Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day to everyone.

Walking in the Hood

Some pictures of last weekend out enjoying the weather. As you can see Ellie enjoyed the walk as well.

Weekend With Daddy and Moving On Up

Well Ellie had a big weekend. She had a terrible week during the week were she decided that 2:30 am until 4:30 am was party time. She didn't fuss, she just wanted to talk and play and if you put her down then she would fuss. Needless to say her mother and I were worn out after 4 nights of little sleep. Ashley had plans to go to ATL for a baby shower and that put Ellie and I alone overnight for the first time. I'll admit I was a bit nervous how things would go, but after 4 bad nights I figured it couldn't get any worse so I decided it was time to get Ellie out of the pack n play and into the bedroom with the newest and nicest furniture in the whole house. She fought for a while but, eventually gave in and slept until about 3:30. I fed her and let her stay downstairs for the rest of the night fully expecting it to be party time again, but she talked herself to sleep. We had a good day together and I even managed to get the house in some sort of order for Mommy to come home Saturday night. When Mommy got home, she was so glad to see her little peanut and Ellie was so glad to see her Mommy. With the success of Friday night, we decided that after the 3:30 feeding to put Ellie back upstairs. Even though she was wide awake, she talked to her feet for about 10 minutes and finally went to sleep. The last picture is her waking up around 8:00 am after an entire night in her room. It was such a success that today Ellie is MOVING ON UP (upstairs, that is) and we will finally have our bedroom back so to speak.

Happy Birthday Breakfast

Since Ashley's birthday is today and her family is leaving this morning, we had a birthday breakfast complete with chocolate cake. Ellie helped with the gift and card opening. I don't know how she knew, but when Ashley opened a card with some cash in it, Ellie went straight for it. My wallet is already trembling at the beating it is going to take in the years to come. During the birthday song Ellie had her eyed tuned into the light show.

Birthday Dinner

We got a rare night out for Ashley's birthday dinner and had an enjoyable time eating a meal uninterrupted for the first time in a while.

Exersaucer

Ellie got an Exersaucer this weekend from the Tifts and she loves it so far. She especially likes the little mirror on it. She also has a chance to play with Uncle Amos and gets to eat some rice cereal with her Grandmama.

4 month checkup and other fun stuff

Some pictures from the last week. Ashley's parents, her brother, and his girlfriend are all in town for the weekend to help celebrate Ashley's birthday. I won't reveal which one it is (let's just say it is the 10th anniversary of when she could legally drink), but it is nice to have some family here to share in the occasion. Ellie went for her 4 month checkup and is hitting all the appropriate milestones. She is 11 lb and 13 oz. which puts her in the 10% for weight. She is in the 50% for her height. That is where she was at 2 months as well. Ellie's latest trick is that she likes to stand up. She doesn't have the balance yet, but she can stand on her own when leaned up against the ottoman as seen in the slideshow. Hopefully, I will have some more pics from the weekend to post later.

Evenings at the Bowers

Evening time at the Bowers house with Ellie in the Bumbo and cats lounging on the floor.

Rice Cereal

Ellie has started on rice cereal this week. She is doing pretty well with it although she hasn't figured out how to eat off a spoon as you can see by messy mouth.

Now that the holidays have passed we have gotten into a pretty good routine. Part of the nightly routine involves bath time. It starts with me taking Ellie back to the back and getting the bath ready.


The cats have gotten into the routine as well. For those of you who don't know, our fat cat Freddie only drinks out of a running faucet(spoiled). Well, now it appears that he is a good big brother and has taught little bit Shadow to do the same. Ellie just relaxes and watches the rediculousness.