Ella - 9 months

Ella is 9 months old today. Time flies. She's a busy little lady, doesn't sit still for a minute! She keeps us on the go. She has 2 teeth that she cut right @ 8 months, she crawls like crazy and even climbs to the top of the stairs. She'll be walking in no time. Grandma and grandpa Batten got her a new toy for Halloween, it's a toy that she can ride on or convert it and push it. As soon as we put it together she was walking behind it all over the house. It was hilarious. She also loves to eat, some of her favorites are apples and cottage cheese! We tried mac and cheese for the 1st time today and she loved that too. She's really jibber jabbering now too, she says da-da and ma-ma-ma-ma and she grunts, we have no idea where she learned that. She loves to clap too, if you say "yay Ella" she'll start clapping.

Here are some pictures I took of her on the front step today, it was so beautiful out.

Fall - Ella Margaret 9 months

5 Year Anniversary

Ben and I went to Napa Valley, California for our 5 year anniversary. We left on a Wed. and came back Sun. afternoon, it was just the right amount of time away from Ella. We had a great time, and great weather! We're already planning our next wine vacation.

California - 5 year Anniversary

more Halloween pictures from daycare

I added a lot more picture's to the last post, so there are about 8 picture's that you've already seen. This picture is of daddy and Ella's pumpkins that we carved - cute, huh? Enjoy & happy halloween!

Halloween '09

Happy Halloween

These picture's are from daycare...Ella's partner in crime is Dominic, our daycare ladies little boy.

Halloween '09

Pumpkin Patch

Pumpkin Patch 10.10.09

Yesterday we took Ella to the Pumpkin Patch in Cumming, it was a beautiful farm with tons of pumpkins and mums (even Christmas tree's - we might have to go back in another month!). You could even take a hay ride out into the patch and pick your own pumpkins. We decided not to do that because it was 43 degrees!

Busy end of Summer

Wow, it's been a while since I've posted - sorry mom! We've been crazy busy lately with dad's accident, planning our trip to California and work - I don't even want to go there! Any way here are some pics. of Ella over the last 2 months :) She's crawling like crazy, pulling herself up and standing up to everything, she even climbed to the top of the stairs this week (with dad right behind her of course). She cut her 2 bottom teeth on Oct. 1, right at eight months. She did really well too, a couple days w/ a low grade fever and a little cranky, but nothing we couldn't handle! She now eats whatever we eat, doesn't like to be fed w/ a spoon anymore. We learned a trick though, if we give her a spoon to play with then we can sneak a few bites of baby food in. She eats mostly bananas, carrots, & green beans so I'm worried she isn't getting full and isn't getting a whole lot of nutrition so we keep trying with the baby food, plus we have a pantry full of it! Ok, on to the pictures...

Ella - Sept(7mos) & Oct (8mos)

Ella being naughty @ grandma & grandpa Sadler's

She's not really naughty, but this is the 1st time she's stood in a crib! She's really crawling now and pulling herself up to everything, she loves to stand almost than crawl. She'll be walking in no time.