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!


Thanks for checking in!

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

3 months old!!!

So today our baby girl is 3 months old already!! Time is flying by. And today guess what the little bugger did yesterday?













She rolled over!! TWICE! And I got the second one on video! I just have to figure out how to get it from my phone to the computer...

Anyway...here are a couple pictures from the last week!

In her shirt Grams and Grandpa got her!

Funny faces...

In nothin' but a bow...
Have a great weekend!!

12 weeks and counting!

Well miss Esella is almost 3 months old. She turned 12 weeks on Friday. Time is FLYING by! We think she is going through a growth spurt (her sleeping was off a few days) and she will soon be out of her 3 month clothes. She is enjoying her play mat more and more these days which is awesome for mommy! :) She continues to love to be "worn" in her sling around the house and while out and about so she can see what is going on and still be close to mommy. Justin will put her in the Baby Bjorn around the house as well..she LOVES it!

Here are some recent pictures....

Doing some Tummy Time with mommy and daddy (before she started crying!)
Her goofy grin!!!!!
Showing off her new awesome bow!! (Hand made by the way...if you are interested I can pass along the wonderful bow-makers info for you!)
Smiling with daddy...

And here are some from today....Ellie is wearing a sweater that was MINE when I was little! Well...sweater, booties and a hat!!
We hope all is well with all of you!! :)

Love Katie, Justin, Esella, Ainsley, Brinkley, and Miss Nippy

Happy Hallmark Day! Eeerrr...I mean Valentines Day!!

Today is Ellie's first Valentines day (or as Justin and I call it...Hallmark day...ha ha). Grams and Grandpa (Katie's parents) sent Ellie her first V-Day gift...here she is checking it out! Also..today was the first time I got her REALLY smiling big on camera! Usually as soon as I get the camera she stops smiling as she is too busy concentrating on the camera...studying it!

Here she is with her goods...

There is that big smile I was talking about!!
"OK mom...let me open it!!""cooo, coooo, ooooohhhhhh, aaaaaahhhhhhhh"


"OK ok I'm ready to open it now!!"
"Ok, finally! Wait....huh....how do open my fists again? Mommy I need help!"
"YAY! I got a cool doggy! Thanks Grams and Grandpa!"
And here she is with her first V-day card! Hope you all enjoyed all the updated pictures!!