Finally, a shot of her two bottom teeth!

The crazy things Ella does in her crib

We really need to record Ella while she sleeps because you never know where she is going to end up, and she for sure won't be in the same place where I laid her at bed time. The other night we go in there and she got her arm through the head hole of her pajama's. How she did that I will never know. Then when I was working yesterday Stewart put her down for her nap and he went in because she was talking, not sleeping and she was sitting up, again we don't know how it happened. The first picture usually happens on a regular basis, she always sleeps with her legs on her music thing. But this doesn't show the half of it, she is so crazy when she sleeps. It is really funny to see what she will do next. She can even find her binki when she is sleeping, which we have actually seen. Very funny. We just put like 6 in her bed so if she just moves her hand around she is bound to find one. She is getting so much better at her little army scoot, slowly but surely she will get to what she wants. Also, all she wants to do all day is walk around with us holding her hands, or she will try and pull herself up on us or anything around. She has yet to master the pulling herself to standing but tries really hard and gets really frustrated when she can't do it. So we stand her up and she feels better. She will be crawling and walking before I know it...... scary!

Happy eight months to Ella!

Just wanted to put up a special post for our little bug who is 8 months old today. This picture is her serious face, but she looks so cute with her beautiful big brown eyes.

I'm a big girl now :)

Ok, so the first picture is Ella when I went to get her out of her crib this morning. Peeking over her bumper, waiting for Mom to come get her. The next pictures are just of her standing. She loves to hold on to things and stand up. She hasn't learned how to pull herself up so we have to help her out. But she can stay standing forever. Lately when you are next to her she grabs onto you and tries to stand. Or when you even touch her hands she pulls herself up. She has also learned how to scoot to get what she wants, she just pushes off with her feet. It's really cute. So, the last couple she is standing by the chest in our family room and decided to grab the pillow which caused her to tip over and the pillows landed right on top of her, with her little feet sticking out. I thought she would cry but I took the pillows off her face and she was smiling at me. Crazy baby.

Happy Fathers Day!

I thought I would just take a minute to tell Stewart Happy Fathers Day. He is such a great dad. He is always willing to help out with Ella whenever she needs it. He loves to play with Ella, and we are always fighting over who gets to get her out of her bed in the morning. It's always a race, I let him win sometimes:) It is so wonderful to see the two of them together, you can tell that Ella loves her daddy. She also has loved to give him kisses lately, her new thing she learned. He loves to take her swimming and she has loved that as well. Stewart is such an amazing father, he is such a great help to me when I need him and he never complains. He has been so involved with Ella, he always helps with bath time and bed time. Ella and I love him so much, and are so grateful for such a wonderful man in our lives. We all have a great time together and love being a little family. We can't imagine our lives before our beautiful daughter and count our blessings everyday that she is healthy and happy. Happy Fathers Day Stewart. Ella thinks your the best daddy ever:)

A day in the life a Ella Bella

Just a few random pictures- the first one is Ella riding our friends huge puppy(thats right, puppy) Bindi is 115 pounds and only like 6 months old. I do have to say she isn't the best guard dog, seeing how she is scared of Ella. The second is poor Ella trying to get some sleep in her car seat because we have been dragging her everywhere the last couple of days. Last but not least, Ella loving her new frog in the swimming pool at Andrew's farewell party last night. She loves to swim and doesn't care is the water is cold.
Tomorrow Ashlyn graduates from high school(crazy) so we will be out late, with family in town. Everyone wants to see Ella! Then tuesday morning we are off to utah. Andrew leaves to go into the MTC wednesday, so Ella won't catch a break until we get back. Her schedule is so out of whack with all these functions I feel so bad for her. She loves her sleep and when she doesn't get enough it's not a pretty sight. But she is the best baby and still does so well:)

Congrats Danielle and Tommy!

Ainsley Hazel Christensen was born yesterday, weighing in at 6 pounds one ounce. We are so excited for Tommy and Danielle. We haven't been able to meet her yet but are heading to Utah next week to check out our adorable niece. Congrats and welcome to the crazy family Ainsley:) We are sad your so far away.

Swimming+ the park=one tired baby!