Tuesday, January 19, 2010

More January pics

Here's some from the last week or so. Ella is adjusting to daycare very well. She's taking longer naps and is taking the bottle much better now. She's starting to hold her head up more and more and is even trying to roll over.


Thursday, January 14, 2010

Ella video

Here's some video of Ella with Max serenading her towards the end.


From 1-10-10

Max pratices his manners

We've been working with Max on his manners. Click the photo below for a video of him practicing saying "Excuse Me" after he burps.




From 1-10-10

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Christmas Pictures 2009

Christmas and end of Dec. pics below. We had a great first Christmas for Ella. Nanny came to visit and had lots of goodies for Max and Ella. Max is at a good age to be interested and get in the spirit of things, but not be totally obsessed with the stuff under the tree and opening presents. He paced himself all day and would only open a few at a time and play with those toys for a little while then ask (or be asked) if he wanted another present. Ella did great for her first holiday and got some really nice outfits and diapers.


Monday, January 4, 2010

The New Normal

Today was our first day back in the real world. Ella did ok at daycare - while still not a pro at taking the bottle, she did seem to rally later in the day & ate more than she did at the beginning of the day. Of course, she nursed like she was starved when we all got home, but I didn't mind one bit. She was really tired though & thankfully went to bed a little early. Hopefully she will sleep really well tonight!
Max usually has a tough time at the daycare drop off on Monday mornings - particularly those that follow a prolonged break at home. Today though, he didn't cry a bit & acted like a really big boy, helping his little sister get acclimated.
My first day back went pretty well too. I had a lot of emails to sort though, but had been able to keep up with them while I was out, so it wasn't anything earth shattering. I stayed really busy, which helped tremendously, and the day seemed to go pretty quickly. I can only hope the same goes for the rest of the week until we get used to everything again.

New Computer = New Pictures

We finally got our new computer last week. I've been having fun setting it up and finally got some pictures uploaded. Here's some from the first part of December. We should be updating a little more regularly now.