She's so clever

We have moved Ella's "toy box" aka the pink bin, from her room into the living room so her toys are near her play area. Yesterday, she got bored with the toys we had out for her and crawled over to her toy box. She tried to pull herself up, but the hardwood floors are slippery and she couldnt stay up on her knees, so she pulled the bin over so she could see the toys and get them out herself. She's so clever!









And then she proceeded to spread out all her toys so she was surrounded.



And after all that, she decided she was bored and went back to her original toys, and then mom got to clean up after her!

To cut or not to cut, that is the question

I am having a hard time deciding whether or not I want to cut Ella's hair. It is getting so long and is hanging in her eyes, but I can't bring myself to have it cut. She is only 9 months old, who needs a hair cut at 9 months old???

The sides are not long enough to tuck behind her ears yet, so unless I put barretts in her hair it hangs in her eyes.





The joy of her long hair is that she has the most awesome morning hair!!! She is going to hate me for this one day, but c'mon, how great is her hair in the morning??





So, for now, I am letting it to grow, but I don't know how long I will be able to do that. I can't believe how fast her hair is growing, plus the longer it gets the curlier it gets and those curls are so cute!

Ella's first overnight

Brandon and I had a wedding this weekend, so Ella had her first overnight with Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Terry. She did really good, much better than I did I think! When my parents pulled out of our driveway with her, I cried. It was the first time she was not with one of us overnight, and it was really hard for me to watch her drive away without us. I think I called my parents 3 or 4 times to check in on her, but there was no need. She was just fine! Once I heard that she had gone to bed for the night I found it a bit easier to relax and have fun at the wedding. We have 2 more weddings over the next month, so she will have two more overnights, one with Brandon's parents and one with her god parents. It is so nice to have so many people around who want to spend time with her when we can't!

Here are some pics from out first weekend away.....it was a fun wedding!

We have a crawler.......

Ella crawled last night!! She was playing with her new activity station (thanks Aunt Darcy) and when I moved it over, she got on her hands and knees and crawled to it!! It wasn't very far for her to go, but she crawled! Brandon and I were so excited. She only crawled a little bit today when she was at daycare, so we haven't seen it again yet, but we know it will get more and more frequent. Go Ella!