It's been TOO Long!

It's been entirely TOO long since I've blogged about the kids. It's been almost a month now! I'm a bad mommy. Alyson completed her first year of pre-school. It's amazing to me that she is only 3 1/2. We are so thrilled that her teachers are moving up with her. This makes me feel so much more secure as a mom knowing how much they adore her and how much she learned under their wings.

Paul is now 2 years old. His language skills are exploding! My favorite saying lately is "Big Kiss". He's putting 2 words together ALL the time and will throw in the 3 word sentences here and there. He's also so doting on Ella. He gives her kisses and asks where she is. He is still obsessed with all things BOY. Cars, trucks, planes, trains...and the Cars Movie.

Ella is almost 10 months old! Oh My! She is STILL our biggest. She just weighed in at 20 lbs (Aly and Paul didn't hit 20 lbs till they were a year old!). She's crawling, pulling herself up on things, walking when her hands are held, and follows big brother and sister around ALL The time.

We survived our road trip to New York. The kids were wonderful despite how stressful it was to travel so far by car. They enjoyed their time up there. We went to the beach twice and the kids LOVED it. Alyson followed her Grammie and Tita around whenever she could.

As a belated Mother's Day gift, we had the kids picutres taken. It's all I wanted. I guess we can consider it Paul's 2nd birthday pictures also. It blows my mind that I have 3 kids!

Ella Likes....TO EAT

Ella is now 9 months old and is trying to feed herself solid foods!
This weekend she successfully (and that means grabbing it and actually getting in her mouth) chicken lo mein, french style green beans, some chicken (I think she got some of that!), and both cheese and cinnamon goldfish crackers!

She's also crawling, RUNNING in the walker, trying to pull herself up, and my personal favorite, taking AMAZING naps.

Ella Jeanne7 Months Old

Ella Jeanne is now 7 months old. Her beautiful eyes are STILL blue...BLUE blue. She has an infectious smile and laugh. She bursts into laughter when you nibble on any of her many chubby baby rolls.
We have a TOOTH! Finally a tooth has cut through.
She is getting up and rocking back and forth like nobody's business. She also rolls all over the place.
One of her favorite things to do is steal big brother and sister's pacifiers out of their mouths.
She's an eater...loves her food now. She is getting puffs and cheerios in her mouth on her own too!

Ella is getting SO big

Little Miss Ella....5 months old! Can you believe it? She is truly a BIG girl. Ella is now wearing 6-9 and 9 month clothing in most things. Alyson and Paul were true age-size equivalents, so having Ella is a surprise to me! She also was measured at Stride Rite as a size 2 and WIDE. So that's 3 for 3 in the WIDE feet dept....darn it. Lucky for me I saved all of Alyson's shoes!!
Ella is also eating solids...sometimes she loves them, sometimes she hates them.
Let's not discuss the sleep issue. She's still nursing and not sleeping at night more than, oh, about 3 hours at a time. Naps...an hour long on average. I'm lucky if I get the 2-3 hour nap out of her. It's VERY Frustrating.
She's become very social...smiling at EVERYONE. She adores her big brother and sister and reaches out to interact with them whenever they get near her. Alyson loves her sister too. Paul, even more so. The minute she cries, Paul says "Ewwa wa". He gives her kisses too.