Our baby milestone of the week - little Ella has successfully moved up to her "big girl" room, wow!, what?... aka, she's now sleeping in the official 'nursery' and not in the pack-n-play by mom & dad's bedside, sigh, we miss her already... We had thought six months would be a good time for her to go sleep in her big crib and that she would be sleeping through the night by then anyway (hah!). Well, she's still getting up at 3 am and then sometimes 6 am too, but I need the exercise anyway, right? - Let me explain, our house's interesting floorplan puts our bedroom on the first floor, and hers on the second, so I'm sure you can imagine that the long walk across the living room and up the stairs at 3 am is sooooo refreshing : ) (Especially when you arrive crib-side only to discover those noises you heard on the baby monitor were not the baby waking up after all, look, she's perfectly asleep, aah, too bad I'm not anymore, tee hee hee). Overall, the little princess seems to be adjusting quite well to the big-girl life in her very own nursery. And while I'm glad we're finally using the room I so painstakingly decorated and created for her, it was definitely strange to move all her stuff out of our bedroom, and all her clothes out of my closet and drawers. Our days are the same as ever but at night sometimes I miss having to be quiet as I crawl into bed or the lovely scent of stinky diapers that used to waft out of our bathroom : )
Little Ella has also gotten her second tooth this week, yay! She still seems to be doing amazingly well on the fussiness scale as far as teething goes and we're soooooo proud of her for it. She's also still enjoying a multitude of new solid foods and she's working ever harder every day at crawling (this week she even tried a new trick by getting up on her hands and toes, though I'm not sure how that helped get her moving at all, I think she was just trying out some of the yoga and pilates she saw on my exercise video). Every day, what new sillyness and fun, can't wait for tomorrow, or even when she wakes up from the nap she's having right now...
Here she is lounging around in her roomy big-girl crib...
Here's the new hands and toes yoga thing of hers, pretty cute, huh?...
Then, taking a break from all that exercise...
And here she is just looking so astoundingly beautiful, I can't believe she's mine...
4 comments:
What wonderful, fun, funny, adorable, charming photos of the most wonderful, fun, funny, adorable, and charming baby -- who amazingly looks a lot like another infant I knew well about 29 years ago -- Ohhhhh, I miss not being closer -- we love your blog -- and the lightning developments of Ella -- too fast, too fast -- lotsoflovmom
Don't blink! Things will really steamroll now. I can't believe how fast things go because I really didn't believe people when they said that!
Congrats on moving her to her room, but I undertand about missing her. For me it was bitter sweet. Everytime she made a move or sound I got up. So I actually got more sleep when she was in her room because the monitor didn't pick up the little noises. But then I would worry and miss her. I guess you can't win.
Love the photos! Keep them up!
Looks like she was truly influenced by her aunt's antics way back in March/April when I visited. Future athlete in training. Already doing military pushups, her daddy should be proud. Can't wait to see you soon.
Hi Abigail,
What a beautiful kid you have, I hope you are enjoying Italy. I was going through old stuff and found the great logo you designed for me in school, that really served me well for a long time -- made me wonder what you are up to, so I 'googled'. I'm doing well, business has been great (in large thanks to your great design), and I finally got married myself last year. No kids yet, but if my mom and mother-in-law keep pushing, well who knows... I hope this finds you doing well.
best wishes,
Mike Morgan
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