{"id":12658,"date":"2015-04-21T06:31:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T06:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/?p=12658"},"modified":"2015-04-21T06:31:48","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T06:31:48","slug":"catching-up-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifewithella.com\/?p=12658","title":{"rendered":"Catching up in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have had an action filled April and I am getting way behind. \u00a0I am going to several entries starting with the beginning of the month. \u00a0Before I post for our wonderful Passover trip, I would like to wish mommy a happy 15th Anniversary. \u00a0I love you so much! \u00a0Tonight, mommy, Ella and I went out to dinner at Anchor Oyster Bar to celebrate our anniversary. \u00a0We had a great dinner and we love celebrating our anniversary with Ella.<\/p>\n<p>Now for the pics of our Passover trip to NJ&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/1.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"1.jpg\" \/>Airport selfie!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"2.jpg\" \/>\u00a0Panda on the airplane. \u00a0He was super comfortable on mommy&#8217;s lap.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/3.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"3.jpg\" \/>\u00a0You can&#8217;t tell from this pic, but when we arrived, it was snowing! \u00a0This was Ella&#8217;s first and only snow of the season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/4.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"4.jpg\" \/>While we were in NJ, we caught up with my childhood friend&#8217;s kids. \u00a0They actually live in SF, but it&#8217;s easier to get together when there is no work or school.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/5.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"5.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/6.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"6.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/7.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"7.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/8.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"8.jpg\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\">\u00a0We picked up\u00a0<\/span>Milo<span style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\">\u00a0from\u00a0<\/span>school<span style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\">\u00a0on Thursday, and then rode the train downtown for Milo&#8217;s swimming lesson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/9.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"9.jpg\" \/>\u00a0Milo signed himself into his lesson. \u00a0He first wrote Milo. \u00a0When he saw the signature column, he asked AJ what he should write. \u00a0She said, &#8220;It&#8217;s your signature, write it however you want&#8221;. \u00a0Milo decided that his signature was &#8220;Leo&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"10.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"11.jpg\" \/>Ella loved watching Milo at his lesson, but she really just wanted to jump in and swim!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/13.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"13.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/14.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"14.jpg\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\">\u00a0Soccer in the morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/15.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"15.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/16.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"16.jpg\" \/>Playing and loving before the seder.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/17.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"17.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/18.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"18.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/19.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"19.jpg\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\">\u00a0In love with grandma and papa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"20.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/21.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"21.jpg\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\">\u00a0Milo found the afikomen!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"22.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/23.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"23.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/24.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"24.jpg\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\">\u00a0More soccer on the yard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/25.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"25.jpg\" \/>\u00a0Milo and Sam playing chess.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/26.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"26.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/27.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"27.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/28.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"28.jpg\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\">\u00a0More fun at Wood Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"29.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/30.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\" alt=\"30.jpg\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\">\u00a0Love on the stairs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for yet another amazing trip back east. \u00a0I didn&#8217;t get any pictures of Jesse or me or David, Lisa, Brownen, Abigail, Ray, Esther, Donna, Emma, Cheryl, Nikki B, Lynne, Cliff, Diana, Adrianne, Emma, Henry or Ashley, but they were all there, and we loved seeing you guys!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have had an action filled April and I am getting way behind. \u00a0I am going to several entries starting with the beginning of the month. \u00a0Before I post for our wonderful Passover trip, I would like to wish mommy a happy 15th Anniversary. \u00a0I love you so much! \u00a0Tonight, mommy, Ella and I went [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pictures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifewithella.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifewithella.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifewithella.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithella.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithella.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithella.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifewithella.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithella.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithella.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}