Dear Ella,
Curfew/lights out is at 8:30...no wild parties in your crib at 2:30 AM are allowed...if you awake in the middle of the night, please keep it to a low hum using your inside voice. Squealing is unacceptable at this hour. Violations will be noted and result in some type of embarrassment in front of your friends when you are 13.

Love,
Mommmy and Daddy

Dime

Ella Jean,
One night you were laying on a blanket at Grammy's house on the floor playing with your toys.  Daddy, Pop, and I took turns playing with you...the next day I went to pick up the blanket and I found a dime laying on the floor underneath where you were laying.  We are all pretty sure that Great Grandpa Eugene must have been visiting.  There's a story going around the Homrich side of the family that Grandpa leaves dimes around the various places he visits.  We think it was a sign that he sees you and loves you as much as we do.

Love,
Mama

Baby's First Hair Cut

Ella,
Today, one day shy of your 5 month Birthday, grandma gave you a hair cut..more like a hair trim.  Your long moppy hair was getting a bit unruley so we trimed around your ears and cut a few strays.  You look fabulous!

Love,
Mama

Things I love about you...4 months old

I love...
how your blow raspberries and mimic when I do it
how you try to suck your thumb but haven't quite gotten it yet
when you stand up and move your feet like you are walking
how you leave just enough milk in the back of your throat when you are done with your bottle so you can gargle
your giggle, even though you're kinda stingy with your laughs
how you smile when I tell you to say 'aahhhhh' when I'm feeding
how you chew on your feet
how interested you are in us eating
how you roll from your front to back and back to front when you want a toy
when you say dadadada even though I'm jealous it's not mamamama
when you reach for your toys before I even get you in your exersaucer

Rollin' Rollin' Ella's Rollin' Over

Today while playing on the floor in Mommy's office while I was working, Ella rolled from her back to her front and back.  It was her first time rolling from her back to her front and she did it with ease.   She should be tearing the house up in no time!

21 Weeks

Dear Ella,
Remember those days when we slept in until 7, 7:30, even 8 some days...yeah those were the days....

Ella, your day started off at 4am playing with your toes and cooing, followed by getting you leg stuck over the bumper and through the slat of the crib and it all has gone down hill from there...poor baby (and mommy and grammy).