Time to update!

Josh watched Ella on Monday - he had to stop by his work so Ella got to go along for the ride! I was a little nervous...he hasn't taken her anywhere by himself yet..so it was a first for him...but they did great!

Ever since the time change - Ella is ready for bed usually a few minutes before 7:00pm...Josh keeps her up on the nights I work until 7, as I normally do not get home until 7:30...often this is how I find Ella when I walk through the door...

On Tuesday Ella went to the sitters and Josh and I both to work...I went out for a little "girls night" - so Josh got to put Ella to bed.

Wednesday it was a Mommy/Ella day...it was cold and dreary...so it was also a pajamas day! :) We played and played all day. The thing Ella likes most right now is to stand and I hold her body...she thinks she is big stuff! She just laughs and laughs and smiles so big!
I gave her a bath Wednesday night and put her in some PJ's...I had her out on the couch and I couldn't get over how long her hair is getting...Josh attempted to take a picture...it's not a great picture of it...

(yes those are her Halloween PJ's!)

So as I'm looking at this picture...I had to go back to the picture the day after she was born...

Look at that dark dark hair! It has really lightened up!

I got home last night and I was reading Ella's "report" for the day...it said, "I napped from 10:30 - 12:15. And from 2:30 - ." Josh said...do you see her napping time...I said well yeah...but it doesn't say when she woke up...he said that's because she was still sleeping when I got there...which he did get out a few minutes early so he picked her up at exactly 5pm. I said...great...so she slept at the sitters for oh 4-5 hours..which means...will she sleep tonight?? She did...yay! She was however making noises at 5:30...I kept my eyes closed hoping she would go back to sleep...I finally gave in at 6:15...she was up...so I got up and got her bottle ready...and brought her into the living room and fed her...and I really wasn't ready to get up yet...it was still dark out, I was freezing and tired still...so I put her back in the crib and put some toys in there...and I laid down...and I drifted in and out of sleep...she just played and played with those toys, "talking to them."

Speaking of "talking," Ella is really finding her vocal cords...her favorite being, "muuummmmm"....I told Josh she would be saying "Mom" first! :)

Well I can hear the little girl kicking away in her crib...she was napping...although it was short...about 20 minutes (guess she got all her naps out yesterday!!) And now I can hear one of the toys rattling around and she likes to kick her legs up in the air and they bounce onto the mattress...her little legs are certainly getting some exercise!