My two front teeth

And just a pretty face...

Butt scootin' boogie

Ella is finally showing some signs of moving around, and we couldn't be happier to have our little gal movin'. Everyone has said, "Count your blessings that she's not crawling yet, because once she does, there's no stopping her." I agree that that is probably going to be very true, but I'm also glad to see her taking some interest in getting herself where she wants to go. Until now, she has been a permanent fixture on my right hip, and it was starting to get sore way back at 18 lbs, so by now it's seen better days.
The interesting thing about Ella is that she thrives on all things unconventional. She has two teeth now, but unlike all her other baby friends, she decided to get the top two teeth first. I always heard it was the bottom two that come in first, but far be it for Ella to be too conformist. Moreover, she has also refused to crawl, and instead, has become a full-fledged butt-scooter. In the last several days, she has slowly realized that sitting on her butt, pushing her heels out in front of her, and then whipping them back towards her body propels her forward...and so we're off on new adventures, feet first (literally).

Ella in the bluebonnets

These were taken at Grandmommy and Grandaddy's house this weekend. I have removed Hal's rant on why no one should take highway bluebonnet pictures, although he is accurate that the bluebonnets were MUCH more plentiful 15 years ago. It turns out you can have too much of a good thing-who wouldn't want a beautiful picture of their baby in said highway bluebonnets? It's understandable to want the picture, just unfortunate that the bluebonnets won't bloom again afterwards. So, thankfully, we had the opportunity to use private grandparent bluebonnets, because I was gonna get those bluebonnet pictures somehow.

one last one....

New pics...

Some pics on Easter

Less of a girly girl, please, Mom

Ella loves the outdoors--anything outside, and she's there with bells on. I, in turn, am not a huge fan of the outdoors. As ridiculous as this sounds, things like camping and swimming were never awesome to me because of my eyesight.

Fact: I have horrible eyesight. It's so bad that I wear the same pair of contacts 365 days a year until I can afford to buy another $400 pair because only two companies even make my prescription. Yeah, I'm cool.

However, I have spent the last two weeks outside--jogging with ella and the BOB (aka amazing stroller), going to Town Lake to walk, strolling through the Austin Lawn and Garden Show, etc. I just know that if I don't start now, one day Ella will look up at me and tell me to be less girly. So, I'm sucking it up and finding fun and exciting things to do outdoors--that don't require 20/20 vision.

On another note, we are having such a great time these days. Ella is happy and healthy and loving all the new experiences we're trying to bring her. Good times.