Life With Ella

Here are some more pictures.  I think they cover Thursday – Saturday.  The internet was down at my parent’s house and I got all backed up with photos.  I have one more batch of east coast pictures to post after this one.

Here are some shots that Sunny took of Ella on their adventure to Trader Joes in Edgewater.  Trader Joe’s has kid sized shopping carts and Ella loved pushing hers all around the store.  The last shot is of Ella looking over at Manhattan from Edgewater.

All of these shots are at Fireman’s Park.  This park is actually perfect for Ella now.  She can pretty much do everything on her own except slide down the pole and use the monkey bars.  Normyn really loves this park too.  She runs and runs forever.

AJ,Ella and Uncle Michael before the second sedar.  Look how beautifully pregnant AJ is.

Ella and Uncle Michael doing some yoga before the sedar.

Here are some shots from around the sedar table.  I missed a few people…I want to give a shout out to Carole, Herb, Donna and Jay.

On Friday night, Carol hosted a book party for Sunny.  It was an amazing night full of wonderful people.  Thank you KK!

Ella and her new ladybug rain gear.

Driving over the Brooklyn Bridge in the rain.

Ella with Tina and Baby…notice the cute cat head at the bottom of the shot.

Sweet Ella.

Life has just been very busy.  We are now in Leonia for Passover.  We had a very sweet sedar last night.  The week before we left, my parents were in SF for an ophthalmology conference.  Ella was able to spend some quality time with grandma.  We also had a really fun dinner with the Fines.  Ella made friends with Irene, Howie and Vicky’s 7 year old grandaughter.  We had a great dinner at Acme with my parents, Howie and Vicky, Eddy and Liz and Irene.  Ella and Irene danced with each other and had a blast.  Charles from Acme snuck us into the Giant’s stadium and the girls played around in the dugout.  Now we are back in NJ and getting ready for the second sedar.

Grandma and Ella going out to lunch.  Notice Ella’s badge and ribbons.

What’s a visit to SF without a ride on the carousel?

Getting ready to go out to dinner.

Meeting Irene outside of Acme.

Having dinner next to Irene and on Irene’s lap.

Busy painting.

Dancing at Acme.

Playing around at the ballpark.

Karate on the street.

Getting nails done with grandma in NJ.

Helping to set the table for Passover.

Ballerina Ella getting ready for the sedar.

Ella and her cousin Normyn.

Cousin Georgia.

Cousin Brownen and her dad David.

Ella enjoying her grape juice.

Three beautiful cousins on Passover.  Georgia,Ella and Bronwen.  The girls got along really well and had a fun time together.

Lots of work this week and not enough time to post anything.  Here are a few pictures that I have taken over the past few days.  Ella has been doing really well…she is growing up and changing so much.  She is such an incredible love.

I took this one right before school on Monday.  We were playing around in the hallway.

Ella and Sunny cracking each other up at Amici’s.

Here is a drawing that Ella and I did of Chicago.

A close up of the police officer that Ella drew.