Happy Father's Day

We had a great weekend. Billy was on a business trip all week and wasn't due to get in til late Saturday so Lisa and Ella took a trip to visit Lisa's dad and Aunt Pat. We had a great time and went to visit Lisa's Uncle Ron so he could meet Ella. She loved him! Ella also got Billy a father's day present (a concret bench with an ohio state decoration on it for the yard.) Billy got home and was so excited to see Lisa and Ella. Today we got up and Billy opened his father's day presents. He got a couple of great dad tee shirts from his nana, a book from his mom, a wrench from Ella and cards. We planed on going to the lake and hanging out on the beach, but changed our plans and decided to go to King's Island and take Ella for her first time. It was very hot out so we spent most of the day in the water park. Ella loved the water and had fun splashing and playing. She pooped out and took a long nap. Overall it was a great day and weekend. We can't wait to take her back to King's Island and let her ride some other rides!

So many things....so little time...

It's already been two weeks since Ella had her first bites of solid food. Saturday she will being to have it twice a day! Ella is offically 19 weeks old. Today she was laying in bed with Lisa and fell asleep. She snuggled with the burp rag which Lisa found to be adorable. Over the past couple of weeks we have been very busy. Lisa had to go on call for work which means she is on 24/7 for 7 days. Thankfully it was a calm week and she only had to go out twice (during non normal work hours that is!) Billy enjoyed spending time with Ella as he knew he would be heading off on a business trip on June 15th for a whole week. We new father's day was quickly approaching. We bought tee shirts for Papa and Grandpa that we needed to put Ella's handprints on...note to anyone reading this...its hard when the child is only 4 mths old! This past weekend was Ella's christening. She looked absolutely beautiful in her gown. We realized how blessed and loved we all are when almost thirty people came to see Ella baptised and to celebrate with us at our home after. This also gave Ella the first chance to enjoy her gift from her mommy and daddy...her very first pool! She loved the water and played with her friends Cameron and Emily. We also enjoyed getting to see Lisa's sister Lori who has been in NY with her new husband for the past couple of months. Billy left on Monday for Florida. Lisa has been very busy at work, but lots of fun things have occured. Ella's first tooth finally broke through the skin and she is knawing on everything. She also found that she can put her foot in her mouth. Ella loves to smile and is starting to recognize her mommy and daddy much faster. She is up to three tablespoons of cereal a day and sleeps 12-14 hours at night. Ella also rolled over for the first time in her crib and was found sleeping on her tummy. On Tuesday night Emily and her mom Elizabeth (who watches Ella during the day) came over. Elizabeth's husband is also on a business trip so we had a mommy play date. We had hoped that Ella and Emily could swim, but as luck would have it storms rolled in. Ella needed a bath anyway so Lisa and Elizabeth filled up the big tub and Ella and Emily "swimed"

Wednesday night was a huge first for Lisa. She went out with Elizabeth for her first girl's night in months and first since Ella was born. They went to see Legally Blonde: The Musical. This was the first time Ella was put down at night by someone other than Billy or Lisa. It was harder on Lisa than Ella, who went down great for her sitter.

All for now...sure there is much more to come!

Yummmy

Ella got to eat rice cereal for the first time. We were amazed at how well she did. It took her a couple of bites then she handle it like a pro. She still got messy, but hardly spit any out. We think she loves it!

Here is the video of her first bites

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWODPtYBzVI

4 months old

Ella is four months old today. This meant a trip to see the doctor for a checkup. Ella weighs 12 lbs 9 oz (which is in the 25th percentile for weight) and is 25 1/2 inches long (90th percentile for height) and her head circumfrence is 41 inches (50th percentile). So she is long and skinny. Lisa is just glad that Ella is on the height/weight chart in general because as a child she never made it on. Ella was also given the go ahead to start rice cereal so this weekend we are going to try giving her rice cereal for the first time! We will post pictures when we give her the cereal for the first time!

Men in camo and rolling over

Today we headed to Marysville for a military family picnic. Lisa's brother in law Jamie is in the National Guard. He had been away for training and came home today. His unit will be leaving for Iraq in July. Today the VFW sponsored a picnic for the unit and their families. It was a beautiful day for it! There was food, bouncy houses, snow cones, cotton candy, popcorn, blankies from Project Linus for the kids, shawls for the women...and lots of thanking to all of the men and women in the unit. Ella loved getting to spend time with her Uncle Jamie and Aunt Brenda (along with all the handsome men in their camo.!) Then we came home to work on the yard and wash the car. Billy came it to change Ella and Ella rolled over for the first time, however both of us missed it..so how do we know it happened you say...well we left her on her back on the floor and went to get a diaper. We returned and she was on her stomach and peeing on the floor...yup we took her diaper off, realized we didn't have one and in the time it took to get one she had rolled over and peed. We are soooooo excited that she rolled over, sad that we missed it and laughing as we clean up the pee! Overall it was a great day

16 weeks

We can hardly believe that Ella is 16 weeks old. She is getting so big and more animated with each passing day. Ella has offically transitioned into her room. It's been more of an adjustment for us than her, but we are excited that she is using the room we spent so much time on. She can roll to her side, but refuses to go the whole way. We know it will happen one day, but we aren't in a hurry! Ella laughs more and more each day and we love hearing the sound of her joy. It makes all the craziness that goes on day to day just disappear. Ella loves to be outside. Lisa will take her out on the front porch and Ella will just sit on her lap and look around. Next week Ella offically turns 4 months old. She will get her 4 month shots (which we are not looking forward to) and we will also get to find out how she is growing! It seems like just yesterday she was born...we don't know where the time goes, but we are loving it more and more each day!

Fun at the Lake

Today we took Ella to the lake for the very first time. It was in the 80's so we decided to put her feet in the lake for the first time. At first she was unsure and got a bit upset, but after a second she decided it was actually a ton of fun. She spent time splashing her feet in the water and digging them in the sand. We can't wait to go back and put her swimsuit on her so we can take her in a bit deeper!