Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Playing with the Dog!

This is how Ella plays with the dog:)

Minnesota Vacation!

Ella at Grandma and Grandpa Stumpf's Farm!


This is Ella at the camper trying to take Shadow for a walk.!






Ella Had a Great Time Playing in Great Grandma's Garden!













Sunday, August 8, 2010

Well it's Sunday and we're heading back to Iowa. We had such a great time!
Ella started to say "indere" which we're pretty sure means "in there" and gampa. She started the last one in the middle of the night when grandma and grandpa but her in the bed with her at the camper to get her to go to sleep. Grandpa thought that if he turned his back to her she'd fall asleep. Ella proceeded to hit him on the back of the head and say "gampa" "Gampa!"

She also got three theeth while we were camping! what a wounderful time to get them right??

Well i have pictures to post so I'll do that once we're at home.

hope your weekend was wonderful

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Hello Again!
Steve, Ella, Shadow and I are in Minnesota for a week vacation. We're so excited to relax for a little bit and watch Ella have fun at the lake.
We're also very excited to announce that we're expecting again!!! Baby Mickolichek is due to arrive Jan. 2nd!
This past week Ella has been pretending to be a dog by playing on her hands and knees and going in and out of Shadow's kennel. I asked her if she was a puppy and she looked up at me and laughed. She then proceeded to go back into the kennel and shut the door.
So my thinking is that yes, this is a good time for a baby brother or sister!
on my days off I will see Ella grab one of Shadow's toys, through it at him, and go get it and run away from him. This starts the process of them taking turns having the toy and chasing after eachother around the house. It's so funny to watch!

Ella Is also talking alot more. one day a couple weeks ago I was going to put her in pajama's. Ella was playing and I all i got out of my mouth was "Ella" before she turned, looked at me, and said "what?". My mouth dropped. I didn't know what else to say back to her.

We're off for now, have a great weekend!!

Saturday, June 19, 2010

I know it's been a long time. but i'm back. Ella Steve and Shadow are doing great!
Ella is Walking and Talking and Signing! She's Signing "more", " all done", "eat" "please" and
" Thank You" Although her thank you is sometimes more like she's blowing kisses. but we know what it means and it's so cute!

Ella and Shadow are the best of friends. She loves getting him toys and he like following her around the house. especially when she's carrying food. what a smart dog right?

This past week we've been really working hard at giving Ella her pacifier only at naptime and bedtime. So, on Tuesday when I gave Ella her pacifier to settler her down for naptime she had a huge smile on her face and did a 180. She marched right to her room for naptime and stood infront of her crib. I was Floored! She did the same for bedtime and for bedtime the next night as well. we also found out she's doing it at daycare too! I couldn't believe it. I hope this keeps going it's been great. so, we'll see what next week brings for us.