we had a great easter. we drove to p.a. to spend the weekend with my family. ella was amazing and great on the trip and from sk. she slept the entire time the car was in motion. we only had to stop twice (lloyd, north battleford) to change her and feed her. she is such a wonderful baby. we are the luckiest moms in the world.
ella met her great-grandma-gussie for the first time. they got along great. grandma (yes, that's my grandma) really liked her and they had a few hilarious little "conversations." mom, as usual, was totally smitten with ella and just showered her with lots of love. uncle brody and auntie tara were there too and were super sweet with ell.
we had easter dinner at grandma's house. my auntie cindy and uncle kenny were there, along with their daughter-in-law (my cousin-in-law), nicole, and their two grandkids, rhett and ria, and their son brennan and his girlfriend whose name i can't seem to remember. sorry. nicole knitted (crocheted?) these bright, colourful, wonderful matching hats for ria and ella! we love the hat. i hope it fits for a long time! also there for easter were pat and regan and cole and bj. i guess that was it. family gatherings are getting smaller now that the kids are growing up. everybody's gotta be someplace else. tobin's in minnesota. cheralyn's in germany. scott's in edmonton. kelly and catherine are in lethbridge. donnie and donna i guess went to calgary to have easter with carlee and kelly. brenda and richard were up north. my uncle laurie and shawn had to go to a funeral. and so on. anyway, it was a really nice day. ella played with rhett and ria and was generally her wonderfully adorable self - not crying or fussing or being any trouble whatsoever.
sunday we just hung out at mom's until after supper then headed down to saskatoon to spend the night at brody and tara's house. their house looks great. they've really done it up.
and finally, on monday, even though i wasn't feeling so hot, we took ella for her first visit to saigon! this was an important inauguration for any child of mine. jennifer was glad to see me, as always. we had a little feast, although neela got rushed by ella needing to eat.
did i mention ella achieved two new things this weekend? she started standing up on her strong little legs when you hold her up. and, she discovered she has fingers. she's spending tonnes of time threading her fingers and unthreading... and threading her fingers through her mommies' fingers and so on. it's soooooo cute. i love it.
last night i gave her a bath by myself (i.e. without neela's assistance) and she cried. guess we still need two mommies for the bath. wah.