1st Day of School

1st day back to Preschool! She looks so big to me. I am not looking forward to kindergarten. :( Why do they grow up so fast?

All ready to go!! She ended up having a great day and met some new friends. She got to play with her friends in the other class when it was time to play outside. She was the line leader the first day of school. What a big girl!

From the Open House night:

She actually was very shy that night. I was really nervous about how she would do the 1st day.

Last Days of summer

Fun Birthday party today!

Ella and daddy having fun

Emily "cooked" Mimi a very nice meal.

Hello!!!! We don't want summer to end.

Playing at the water table.

Drinking a shake.

Swimming! Ella loved getting in the water this summer! I bet she'll love it next year too.

Catching bubbles. I love the look on her face!

Aw the joys of summer! I can't believe it is officially over. We had such a wonderful summer. We took a little trip last Friday for the day. We had Emily's Pre-K Open House. Of course, she was very shy and only has one little boy from her class last year. I hope she will make some new friends. I'll post some pictures of the Open House tomorrow. We already have homework. haha School starts Wed.! I love fall weather and it is already starting to feel like it!!!

Jordan's Birthday Party

They had these tiny ponies to brush!

A little carriage ride around the block. This was a HUGE hit with the kids!

Emily loved riding the pony!

One of Emily's BFF had a birthday party earlier this month. I actually remembered to take pictures, so I wanted to post them. Emily and Jordan have known each other since they were 9 months old and still love to play together! Jordan's mom has been invited Emily over to play a lot this summer! I wish they could be in the same school, but maybe next year!

Play time!

I was trying to do a photo shoot in her cute diaper cover, but she kept rolling and rolling in the blanket. This is after it!

Sitting reading her taggy book and playing her piano. Loving life!

Isn't that the cutest little thing you've ever seen?

This is the only pic I got before she started rolling, rolling, rolling into the blanket. :)

Hello sissy!

No, it's not a monthly post. She's used to this chair and the only way I can get her to sit still. I had this shirt and diaper cover made by someone on Etsy months ago. It was a size 6-9 month onesie, so I decided to do a little photo shoot while I had the chance. Big sister was gone to Cita and Poppy's last weekend, so she got a chance to play by herself for once.

7 Months Old!

Here's the big girl sitting up by herself playing in Emily's room.

Pretty girl with her pearl necklace on that Uncle Matt and Aunt Neha gave her!

I thought this was a great picture of Emily!!! She'll be starting Pre-K 4 in over a week! Boo Hoo

Ella at 7 months:

*she is LOVING the pacifier all of a sudden. It started a couple of weeks before she turned 6 months and now she loves it, especially at night. She gets upset when it comes out at night. :( I kind of liked it when she was a thumb sucker. We'll see how much longer she likes it. Emily stopped using a pacifier at 9 months, so I'm hoping this is the case again. :)

* she loves eating solid foods, especially rice cereal mixed with vegetables (carrots or sweet peas are her favorite)

* sitting up really good

* rolls wherever she wants to go, sometimes "tries" to scoot forward

* loves her big sister and toys, especially her dolls, piano, and fish aquarium

* loves to "talk" and squeal. She started babbling "dada" a week ago. Every now and then, she will say "ma" especially when she is upset. She is also very ticklish and has the cutest laugh.

We love you so much Ella! You make our family complete. You are growing up way to fast for us!

Yummy Food!!

By the way, she is babbling "dada" now! So cute!

Ella is really enjoying eating solid food. She usually eats it in the evening and her daddy likes to feed her (because her mommy is busy feeding all the other times throughout the day and sometimes night).

Here is what she LOVES so far:

rice cereal

carrots

sweet peas

sweet potatoes

bananas

she doesn't gobble these up yet (we'll see):

applesauce

peaches

squash

need to try: green beans and oatmeal

Stage 2 foods will come next! We will see when we will do that!

I think we have a vegetable lover on our hands! Yay! Emily won't go near most vegetables, so we were determined to have Ella love them. I was inspired by one of my dear friends, Angie Coleman, who now has a business selling baby food (Boston Mountain Baby). I don't have a lot of time on my hands and Angie truly loves what she does and both of her kids love veggies! I have enjoyed "disguising" veggies in our foods and Emily does eat it up. She has some neat recipes in there such as Strawberry Smoothies with some hidden veggies!

I love that Boston Mountain Baby is all natural, comes from local farmers, and comes from a woman who loves making baby food. Please check out her website and try it out if you have a baby or even an older child who might benefit from this! http://www.bostonmountainbaby.com/
Run out and get some "So Sweet Potatoes" and "Peas & Peace" for little ones!!

Tea Party at the Library

Emily went to the library's annual end of the summer Tea Party for the preschoolers. They do such a great job and Emily really enjoyed it, although she was really shy at the table. She used her manners and tried everything, even the quiche. She looked so pretty that day.