today is neela's and my second wedding anniversary. 2 years! and today, ella turned 13 months old!
there are so many things ella does now that just *kill* me. i love it so much.
like. when i'm putting her down for a nap or to bed, i'll stroke her cheeks and her neck and her head - it relaxes her. now, if i stop before she wanted me too, she grabs my hand and pulls it back across her face to tell me to keep going.
and like. when she wants a hug and kiss, but has to share the love, so brings her dolly and her minnie and her stuffed bunny and her cookie monster and they, along with her, have to all sit in my lap and have some hugs and kisses.
and how we taught her to blow kisses but she does it with the back of her hand.
her screams and squeals when you chase her. or tickle her. peals of laughter through the house.
she has this animals book and we always do animal sounds with it. we taught her that buffalos go "sniff/snort" cuz we couldn't think of anything else. the buffalo is on page 3. when you're on page 2 she practically vibrates with excitement over getting to page 3 when she can start sniffing. the following page is a monkey, and we all know she can do monkey sounds in a heartbeat. and now, she even does it on command.
"ella, what does a buffalo say?"
"SNIFFFFFF SNIFFF!"
"good!"
"OOOO OOOO AAAH AAHHH"
she does the monkey sounds without your asking.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Thursday, February 02, 2006
more new beginnings...
so. tuesday morning i had my first appointment at the fertility clinic.
no squirt or anything. just meet doctor, get swabbed, get pile of paperwork and bloodwork requisitions. etc.
but. i was sitting in the waiting room. and remembering sitting there 2 years ago with neela. frustrated and scared. waiting, wanting. and this time? so excited. just. thinking "this is where/how we got ella!!!!!!" where we placed our order, you know, for "just a baby, please. any baby." and got? the most perfect human being on earth. so sitting in there i got so excited. like. i'm going to get pregnant! and get ella a sister or a brother! how amazing is that?!
and.
just. how. we thought pregnancy was scary. frustrating. exciting. wonderful. and it was nothing. compared to this. being a mom. you know?
no squirt or anything. just meet doctor, get swabbed, get pile of paperwork and bloodwork requisitions. etc.
but. i was sitting in the waiting room. and remembering sitting there 2 years ago with neela. frustrated and scared. waiting, wanting. and this time? so excited. just. thinking "this is where/how we got ella!!!!!!" where we placed our order, you know, for "just a baby, please. any baby." and got? the most perfect human being on earth. so sitting in there i got so excited. like. i'm going to get pregnant! and get ella a sister or a brother! how amazing is that?!
and.
just. how. we thought pregnancy was scary. frustrating. exciting. wonderful. and it was nothing. compared to this. being a mom. you know?
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