We have a big girl!!!

Today we had Ellie's 4 month doctor appt. We have a big girl! Esella is 25 1/4 inches long and weighs 15 lbs!! That puts her close to the 88th percentile in height and around the 80th for weight! So she is growing great! The doctor said she looks wonderful. Dr. V said in the next couple months she may be ready to start some solids. Our baby is growing so fast! She also got her shots today and she actually did great! Just a little cry and it was over. Here are some pictures I took this morning before we headed to the doctor. The outfit she is wearing was the first one I bought her! I was 12 weeks pregnant.

4 Months Old Today!!

Well, Ellie is four months old today! Crazy how fast time goes by! We have her 4 month doctor appt on Tuesday and we can't wait to find out how big she has gotten.

She has been having some trouble sleeping lately...we think a combination of a growth spurt and a little cold. Other than that she is doing great. These days her favorite things to do are to stand up (with mommy and daddy helping of course!), "talk" (mostly /b/ /p/ and /m/ sounds), jump in her jumparoo, watch her fur-brother Ainsley, laugh at daddy (apparently daddy is more funny than mommy), sucking on her hand, and trying to roll over from back to front. She has also learned the power of crying! Oh the joys...

Here are a couple pictures from today! Our big 4 month old standing in our backyard with daddy!


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First St. Patty's Day and Chico Pride!

A few pictures from Ellie's first St. Patty's day!


And showing her Chico State pride!!! (Mommy and Daddy are both Alums!)
And a bonus one....look at that smile!! She loves her jumparoo!

First Birthday, a Jumparoo, and some Vitamin D!

Sorry it's been a little while...my laptop keeps crashing (the new one is on its way!) and so I had not uploaded any pictures.

Well...last weekend Ellie went to her first birthday party! It was the first birthday of our Chico friends, John and Melissa's daughter. John was in our wedding and he and Justin used to be neighbors in college. We are lucky to live just 45 minutes away from them now! :) Here re some pics...

Here we are at a park before the party...

And here she is at the party...she was very serious taking in all the activity.

The party had a princess theme...Melissa's Mom put the tiara on Ellie's head...here is the little princess giving Melissa's mom a smile!Though Ellie was the youngest baby there she was not the smallest! Our little girl is growing SO fast! She has her 4 month appt at the end of this month. We can't wait to see how much she weighs and how long she has gotten! We are out of 3 month sleepers and into the 6 months ones now and are about to be out of size one diapers. We are on our last case of them!

Ellie is no longer that sleepy newborn that just napped, ate and pooped. She now wants to be entertained! So last weekend we bought her a jumparoo. Even though they are for 4 month olds, Ellie LOVES to stand (with us helping, of course) and Mommy and Daddy's arms get a little tired! So we just got her the jumparoo and but a book under her feet! Here she is playing...she loves it!


"MMMmmmm is that a banana??"Concentrating VERY hard!

Future lawyer through osmosis???
The weather here has finally been better...so Ellie has been trying to get some vitamin D! Daddy, Mommy, Ellie and Ainsley went for a walk on Thursday...here she is in the Bjorn with Daddy!
And then Mommy and Ellie headed outside Friday for some more sun!
Hope all is well with all of you! Thanks for checking in!

Justin, Katie and Ellie Belly Jelly Bean