2 Months Old!

Ella's two month "milestone"? Sleeping 11 hours last night!!!

Ella's 2 months stats:

Weight: 13lbs, 1oz (97%)

Length: 24.5 inches (100%)

Head: 16 inches (90%)

They're multiplying!

It's wonderful to have great friends with kids the same age. Ben, Sophie, Kendall and Ethan were born within just a few months of each other and have been great friends ever since! Now, we are all on round two and get togethers are that much more CRAZY! If we don't stop now we'll soon be outnumbered!

From Left to Right:

Ella (2 mo), Devin (6mo), Cole (8 mo), Eli (10 mo),

Sophie (3), Ethan (3), Ben (3), and Kendall (3)

*Photo taken at Sophie's 3rd Birthday party. Happy Birthday Sophie! Now all the older kids are 3!
Oh, and it's Becky's birthday too...Happy Birthday Becky! :)

First Smiles!

How exciting to be entering the stage in Ella's life where she begins to give us smiles! It has now become a fun game to do what we can to get one of her beautiful smiles. Here are a couple of her first!

Love the dimple on her right cheek!

Merry Christmas 2009!

Love,

Mike, Karen, Ben and Ella!

(After standing in line for 3 hours Ben refused to sit on Santa's lap, so....the whole family got to see Santa!)

1 Month Old!

It's amazing to me that it's already been one month since Ella came and blessed our lives. What's even more amazing to me is, although that month has come and gone with just a blink, Ella's presence in our family is so natural that it feel's as if she's always been a part of our lives. Here are a few "action packed" photo's of her first month.

5 days old

9 days old

20 days old

Her happy place seems to be her carseat...so glad to have figured this out!

27 days old

Hangin' with her brother!

1 month old!

Fun morning activity - watching her mobile!

Our Little Green Frogs

I just love these pictures of Ben and Ella in their froggy towels!

Ben

Ella

Ella and Luella!

Steven and Tenielle had a baby girl on November 25th - Luella Marie - 9lbs, 20 1/2 inches! Another big girl in the family. How fun for Ella to have a cousin so close in age. I have a feeling these two are going to be trouble growing up :)

Big Sister Ava, Luella, Ella, and Big Brother Ben

Wow - must be a trick of the camera! Ella is a bit longer, but not by THAT much!!

What two beautiful girls!