Fantasy Football

This is a post for the hubby. Besides work, school, and spending time with Miss E and me, he was part of a fantasy football league the end of last year. He spent many hours a few hours (it seemed like a lot...) studying games and players. But it all paid off, because he won! And this year his league got a trophy that they will pass around each year to the new winner. He's pretty excited to take it to work and show it off.

 

Ellie thinks it's pretty great too. :)

Month 5-7

I haven't updated about Ellie in a while because we've been busy due to the holidays and moving! So here is her brief update!

Over Thanksgiving break Ellie turned 5 months old! Between months 5 and 6 she:
-started splashing in the tub! I had been teaching her this for a while, but then regretted it the first time she did it because I was soaking by the end.
-she finally rolled from her back to her tummy! So now she rolls in complete circles.
-she started to clap! It's the cutest thing to see her clapping :)
-she started moving from a sitting position to her hands and knees. She's gotten much better at this in this past month.

I love this picture! Makes me smile.

On Christmas day Ellie was 6 months old! I cannot believe 6 months has already flown by since our precious little girl entered this world. She makes us so happy. And makes me laugh almost every day! This Wednesday (Jan. 25th) she'll be 7 months old. Between 6 and 7 months she:
-started teething! She has her two bottom teeth. I'm thinking she might be working on a third now too.
-she is very good at moving from a sitting position to hands and knees and back to a sitting position. I love it because if she falls over she can get to the position she wants to be in on her own now!
-she loves standing! She likes us helping her to a standing position and she tries so hard to stand on her own. She doesn't quite crawl, but can get all over the room on her own. She will go to hands and knees, then kind of rock, then fall to her belly and reach for something, then move back to a sitting position and surprisingly have moved quite a distance. I originally wrote this last night, Sunday. As of this morning, Monday, she crawls! It's so funny how it just happens all of the sudden! I love it! It is a joy to watch her be mobile!

Christmas Day - 6 months old

This past Wednesday we had her 6 month appointment. Her stats are: Weight = 17lbs 11oz (75th percentile) and Length = 28.25 inches (above 95th percentile!). She suddenly grew a ton as far as height! She got shots too and cried the loudest I've ever heard her cry, but she did SO well after once she had a bottle. I was very proud of her. We love our little Ellie so much! She has such a fun personality!

Just about 7 months

Oklahoma!

At the end of October baby E and I were able to accompany Matt on his business trip to Oklahoma! Which just so happens to be where my sister lives with her family!

Ellie and I had lots of fun spending time with Aunt Dana and cousin Kate: 
  Halloween

Dressed up for Halloween. Katelyn loved squeezing Ellie's round cheeks!

  Park

Lunch at the park

Ellie's first time going down a slide!

Katelyn LOVES parks!

   Eating Rice Cereal

We started her early on solids; but only because she was sleeping so terribly at night while we were in the hotel (waking every two hours, sometimes every hour) I was going crazy willing to try anything to get her to sleep better. It didn't help much, but she did like being able to eat like us!
      Swimming

First time swimming!

She was very calm while in the water, so I'm assuming she liked it!

    Cousins
It was a lot of fun watching these two cute cousins interacting. You know the song from the Little Mermaid "Part of Your World"? I felt like Ellie was saying that as she would stare and watch Katelyn run around. And then it was funny when cousin K wanted to be the one doing what baby E was doing. Such as to be without pants, or take a bath. Ellie would occasionally make Katelyn laugh, but Katelyn did a great job making Ellie giggle! These two were so cute together. I sure do love them both!

    Baby Shower!

I have several more photos, but I'll stop here. It was a great trip! We want to give a special thank you to Dana for picking me and Ellie up everyday from the hotel so we could hang out with her! And also a thank you to Nick and Dana for opening their home to us. The three weeks went by so quickly. I wish we could do it again!

Adventure #3

We have a big adventure coming up in a couple of weeks. We're moving to the Phoenix, Arizona area!


Then, right before Ellie was born Matt decided he was bored and needed to be busier. So, he decided to go back to school and get his Masters of Engineering. The good thing is it's a distance learning type program so he can submit class work online and watch classes from home. The bad thing is it's made him a lot busier and it's been rough trying to do group work all through Skype and with people who also have to work and travel and are not there in person. Somehow he manages! (He's pretty super ;)

Study buddies

 Back in April Matt rotated to a new position within Boeing that had a possibility of a business trip to Oklahoma City. Since my sister lives there he pushed for it and October 24th we went to Oklahoma for 3 weeks! (That to come in another post.)

Right after he committed to going to Oklahoma he accepted a job offer with Boeing in Arizona. So, needless to say, these last few months have been quite exciting and busy!

We are sad to be leaving this beautiful area, and more importantly be leaving our friends and our adopted family, the Davis family! We're going to miss them.

Davis family - our adopted family :)

I'm going to really miss the beautiful trees!

But we're excited for a new adventure and hope that Arizona is as good to us as Washington has been!

Month Four

Our little Miss E completed four months of life on the 25th of October. Not to get all mushy and lovey dovey, but she makes us so happy! Our love for her is always growing. It's been a wonderful four months being her parents!

Anyway, at her 4 month appointment (which was much better than the 2 month appointment because no tetanus shot was given) her stats were:
Height: 25 inches - 75th percentile

Weight: 14lbs 8oz - 75th percentile
When she was born her stats were in the 25th percentile. At two months she was in the 50th percentile. So, she is growing excellently!

As of her 4 month birthday, our little one has:
-really giggled a couple of times (we love her little giggle, she has a laugh were you can tell she's trying to laugh, but it's not the real deal),

this is when she first giggled! daddy made her laugh by putting her feet in her mouth

-discovered her toes,

-rolled a couple of times from tummy to back,
-tries to wiggle out of her swing!,

I probably should've been locking her in all along...

-really loved to sit (and she can now do it on her own for quite a while before losing balance), and

-has learned to grab.

this exersaucer helped her tremendously with grabbing!

I'm not sure if I'm missing anything, I have it written down in a journal at home, but we are on the road so I don't have it with me.

It's lots of fun watching a little person discover new things and develop a personality and mentally and physically. We love being parents!

this cute photo shoot brought to you by my good friend Emily Davis

All I Want For Christmas...

Is a NAP!

Every year my family and Matt's family rotate names for gifts. This year I'm planning on asking for 4 hours of babysitting from whoever (whomever?) gets my name! All they have to do is take the baby outside of the house so I can't hear her peep. Ahh, I can't wait! :)

*NOTE: Ellie isn't that bad at night. She just wakes to feed one or two times before 6 in the morning. And I'm not very good if I don't get a 7-8 hour block of sleep. Those 15-30 minute interruptions are no good.*

Month Three

Another month has come and gone. Time is going too fast for me. I was watching a video of miss Ellie doing tummy time at just 2 weeks old and it makes me sad seeing how quickly she's grown in just a couple of months. But I love her more and more each day and she is as cute as can be!

She's as curious as ever with all that is going on around her. She's learning to roll, and can make it from her belly to her back probably 50% of the time. Other than that not much has changed since month two update.