Ella is 13 months now...and taking more and more steps...still not "walking" yet...but definitely takes at least 10 steps at a time...then drops to her knees and does a "run-crawl"...we've tried a variety of new things...she had some Chinese rice and noodles...which she ate...but it didn't stay down for long :( Maybe not a fan of Chinese food?? (I don't like Chinese food either...maybe she will take after me!) She loves cheese, I've tried egg a few different ways...in the form of an omlet and also hard-boiled...she hated both and spit it out. I did some more avacado...again...spit it out. She likes turkey...bread...pickles...rotissere chicken (she really liked that).
She has been "swimming" a few more times...which really means it's mom holding her and she gets to splash....she loves it. We tried giving her a bath in the tub...instead of her infant tub...she had the biggest meltdown she has ever had....she did NOT like that...she likes her little tub...needless to say...she doesn't like change....
We got hit by an awful storm which you have all heard about...I was so thankful Josh was home...he was supposed to actually work that night...but decided since he had time off that he would take Friday off (decided about 2 weeks before the storm)....we were downstairs when the storm swooped in...it sounded like a train...I looked at my phone as I get weather alerts on my phone...and 10 alerts popped up...saying to expect winds 75-80 mph...and then we lost power...oh...and it was also the hottest weekend of the summer....about 105 degrees. Josh quickly made the decision that we should move Ella down to the basement...so we set her pack and play up and ran upstairs and got her....which she was already sitting up and awake since the storm was so loud. She wouldn't go into her pack and play...so it was Josh, Ella, Brinly, Bella, and I all piled on our bed downstairs...the wind was so strong it kept blowing open our doors....we were very fortunate to have only lost one tree in our backyard...a tree that was already dead....we had neighbors down the road that had a tree fall on their car...we saw a tree on a camper and of course...a gazillion trees on power lines! The next morning (Saturday)...we decided we were getting out of the HOT house...so we packed up and went to Panera...Josh had a paper he needed to finish up. Of course half of Lynchburg had the same idea :) Finally in the afternoon...Josh said why don't you, Ella, and the dogs go to the lake to your parents house...at least there is a pool there that you can go in (they also didn't have power)....so that is what we did (Josh had to work)...we went to the pool....and then sweltered for the rest of the evening...it was a restless sleep for all. Sunday morning we sat in the hot house...and then went and did errands...after not being able to take much more...and with all the talk of it being 5-7 days before power was restored....Mom and I went on the hunt to find something...we tried hotels...nothing...then turned to condo's for rent...success!!! A condo with power, and the ability to take a shower! :) We went to our house on July 3rd...still no power...we cleaned out the fridge (Josh wore his gas mask from work...haha....wish I had a picture of that!) Our area is the last on the list for power to be restored...they are estimating July 7th...ugh! But at least we have a place to go.
A few pictures/video's over the last few weeks...I need to take some more!
Ella loves her puppies!
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