After Ella’s exciting morning, she decided that she wasn’t going to take a nap. She stayed in her crib for about an hour and just kept saying, “I’m awake – I’m awake – I’m not tired!” She also played with all of her stuffed animal friends. I asked her what she was talking to them about and she said, “Happy thoughts”. There’s a song from Yo Gabba Gabba that talks about thinking happy thoughts. I’m happy she’s learning beautiful things from that show. When mommy came home from work, we went to the gym to go swimming and have dinner at the pub. We haven’t been swimming in a long time because Ella has had a perpetual cold this winter, but she’s healthy now. We had a great surprise tonight. Ella can stand on her tip toes in the pool all by herself! She can only do it on her tip toes, so she’s not comfortable walking around, but I think it was exciting for her to be independent in the pool (at least for 10 seconds). I know it was exciting for us.
Check out the look of determination – Ella is out to find eggs
I found 2 more!
Ella looking up at the clouds
Ron and Stella looking up at the clouds
Now this is pretty amazing – getting 10 kids to line up for a picture
Even better – now we have 12 kids!
Stella and Juliet running down Tall Mountain
Here’s the gang.
Complete happiness
Tickle face
Ella standing in the pool all by herself!