Yum yum!

It was time - Ella popped two teeth, she is sitting up on her own, and she has been showing a lot of interest in food....it was time to give this solid food thing a try.

We went back and forth on starting her on the typical breast milk and cereal or a veggie. After some discussions with my sisters, we decided to start with the rice cereal. At first she seemed to like it - see video below - but soon after we stopped filming she decided this was not for her. She was making horrible faces, gagging, turning her head, and spitting up. We are going to try again tomorrow night - hopefully we'll have better luck.

Ma - What's the big deal? 

 Playing like a big girl

Don't worry - I'll be here if you need me! 

 Getting ready for her first solid food!

This is going to be fun!!

Ahhh - what was that!?

Hummm....I don't know if I love this.

Alright - can we be done now?

Yay - it's over! 

It started out nice...

Wonderful Weekend

We are having a fantastic weekend - filled with mommy/daddy time, Ella time and family time. On Friday night Adam and I went to the Bruce Springsteen concert at the Nats stadium which was unbelievable. Bruce is such an incredible performer.  He played for 3 1/2 hours - high energy the entire time.

We arrived home from the concert around 1:30 a.m. but it was about 2:30 a.m. by the time we were in bed. Unfortunately miss Ella decided to wake up at 4:30 a.m. the next morning. I kept her in the crib until 6:00 a.m. but there was a lot of crying and back and forth with the paci. More on that later.

Saturday was a perfect family day. We took Ella on a bunch of walks and just played together at home - it was very special. Here are a few pictures and videos from Friday night and Saturday.

Today is the Jewish New Year so we are celebrating at Jonathan and Jaime's house tonight. We are really looking forward to seeing them and the kids.

Ella is doing great these days! She has settled in nicely at Adrienne's on Mondays and Thursdays and is ALL smiles, everyday. She is rolling all over the place which is a pretty good way of getting around. She is also sitting up by herself now so we will be starting solid foods shortly. I'll post a more detailed update on her developments later.

The Concert

Beautiful baby

I love sitting up like a big girl now

Just hanging with my dad

Practicing standing - She was really doing a great job before I got the camera out. I think her legs started to get tired. But this video is really funny.

My 30th Birthday Weekend

What a wonderful, wonderful weekend. Thank you to my family and friends for making my 30th birthday so special. The big family dinner, arts festival, massage, nails, dinner at 1789, camera shopping, BBQ, surprise brunch with my BFF....everything was perfect. I feel so blessed.

Maybe the best part of this weekend was all the quality time we got to spend as a family. Adam has been working a lot lately so this long weekend came at the perfect time. We were so sad to see him leave this morning :(

Ms. Ella had a birthday of her own on Saturday - she turned the big 5 - 5 months that is. To celebrate she continued to pop her two bottom teeth, started using her new big girl stroller and had a very cute 5 month photo shoot.

I am still a bit tired but glowing from a wonderful weekend.

Two at once! 

Best stroller in the world!!

Just had to share this one - Babies look so cute in jean jumpers

The official 5 month photo

Outtake 

Laughing at daddy

 My beautiful baby