My Sweet Little Ladybug!

Elle is one lucky girl!

Elle's Aunt Amy had the most darling halloween costume and which she passed down to us so Elle could be the cutest ladybug around!

Elle and I went up to Pasadena for the weekend. We had a blast! The Fall Festival at my parent's church was on Saturday night so Elle got to don her costume and bring smiles to many faces!

All who saw Elle smiled at her and said she was such a cute ladybug. I think really it is the cheeks that makes her look too cute!

Here are the pictures of our little ladybug:

Elle with "G"

Seriously Mom! This thing weighs a ton!!

Ladybug girl is getting a little tired!

I know I'm cute...but how long do I have to wear this thing again?

Little 'bug and her "Gma"

Lady bug...down!

Yep, I'm cute...

Our Little Pumpkin

Elle is ready for Halloween. Taylor and Amy sent, along with a bunch of great clothes, the cutest ladybug costume and this pumpkin sweatshirt. I hear that Taylor tossed the sweatshirt in at the last minute as a joke. You can't tell from the picture here, but it is bright orange. I'm talkin' nearly blaze orange saves lives orange. Taylor decided Elle needed it and Cole decided that Elle needed to be festive the other day and wear her pumpkin sweatshirt. I'd say from the picture, Elle enjoys her new digs!

Elle and I head up to Pasadena today for the weekend with my parents. Elle gets to go to the Fall Fest at the church and show off her true ladybug self...it should prove to be a great time. The sweatshirt might just make another appearance. You never know what fun we'll have. Thanks again Taylor and Amy for the great festive wear!

Wha' Happen'???

Okay, so last night my perfect daughter decided that it would be fun to throw a wrench in her perfection!

At 7pm, right on time, I put Elle to bed. Not a peep out of her. She went right to sleep not a single tear, no talking to herself, not so much as a whimper. I was thinking to myself..."yep, this is the life!"

10:30 rolls around. I'm in bed just about to doze off and I hear her. Crying. I decide to let her be for just a bit, to see if she'll soothe herself back to sleep. Yeah...not so much.

As the good mother, I assess before entering her room.

I think:

Could she be hungry? Probably not since she got her 4 feedings of milk and three square meals, not to mention she never wakes up to eat, hasn't since she was 3 months old.

Could she need a diaper change? Possible, but really, dirty diapers don't phase this girl. She can sit in it for a while before she complains. (not that I let her sit in it of course)

Could she be in pain? Possible. She was sounding a bit "snorty" kinda like a pig when she was eating before bed, and we did feed her a new food at dinner...millet.

I was now at a loss. But I went in...

Changed the diaper and fed her just a bit. Put her straight back in her crib, so she would know that this is not what we do, this is not a fun time, you are to be sleeping.

She goes back to sleep nicely.

12:30 am....Crying again.

Assess...

This time I did the unthinkable....I brought her in bed with me (after a dose of tylenol for the millet problem, or the teeth?? Who knows, but I've heard tylenol works). I let her lay next to be in the bed and all she wanted to do was look around. Then she got fussy. So, I picked her up and laid her on my chest, just like I did when she first got home from the hospital.

She slept on my chest for probably 2 hours or so. It was so sweet! There is nothing so sweet as being able to calm an unhappy baby by holding her close! I love her so much!

2am: My snuggle time is over mainly due to the fact that it is difficult for me to breath with 16 pounds laying on my chest. I decide that Elle needs to go back to her crib. I put her down and she is fine. Phew!

I hear her again around 4 am and 6 am, but each time she is able to soothe herself back to sleep.

In the morning when she finally woke up at 7:45, I searched her mouth for teeth, red gums or little creatures telling her to cry in the middle of the night. None of the above were found. Let's hope this night-time charade doesn't happen again. A mama needs her sleep...but she does like a snuggle with her baby girl!

A Beautiful Fall Day...In a Sundress!

So, It's technically fall in San Diego, however today it is about 80 degrees! I found a sundress in Elle's closet that she hadn't worn yet because it was too big. Well, thank goodness summer lasts a while around here...she can wear it now and it even has a matching hat! We took a trip to Balboa Park and decided to hit the swings again.

Here's the fun we had:

Thanks mom...I love the swings!

Cheeks baby, cheeks!

Where's Elle?

Yay! I love it!!

I'm an airplane!

What I Love the Most...

Elle is so much fun! She is seriously the best baby. I know, everyone says, wait until the second one comes...it'll be the exact opposite. Well, I don't care right now. Elle is the BEST!

My most favorite time of day is when Elle wakes up from a nap, or wakes up from sleeping through the night. Yep, she sleeps through the night...12 hours through the night! Love her!!

When she wakes up she is so happy and too cute for words. We've started this new thing. When I come in her room to get her. I say, "Is my sweet baby waking up? Where's my sweet girl?" Then she lifts herself up on her hands and looks through the slats in her crib to find me. The picture below is what I see. Not quite as blurry, but you get he idea.

How can this picture not put a smile on your face??!!

Then I come near the crib and sing the good morning song and ask her if my sweet girl is ready to get up and start the day. This is what I get to see then:

Mom, I'm ready to start my day right!

Our Doll

When Elle wakes up from her naps she is cutest! I love to take pictures of her right when she wakes up. I snapped the picture below and even though it's blurry (taken with my iphone), I think she looks just like a doll!

Here's the picture of our little doll.

Big Girl Bath

Elle is now officially too big for her infant bathtub that fits in the kitchen sink. We put Elle in the big bath tub and she had a blast! Elle's super slippery in the bath tub. So slippery in fact that we had to make her sit on a hand towel so she wouldn't slide so much.

I figure in another month or so she will be so good at sitting up, we won't have to catch her in the nick of time before she nearly drowns. Yep it happened, and we have it on video. Here are a few pictures of Elle in the big girl bath:

I like my bath toys so much...I just wanna eat 'em!

I'm a big girl!

I love baths!

What are you doing Dad?? I'm naked here!!

Check ya next time!