this deserves a POST all it's own!

Enough Said......

Ella Fun T

Well I decided to call this "Ella Fun" but I realized I just need to add a T and it would sound like Elephant. How sad right, I really didn't realize what possible name teasers she would be subjected to until after I had already sealed her fate as Ella Cheri Smith. This kind of reminds my of when I finished painting my bedroom and a week later I was like "Oh red and green, GREAT my room looks like Christmas!"

She found her FEET! It is so great, it's the new toy, Ella will wake up from her nap and I won't have to get for at least another 15 minutes because she is busy sucking on her toes .

Aww daddy loves his little girl! Although she looks a little weirded out.

Ha! What a chubby smile!

So do you see the red ring around Ella's neck? It is constantly irritated, moisture or slobber gets caught in her neck rolls and irritates her skin. I try to keep it dry but it is a constant struggle. Any ideas on how to get rid of this? Maybe a bib will work.

Ella has not only realized she has feet but she also has a tongue! I swear last week she hardly ever had that tongue in her mouth. It was always moving around out side her mouth it was so funny. This week it is totally old news, she now keeps it quietly tucked away.

I am really trying to get smiles for the camera but she gets so interested in the camera that she won't focus on Mommy trying to get her to smile.

This is Ella's new toy (thank you Janae!) she loves it and I love it because it doesn't make her loser her hair and I don't have to hold her constantly. A Classic "win win" situation!

This is how daddy knows Ella will be falling asleep shortly, she will grab onto his finger and minutes later she is out.

and apparently so is he....

Brooklee came over again and we laid them down on Ella's play mat together but I guess the funnest thing on there was Brooklee's ear.....

And for Brooklee it was Ella's hair.

Ella over the ages....

So I haven't been very good about posting Ella at each month milestone so I will do so now....

4 months old, my little chunky monkey!

Ella at 3 months, she started to grab objects and was holding her head up pretty good but we were still calling her "Bobble Head Ella".

2 months old, Ella first knowingly smiled at 2 months (although she didn't do it for the camera until 3 months old).

1 month old, just a lump on a log....

Camping........with an infant......again!

So I bet you are all wondering why I haven't been blogging, well long story short my laptop cord broke so I had to wait for a new one in the mail......I broke that one too, so I had to wait for another one.

Anywho, yes it's true I went camping again with an infant after I vowed to never do it again. Although, this time we were actually roughing it. We slept on the ground in a tent and made our food using a fire pit. I haven't done that since I was in Young Womens! It was quite the experience, it even rained while we were there. It was fun, except for the part when we got lost in the middle of no where in the middle of the night with no cell phone service but other than that we had a great time!

See no make up, that's when you KNOW you are roughing it!

This was our cook, he happens to also be Ella's Uncle Michael. He is married to Robert's sister Sarah.

Grandma Allen and Uncle Aaron

Daddy trying to get Ella to go to sleep.

Grandma Allen With Ella

Cousin's!!! This is cousin Reese being held by her mother Sarah.

This is Aunt Ashley holding cousin Hunter.

This is our attempt to get Ella to smile. This is the best we could do after many failed attempts. She happens to be laying on our sleeping bags, on the ground, in our tent.

And this is cousin Reese, she is so cute! What a sweet face! Look at all that hair! She is actually wearing a wig that we made for her using all the hair that has rubbed off of Ella's head.