One Weekend in New Jersey...Two Surprise Parties

This weekend we packed up and headed to New Jersey. It was a fun, but busy weekend with lots to do and people to see. Friday night was Tom's surprise birthday party and Saturday evening was Mom's surprise birthday dinner with the entire family. Both were lots of fun! We also spent Saturday afternoon with Dad, Becky and the kids and Ella had a play date with Ila Sunday morning, since Lindsay and Joe were in town too! We had a great time seeing everyone and as you can see in the last picture, Ella was exhausted on the way home.

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27 Weeks

Ella Laughing...Again

Daddy always knows how to make Ella laugh! This morning Ella thought it was really funny when Brian would blow on her face.

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Ella Loves Mommy's Lasagna

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Ella Laughing

Brian was outside taking Winnie potty and Ella thought it was really funny when he tapped on the window. Enjoy!

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20 Months

Ella is getting to be such a big girl. Recently she has really been fighting eating in her highchair, so just today we decided to set up her booster seat at the kitchen table and she seemed to enjoy eating lunch much more. This past week she learned how to climb up on the kitchen chairs so she likes to sit at the table like a big girl. (As you can see in the pictures below.) Ella still isn't napping as well as she used to, but she is waking up from her naps in a much better mood. But she has to have her snack of banana and Teddy Grahams right when she wakes up...Or complete meltdown! Ella is talking more and more everyday and Brian and I have been in the habit of getting her to ask for what she wants and to say please. She doesn't usually say it on her own, but it you ask her "what do you say?" She says "deeze," which is please and pronounces milk as "dilk." It's really cute!