Life With Ella

Milo woke up at 4:45 this morning.  When Jamie told him that he needed to go back to sleep he excitedly said, “I’m in California!”  He was so excited and had trouble going back to sleep. Ella is a pretty deep sleeper and slept until mommy woke her up for school at 7:00.  Ella went to school today, mommy went to work, and AJ, Milo and I had lunch at Crossroads and then went to the Randall Museum.  Milo had a lot of fun running and jumping around outside and then checking out the place inside.  At around 5:00, we met mommy and Ella at the pool.  The shallow part of the pool is 2 1/2 feet deep so Milo was able to walk around on his own.  He had the biggest smile on his face.  Ella joined us for some play time in the pool after her swimming lesson.  They had a blast.  I have a few great pictures on my underwater camera (took them before the lifeguard scolded me) but I have to figure out a way to get them off the camera.  I didn’t have a disc in and can’t find the plug anywhere.  After swimming, we had a delicious dinner at Koh Samui and the Monkey.  Ella read Milo a bedtime story again tonight.  They are truly beautiful together.

 Milo loved this tree and the stones around it.

 Beautiful smiles.

 Laying down on the whale bench.

 Milo is really into jumping.

 Leaving the gym after swimming.

 Sharing sticky rice, mango ice cream and mangos.

 Sharing love!

AJ and Milo arrived safely in SF this afternoon.  I picked them up from the airport and then took them straight to Ella’s school to pick her up.  Milo has changed so much since Anguilla.  He is speaking so beautifully and clearly.  It was so amazing to see Jamie and Milo.  Ella saw them and ran out of her afternoon class.  It was impossible to get her to stop smiling.  Ella and Milo had a great afternoon together.  They played, Ella read Milo some books and then we had a great dinner.  Tonight, Ella brushed Milo’s hair after the bath, brushed his teeth and read him part of his story.  She gave up her bed for Milo and she is sleeping next to him on an air mattress.  We’re all going to have a great few days together.

 AJ and Milo picking up Ella from school.

 Happiness.

 Dinner time.

 As Ella was  brushing Milo’s hair, she said, “this is so addictive”.  I asked her if she knew what addictive meant and she said, “yeah – like something you’re hooked on”.

 Milo requested that Ella brush his teeth.

 Finally, a bedtime story.

en super busy.  T-ball has started up again.  This year, Ella is doing coach pitch.  Sunny and I are coaches again.  So far we have had one practice and unfortunately, our game was cancelled because of the rain.  Stella and Juliet slept over last night and the girls had so much fun – especially in the morning when they were so happy to wake up with each other.  This afternoon, Ella moved up in Taekwondo and got her yellow belt with a black stripe.  Tonight, Sunny and I went out to a school fundraiser and Ella had a beautiful night over at Becca’s with Tucker, Digby, and of course Becca!  They watched a Dolphin’s Tale.  I am very tired right now but want to get these pics out.   Ella’s amazing Gran Jete.

 Art Shot.

 Beautiful Ballerina.

 Running laps at t-ball practice.

 Ella got in trouble for talking in Taekwondo.  She had to drop and do 10 pushups.

 The new belt!

Class pictures.

 My beauties.

Ella with Tucker and Digby.

We spent the weekend in Scottsdale watching our Giants during spring training.  It was a great weekend.  Mommy did her work with the Giants Community Fund selling mystery baseballs and Ella and I hung out in the mornings swimming and then met mommy over at the game.  The Giants won both games we were at and we got to see Buster Posey and Freddy Sanchez make their Spring Training debuts.  On Saturday night, Ella woke up at around midnight with stomach pains.  By 1:00 am she was throwing up.  It was pretty much finished by 7:00 am and Ella handled it all like a champion!  She was just really sweet and wasn’t scared.  One of the other people at dinner also had an evening of throwing up which leads us to believe that it was food poisoning.  We were supposed to leave Arizona on Sunday but changed our flight to Monday morning so that Ella would have time to recover.  Now back at home, Ella feels all better.  She spent the day with a babysitter and went Heelying, out to lunch, played games, and went to Lucky Strike for some afternoon bowling!

Getting ready for the ballgame in her orange sundress.

 Ella and her friend Jesse helping with the Mystery Balls.

 Buster!

 Freddy!

 Pablo!

 Buster up at bat.

 Beautiful Ella.

 Ella showing Jesse the helicopter twirl into the pool.

 A little gaming before dinner.

I took Ella ice skating on Monday after school.  She did a great job – no holding onto the side.  She went about 10  feet away from the wall and started skating.  She had a blast. Today, Ella had ballet.  She had a lot of fun there too.  After ballet, we met our friends Liz and Eli for dinner at the Burger Joint.  After the Burger Joint, we stopped over to say hi to Isaac and his family.  He is so cute and little.  We are going to spring training on Thursday night and we can’t wait to get out of SF for the weekend.

 Ella is pretty serious on the ice.

 I was fooling around with the fun features on the camera.

 more fun with the camera.

 I snuck this picture of Eli and Ella at the Burger Joint.

I just tried to upload 2 movies of Ella ice skating but it’s not working and I’m tired.

After school/work, we went to the hospital to meet the new man in our lives – Helen and Ron’s new son Isaac.  He is a beautiful, sweet, alert and hungry boy.  He tolerated all of us (including Ella) holding him, and his siblings are so amazing with him.  Thank you Helen and Ron for giving Ella another amazing “sibling”.  After some great time at the hospital, we took the girls to dinner and then they came back to our place for Friday night movie night.  The girls loved watching Ariel’s Beginning – part 1 of the Little Mermaid that went straight to video.

 Sunny’s first time holding Isaac.

 Ella’s first time holding Isaac.  She did a great job.

 The fourth floor gang.

Friday night movie night…business as usual.