Valentine's Day

Ella won the prize at the mailbox today! 5 cards awaited her for her first Valentine's Day...

She found them all very tasty...

Bert and I gave her a big red balloon which she loves, but the cards were a bigger hit

"I want to eat you..."

Sleeping beauty...

These pictures speak for themselves...

The running crew

I took Ella in to town last Saturday to have breakfast with all of the running crew friends. I've been lucky enough to know these incredible people for several years and it was great to finally introduce them to Ella.
Joanne and Ella

Abby and Ella

Susan is holding Ella while Helen tries to entertain...Debbie is waiting for her turn to hold her.

Ella and Emilie...I met Emily when she was is high school and promptly nicknamed her "Baby E". Emily is all grown up ( a recent Penn State grad!!!) now and we have our own Baby E...

February, frogs, and the flu...

Ella has taken a liking to a small stuffed frog that Bert and I have dubbed "Mr. Frog". She sleeps with him, chews on him, and thinks he is epic. I may have gone a little overboard after I realized how much she likes frogs...

In my humble opinion, there should be an 11th commandment...
"Little children shalt not get the flu". Ella came down with the full-blown version a few weeks ago and we learned a very sad lesson in that you can't give a 3 month old a thing to cure it...just tylenol and a lot of love. After five long days and nights she started to get her A game back, for which her parents were very grateful. She is a tough little girl and as beautiful as ever, even with the flu...

When everyone started to feel better (Bert came down with the flu in the middle of Ella's illness) we went and bought an exersaucer for Ella...she really loves it!