Ella is becoming so alert during the days and sleeping well at night!

We are getting used to seeing Ella's beautiful eyes and even some smiles! Mommy and Daddy are even getting some sleep these days. Usually Ella sleeps for a 4 hour stretch - wakes up and eats - then sleeps another 5 hours. We are 6 and a half weeks old now...I can hardly believe it!
Above are pictures of Ella both awake and asleep!

Hoppy Easter!

We went to visit the Easter Bunny at the Christiana Mall on Thursday! Once I got past all of my germophobic issues - we decided to put Ella on a blanket and then hand the whole blanket to the dirty Easter Bunny! :)
In this picture you can't really see Ella OR her beautiful Easter dress - but you can see the dirty Easter Bunny and the proud parents!
Have a wonderful holiday....

ode to portland weather...

Here is Ella sporting her Portland shirt...
(it has actually been raining a bunch here too...April showers bring May flowers!)

Ella's birth announcement picture..

Ella's dad is quite the photographer - he captured this awesome shot to use for our birth announcement!

McElla!

Happy Birthday, Grandmommy! Ella's Grandmother's birthday is today! (Nonna's birthday was yesterday!) My mom came over to help us all day long - and we tried on all THREE of Ella's St. Patrick's Day bibs! Thank you to Grandmommy, Kelly, and Aunt Pat for our first Irish bibs!

Our First Walk...65 degrees!

In Ella's week long life so far she has lived through a snow storm (Nor'easter - 9 inches) and 65 degree balmy days! We took advantage of her week old birthday Saturday, and went for a walk in our new stroller! Thank you Aunt Pat!
Aunt Melanie and Nona went with us for our walk. What should our next posted "first" be? Any suggestions?

Our First Bath

We took our first bath at home this morning. Ella was wonderful! Her Mommy and Daddy had a harder time, I think! We felt like we were torturing her with our cold hands and cold air! All was well at the end when she was wrapped up in her blanket.
We are having so much fun with all of Ella's "firsts". Yesterday she went to her first doctor's appointment. We also had our first trip to AI Dupont for bloodwork to check for jaundice (came back fine!). This morning was our first bath, and later today we hope to get out into the sunshine for our first walk! LOVE THIS LITTLE GIRL!!!!