Time for an update

Yesterday I had my first real scare as a mom. Ella is pulling up on everything now, and she has taken a liking to her rolling walker. The walker rolled out from under her and she fell and hit her face on the bottom of it. She takes a lot of spills since she is trying to learn how to walk, so I thought it was like all the other ones, but when I picked her up she was bleeding from the mouth and I freaked out. Turns out, she was fine, and after about 5 min of screaming the bleeding stopped and she was back to her usual self. It took me over an hour to calm myself down though, seeing her bleeding was so scary. I cannot believe how resilient kids are! I never did find the source of the bleeding, but she seems to have made a full recovery.

The past few weeks have been very busy, so I am a little behind on Ella updates. Here are some updated pics, just because they are too cute!

Showing off her teeth....


Our little WI/PACKER fan.....


We started swim classes this week, a mommy and me class at the YMCA. She was a little leary at first, but once she started kicking in the water she was so happy! They have a free play time at the end and she was holding herself up at the wall splashing away. I think this class will be a lot of fun for her and I.

She is learning so much right now, she is almost 11 months and she is learning something new every day! Here are some things she's learning.....

How to put all her rings on.....


How to climb stairs.....


How to climb up the slide (and then of course go down the slide)


And of course she never forgets how to look cute!!


We have also started feeding her food in small chunks instead of grinding everything up. She is doing pretty well so far, and she is a fruit eating machine! I cannot believe that she can feed herself now, she is getting so big so fast. One more month and I will have a one year old.....crazy!