Ella had her first foods today. She got a treat of squash. She didn’t really know what to do with it. Well, first of all she didn’t really know what she was doing in the bumbo with a bib on.
Of course a picture of Ella cannot be taken without Jameson getting jealous. So here is your picture of Jameson eating his food. He was so proud of himself.
Ella didn’t really know what to think about it all.
Jameson was so concerned Ella was spitting out her food. He also wanted to show us that he was doing good, and can eat all of his food.
I rarely post on the blog because I think Britt does such a good job of it, that I don’t really have anything to add. Today I got an IM at work that I thought all of you would enjoy.
brittany 12:27 today in the car Jameson told me… red means stop, green means go
brittany 12:28 yellow means GO FASTER!!!
Jameson is like a sponge and he’s picking things up so fast now. Needless to say, I had some explaining to do.
Uncle Paul came up for a visit on his summer break. We hung out the first few days he was here, then we were all hit with some virus that nearly killed us all. Paul had it the worst, but we were all out of commission for at least 24 hours. Luckily, the kids were spared from the horrible illness we caught. Kevin caught it first, but was probably the least sick. 3 hours later I was down, and within 3 hours Paul was down. It was kind of odd how it hit us all. We spent all Monday recovering, and Tuesday ventured out. We headed to Seattle to show Paul some sights. We parked by Kevin’s work, and then had to hike a ways to get to the market. Pushing a stroller with 2 kids after being seriously ill, up hills, was not the brightest of my ideas. We took a walk through the market and then headed back. That was about all the strength we had.
We met up with Kevin for some dinner at Johnny Rockets, although Paul and I were still not up to eating very much. Then we headed for home. We checked the mail along the way and found a letter for Jameson from Grammy Brazell. She sent a present from Alaska. We thought she would like to see Jameson’s reaction.
In case you didn’t catch it, she sent an “Alaskan Ice Worm” which was a strip of hair with some eyes glued on it. Don’t worry, Jameson defeated it.
And on to Ella…
like I said earlier, she can roll about 95% of the way over. She can’t get her arms out, so she gives up and rolls back.
Saturday night, July 3rd, Kevin went out with some friends to the Indian reservation. You can buy and light the fireworks there, although there is no safety protocol. I take that back, he said they had a coned off section and you were supposed to light the fireworks inside the cones. Only one problem, fireworks don’t always go one direction. He said it was crazy and there were fireworks flying all over the place. I hear they were even applauded on one of their creations. He was so excited that night.
The next afternoon, on July 4th, he got some fireworks out to show Jameson. He showed him how to throw the poppers to make them snap.
Jameson loved it until Dad pulled out some extra special poppers from the Indian reservation. Those suckers were so loud.
July 3rd, we met up with a bunch of friends at the park for a bar-b-que. All the grills were full, so we thought we’d save the day and bring our camping one. Well we got there, opened it up, and the regulator was missing. Who knows where it went in our move. Well, the boys tracked down a grill they could use, and we set up blankets by the playground. Jameson’s good friend, Evan, was there. Evan tried to teach Jameson how to play croquet, but Jameson just thought it was a big hammer. So, the game didn’t last very long before it needed to be put away.
Ella got a nice view of everything going on, on top of Dad’s shoulders. Thanks Aunt Lynn for the 4th of July outfit!
I’m sorry, I don’t care what you think. I think this is the cutest baby girl I’ve ever seen. Ella is now 4 months old. Her stats at this point (which were actually done on 6/17/2010) are as follows:
Height: 2′ 0.09″ which is 60.82%
Weight: 14 lbs 9.5 oz which is 84.41%
Head Circumference: 40.2 cm or 15.83″ which is 41.47%
She is growing great and can now eat solids. She is trying really hard to roll over and gets about 95% of the way over. She is starting to belly laugh and smiles all the time. And since I’m writing this post about 2 months after the fact, I can’t remember what else I was going to write about her at 4 months.
Tonight, I looked outside and found my boys like this…
They were looking for birds in the trees. I love these two, and I love watching Jameson trying to be just like his dad. Notice how he lays with his arms under his head? He loves his daddy.
My aunt sent Ella an adorable outfit and headband when she was born. It was a 3-6 month outfit, so she finally fits it. I had to take a picture to show her.
See Jameson’s hand? This was the start of a new boy. He was actually trying to be nice and make her laugh. Up to this point, he hasn’t been too fond of her. He only acknowledges her if someone else is giving her attention. Then he yells, “No, that’s my baby sister.” He also wanted his picture taken since baby sister got hers taken.
This next picture portrays their personalities. Jameson wants your full attention, oblivious to his little sister. Ella thinks he is hilarious and is content to watch him.
I love these two, and thanks Aunt Valerie for the cute outfit.
By the way, she makes those headbands, so if you’re in need of a really cute accessory in a certain color, let me know. I can pass the word along and she can make them to fit your baby’s needs. And I mean needs not wants, because we all need headbands to match every outfit. (She also makes them for adults, too.)
Ella is finally starting to pay attention to her toys. I can lay her on the floor, and her octopus will keep her entertained. Well, for a few minutes, at least.
She also thinks her dad is really funny. Here she is when she first started to actually laugh.
June 15th was my 26th birthday. I am now heading full force into my late 20s. I don’t know how I feel about that. There’s good and bad. People are finally starting to take me seriously as an adult, but then I have neighbors who think we look so young. Kevin surprised me the night before when we got home from the airport with a glider. I have only been asking for one since I was pregnant with Jameson, and I finally got it. He did a pretty good job, too. So when Kevin got home from work Tuesday, he had another surprise for me. He picked up a chocolate raspberry cake from a french bakery. I can’t say it tasted as good as it looked, but he tried. He even agreed with me on that issue.
We waited till the weekend then went for sushi and saw Killers for a date night. It was nice to get away from the kids for a few hours, and the movie made us laugh so what else can you ask for?
