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So I have kind of fallen off of the face of the earth. I had really great intentions of blogging more often, but as usual, life got in the way. I'm going to try this again. Hopefully more regular blogging will happen. I wanted this blog to be a place where I document our day to day happenings. Life goes by so fast and I find myself trying to remember specifics, but I can't. If I can get myself together and blog more often, I won't have to try and remember.

So, let's try this again....

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FIVE Generations

Ella is one lucky little girl. She got to meet two Great Grandmas and two Great Grandpas this Christmas as well as a Great Great Grandma! We had to make sure to take a 5 generation picture.



Not many babies get to meet their Great Grandmas, but I think it's even more rare to meet your Great Great Grandma. I'm so glad my Great Grandma was able to come to Christmas this year. She was so excited to meet Ella and her other Grandchildren. Ella is the only girl and is out numbered 5 boys to 1. (Soon to be 6 to 1!). She'll be well protected when we're visiting family!


{Ella with her Great Great Grandma}

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Regrets

I'm sure during Ella's life I'm going to have many regrets. Should have, would have, could have...

But are they supposed to start so soon? She's only 4 months old and I all ready regret things that I should have done better. I blame this on the internet and comparing yourself to other Mommies.

- They are better Mommies.

- They took weekly pictures of their belly - why didn't I? I don't even have a picture of how huge and swollen I got at the end. Mostly because I didn't like how I looked. Is that really fair to her? Or is she not going to care?

- They were up to date on their yearly photobooks {something I haven't even started} Will I even have time to do one? These pictures can't stay on the computer forever!

- They took more (and better) pictures of their kids.

- They got to stay at home. {being a working mom is hard and I miss so much}

I once read/heard somewhere {but I can't remember where} that people show us the highlight reels of their life and we are comparing that to our unedited version. It's easy to forget that I'm sure all of these other Mommies have regrets too. We just don't see them....

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Photo Friday - Toes!

Someone found their toes!

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Sleep...

Who Needs Sleep?


{ironically, Ella woke up right after I snapped this picture}

Not my child, apparently.

My sweet, practically sleeping through the night baby has been replaced by one who no longer thinks sleep is cool.

I started writing this post last Thursday after Ella's worst night of sleep since she was born. I saw every hour on the clock. This has happened before, but usually to get her back to sleep all I had to do was put her pacifier back in. Not so anymore. It would sometimes take me up to 30 minutes to get her back to sleep. The worst time it was an hour and a half. Lots of rocking and bouncing. It also seemed that every time I would lay her back in her crib, her eyes would pop back open again and I'd have to start the process all over again.

Once I would finally get her back to sleep and in her crib I would lay back down and it would be maybe 15-30 minutes later and she was awake again. Needless to say, I was a walking zombie at work the next day.


The next few nights weren't as bad as Thursday night. She used to go to sleep around 7:30-8pm and wouldn't wake up to eat until 2-3am. Then she would be back down until 7-8am. It.was.glorious. Now her typical sleep pattern is down between 7-8pm. Up a few times until 11-12am. During this time a pacifier is usually all she needs to go back to sleep. Eats around midnight and back to sleep until 2-3am when she eats again. This is when the night gets a little rough. She's usually up about every hour, needing a reinsertion of her pacifier. At around 5am she's ready to eat again where she sleep again until 7-8am. Once again, usually needed her pacifier put back in at least once during this time.

We're pretty exhausted around here and hoping that this not sleeping phase ends soon.

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Down with the sickness...

Poor little Ella is fighting her first cold.



She's had a little bit of a stuffy nose for a while, but really started to get stuffy on Tuesday night/Wednesday. Just in time for her first Thanksgiving! I also started coming down with something. I was definitely hoping that we either had the same thing and that she gave her cold to me. I didn't want to give her something else on top of what she already had.

Despite her not feeling well she was all smiles on Thanksgiving and the next few days. She was a little bit fussier than usual and took a few extra and longer naps. But aren't we all tired when we're not feeling well?



We thought that she might be getting an ear infection because she kept reaching back behind her ears. We called the pediatrician to see if we should take her to Urgent Care while we were at the grandparents, but because she wasn't inconsolable the doctor didn't think that's what it was and said we didn't need to bring her in.

Ella still wasn't feeling better on Monday so I took her to the walk-in sick hours. The doctor said she was fine and just had a cold. No ear infection and her lungs were clear. So, being the awesome mother I am, I sent my sick daughter to daycare.

Only four hours later they called and said she wasn't doing well. She has a little bout of diarrhea and has been banned from daycare for 24 hours. We're relaxing at home today hoping she's back to her healthy self soon!!

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Thankful...

It's amazing how much your life can change in one year.

One year ago there were two of us and a little bean on the way.



This year there are three of us.



And we couldn't be happier.

We are so thankful for you, Ella. You make our lives complete.

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