Thursday, March 24, 2011

Your First Spring!

Dear Ellie,

Spring has officially begun! It has mostly been rainy, so you have been indoors a lot more than usual. I started a job at Forever 21 to help out until I'm officially a teacher. This means you have been spending a lot of one on one time with daddy in the evenings. You have (mostly) taken it easy on him.

A lot of changes are happening, little one! For starters, you are much more alert and aware of your surroundings. You like to look at things on the walls and around the house. So far your favorites are the hummingbird on the wall and the orchid plant in the bathroom. We go say hello to the orchid plant when you are upset. I think you like the colors, and the fact that the flowers shake when we touch the stem. You have also begun talking to Aunt Casey on Skype! You are cooing a little bit more, and daddy swears that the other night you tried to say "I love you" while the two of you were home. He admits that it probably sounded a little more like "a gu". Just a little bit. You are slowly taking a liking to your toys, and just today we received a fancy play mat for you to have fun on. I'll load a photo of it tomorrow. You have a new "biddy" (your pacifier), which you like me to keep handy when we go somewhere. You have a lot of neck control, and you are also starting to hold your weight up if we hold you up on your feet. You have begun sleeping through the night, and even sleeping alone a little bit longer during the day and when we put you down to bed. However, you will still ONLY sleep in the bed with us. And every so often you flash us one of those big beautiful smiles of yours that makes us melt.

Here you are helping us pick out houseplants and vegetable seeds for our container garden:






Your Converse booties:



Nap time with daddy:



Bundled up and enjoying your new biddy:

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