so she could get a kiss from mom before bed...and then he put her to bed. I have to say...I definitely couldn't do that 5 days a week!

I'll leave you with a funny Ella picture (from the photo shoot)...