Nicknames

What we call her...

EG
Ella
EllaBella
EllaBellaMozzarella
Sugarfoot
Babylove (her Ninna's favorite)
Bug
Goose
SillyGoose
Monkey
Pookie May
Darling
Honey

A Year in Pictures

What I've Been Doing This Winter

Sitting in snowbanks...

Learning about static electricity...

Sledding...

Putting ribbons in my hair...

Taking down the Christmas tree.

Xmas 2009 - 19 months old

She loved Santa....

New Camera

We bought a new camera as an early Christmas gift. EG is getting used to having a camera in her face all the time now!

A Real Halloween

EG had a blast with Halloween. She was a little confused about why we were going outside after dinner (normally that is quiet playtime with moms inside - only). She caught on quickly and went to our close neighbors for some loot. Then, we returned home to serve the numerous trick or treaters where we learned that EG LOVES to put the candy in other kids' bags. She passed out most of the candy (mom helped a little). She was so overtired by bed that she woke up all night long.....too much excitement before bed!!! Here is the night in pictures.

A day in the life and recent photos

I realize that I have been posting a lot of pictures lately, but not much narrative. So, I thought I would start with a day in life of EG...

The basics of her day are she wakes at 6:00 am, breakfast at 7 am, snack at 9am, lunch at 10:30 am, nap at 11:00 (1.5 hours - 2 hours), snack at 3pm, dinner at 4:30, bath at 6:00, in crib at 6:30ish and either passes out or rolls around for 20 minutes.

We have a nanny (a local grad student) who comes to our house 4.5 hours per day, 4 days a week. This allows M to work part-time this year and gives EG a new playmate. The nanny is awesome and EG adores her. It was an adjustment, but I'd say 3 weeks into the school year everyone was settled in their routines.

The weather has turned cold here fast and forced all of us into lots of layers. Here are the latest of our little girl...









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