Belly Laughs

Ella has been all smiles the last few days and we even have gotten some laughter moments.  My favorite are her belly laughs.  She usually only laughs that hard when her Daddy is around.  She loves when he's silly.  The most recent one is her thinking his sneezes are hysterical.

NOTE: She only lasted in this outfit ten minutes...it's been the trend lately...at least two outfits a day.   

Vote for Ella!

So I am totally being that mom that has entered her daughter in multiple photo contests.  I can't help it, I think she's the cutest thing you've ever seen and totally deserves to win.  I was hoping I could get our friends and family to help in this one contest.  I entered her in the American Baby cover photo contest. Here's the photo I entered.

How stinkin cute is she?!?!  Please vote for my sweet pea here.  You can vote once a day, every day for the rest of the week.  If she wins this week she could have the opportunity to appear on their cover.  Right now she's in 389 place...long way to go to number one.  Thanks for your help!!!!

We survived!

Ella and I survived last week...lots of challenging firsts last week but we survived.  Ella did so well during her first full week at daycare (and I handled it a lot better than I thought I would), I managed to not screw up my first week back at work and we survived having Mikey gone all week.  It's was a LONG week but we did it.  I can get through anything after going through last week.  This is how I felt Friday night...EXHAUSTED!

Special thanks to my mother-in-law (aka Grammy) for helping out Sunday and Monday! It was nice to have at least one home cooked meal that week.  And she was a big help when I woke up Tuesday morning and Miss Ella had pooped everywhere...and I mean EVERYWHERE! 

Ella in the Mornings

Ella is so much fun in the mornings when we go get her. She is all smiles and giggles. It is one of my favorite parts of the day with her.

 

All Laughs with her Daddy

We are missing Daddy terribly this week (he's gone all week in Dallas for a business trip) but I keep playing this video for Ella and she's all smiles hearing his voice.  She absolutely LOVES the mirror and only her Daddy can get those belly laughs.

Snuggle Bug

There's nothing better than snuggles on the couch.  

Busy Week

We had a very busy week in the Scripps' house.  Ella started daycare - she will be coming with me to work every morning at Discovery's in house daycare.  Her teachers are amazing and since she's one of only two girls in her class she gets lots of extra attention.  :)  We were lucky that we could transition her  for a few days this week before I go back to work full time.  She was all smiles each day that I took her.  On Thursday, I was able to sit in on a music class she went too.  She didn't know what to make of all the music.

 

Also this week Ella finally got to her friend Nate.  Nate's mom and I have worked together for the last six years and her twin daughters were the flower girls in our wedding.  Nate and Ella are only a week apart.  They are fast friends already.