Our Little 5 Month Old

Wow. I can't believe Ella is 5 months old! She actually turned 5 months yesterday, but in the middle of the night Saturday/Sunday I came down with a violent illness, so I was not up to posting anything yesterday. Okay, so it was just really bad stomach problems. Anyway, as I was saying, time has flown by so fast.

Ella is starting to sit up on her own now! It's so exciting! She does best when she's on my lap, but she's getting better on the floor.

She is also into everything she can reach and get her hands on. Especially the computer keyboard! Also, things that she can pick up go straight to her mouth and she makes a big slobbery mess (see her shirt in the pictures below).

One other thing that we both discovered is that she loves sweet potatoes! Hates rice cereal, though. In the next couple days I will re-introduce bananas to her. We took a break from solids when she got sick.

Ella LOVES books! Especially ones that also make noise. She just stares at the pictures and grabs at the pages with her hands, and gets so excited when she sees a book coming near her! It's so cute! I think we might have a little bookworm on our hands! ;-D

The one thing that she is still not doing yet is rolling over, either way. She has no interest in it. I guess she wants to focus on sitting up and working on her fine motor skills! I'm not worried about it, but she better be doing something in a month in time for her 6 month check up!

Here are two of her most recent pictures.

Look What I Did!

I love Baby Center. What can I say? I have learned many things from being on since I found out I was pregnant with Ella. Tonight, as I was reading the posts on one board (I can't remember which because I read like four or so), someone posted a video they did of their baby that had music accompanying it. I thought it was awesome, and I wanted to give it a try. Here is my creation!

Warning: It's kind of long. Just under 7 minutes. Also, there is music, so don't forget to turn your speakers up! It's much more interesting that way.

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Halloween!

This year was a very fun Halloween! This is the first time we have had a kid to celebrate it with (even though she didn't know what the heck was going on). For weeks, we had been trying to figure out what we wanted to dress Ella up as. We decided on a bear, since her daddy calls her Ella Bear. She was so stinkin' adorable in the costume, even though it was too big. Unfortunately, we forgot our camera. But my sister took a few pictures of her and I will need to get them from her.

We went trick-or-treating with my sister, brother-in-law, their kids Matthew and Grace, and my mom. No, we didn't collect any candy for Ella, but we tagged along and it was fun! There were so many kids out that night like I have never seen in my life! It was awesome! Matthew dressed up as Dash from The Incredibles (he got frustrated when adults called him Mr. Incredible), and Grace dressed up as Snow White. Their costumes were SO cute, and I have to say that my sister made them and did a wonderful job!

After trick-or-treating, we when back to my sister's house and chilled and ate their leftover candy they were passing out. A few more people came by, and Matthew gave them candy. He had been doing this all night. So cute!

So that was Ella's first Halloween! I can't wait for next year!