First, I need to write about a milestone. Ella will be 2 in 10 days. Sunny and I decided to finally eliminate her before bed bottle. We switched over to giving her water about a month ago so now we just had to switch to a sippy cup. Tonight when I was putting Ella to bed, she asked for a “ba ba” (bottle). I told her that we were going to switch to a big girl cup. She was very upset and screamed “ba ba – you want a ba ba” for about a minute or two. I explained to her that big girls like Stella and Izze take sips of water at night from a big girl cup. She lied there for a few minutes regaining her composure and all of a sudden looked at me and said, “You want a big girl cup, I want a big girl cup like Stella” and that was it. We’ll see what happens tomorrow night, but she took a few sips of water tonight and I think we’re on our way.
I took the next video this afternoon. After My Gym, Ella had lunch and then we went for a walk. She fell asleep in her stroller, so I went downtown. I went into a toy store and bought a very cool bubble machine – Uncle Michael may want this one. After Ella woke up and we went to the carousel and everything, we came home and heard a sweet knock on the door. It was Stella and Juliet. I put Ella out in the hallway with them and told them that I was going to come out with a surprise. Here it is…