First Mother's Day...

Yesterday was my first Mother's Day. Matt had Ella all dressed and ready to come visit me at work, when he called and asked where the car seat was. It was in my car and Matt couldn't bring Ella to come visit me, but sent me a picture of her holding my card instead. Ella got me a peridot (her birthstone) charm for my Pandora charm bracelet, it's great, but the best gift of all, is Miss Ella Mattie.

Nine Months Old...

As I took Ella to the doctor this morning for her nine months visit, I remembered I hadn't written her monthly blog. Ella weighed 17 pounds and 12 ounces and is 26 inches long. In my eight months blog, I wrote that hopefully Ella would be crawling by nine months, and that she is. She is very mobile now, just proving that when I thought I had the house baby proof, I was wrong. She gets into EVERYTHING! She has perfected her crawl and even crawled up the slide at Gymboree last week, Miss Beth is very impressed with Ella's progress. Ella's favorite thing at Gymboree is the drum. Last week, Miss Beth tapped a beat on the drum, three taps, and to our surprise Ella mimicked her. It's amazing how much she is absorbing and is able to repeat. She mimics us waving, tapping, clapping, blowing our lips, clucking, everything. Ella is also able to pull herself up from a seated position to standing on her feet. Everyday for the past two weeks she has done something that proves our little girl is growing up too fast. We are so grateful for Ella!!!

Ella and Bisnonna...

Christening...

Last weekend Matt, Ella and I flew to NY for Ella's Christening. It was PERFECT, Ella was an angel throughout the service. My sister, Cristina, is Ella's Godmother and Matt's two best friends, Gary and Brad, are Ella's Godfathers. We had a great time, surrounded by family and friends. We want to thank Nonna for hosting the Christening celebration and for all her time and effort. Hopefully, pictures will be posted soon, as soon as I find my camera. :(