An Evening Stroll

We took a walk with Ella once it cooled off a bit. We borrowed this awesome Metromamma wrap from our friends Anna and Cody. Ella loves it and so do we! It makes it so that I can have both hands free and she's still snuggled in tight.

Visit with cousin Sydney

Ella's cousin Sydney was supposed to be born 2 weeks after her, but Sydney was ready to see the world much earlier than everyone anticipated, she was born at 32 weeks and weighed 3 lbs 4 oz. She is now 8 weeks old. It's so funny to see the drastic size difference in Sydney and Ella...Sydney makes Ella look like a monster baby! She weighs 7lbs 9oz, which is what Ella weighed when she was born, and Ella is about 10 lbs now....crazy to think our baby was ever that small. It will be fun for these two cousins to be so close in age and grow up together.

Ella's Aunt Merideth and Uncle Erin with Sydney & Ella

The babies holding hands

Ella says "but I don't want to be the big kid"

Cuddles From Family

Great-Grandma Polly and Great-Grandpa Clyde

Here are a few of the great family moments Ella has gotten to share in her short 5 weeks of life. We are so blessed to have so much love and support from our family and friends. Ella has so many grandparents and great-grandparents, aunts and uncles to love and spoil her! Here is a compilation of just a few of the endless cuddles and loves Ella has accumulated so far!

Grandma Teah and Grandpa Scott

Grandma Lorri, Grandpa Dale, Great-Grandma West, Great-Great-Grandma Healy

Grandpa John

Great-Grandma Dixie

Auntie Sara

Auntie Merideth

Great-Grandma Polly, Great-Grandpa Clyde

Great-Aunt Kathy

Grandma Sandy and Great-Grandma Elaine

Great-Grandma Betty

Great-Grandma Elaine

Walk on the esplanade

We went for a walk along the Portland Esplanade recently...here are a few photos of our venture. It was the first time Ella and I had been there...Jason had been there one time before. Great views of the city! There are tons of people out running and walking on it - a place we'll return to for sure.

A Few New Pictures

We weighed Ella last night on Anna and Cody's Wii and she is up to 9.9 lbs. She will be 5 weeks old on Friday. Time is flying by.

Here are a few more photos we've taken lately...

Precious

Tulip Festival

A couple of weekends ago while Stacey was here to visit we went to the tulip festival just South of us. We caught a break in the clouds and got a bit of sunshine, we sure were lucky...just after we got in the car the skies opened up and poured like crazy. They had lots of kid activities to do, it will be fun to take Ella to when she's a little older and running around like crazy.