Jennifer Woodbury

She's Figured Us Out

Ella is an amazing sleeper. Really, you just lay her down in her crib and she puts herself to sleep. She sleeps 12 hours at night and takes two good naps everyday. But just last weekend she figured out where we go when we put her down in her crib. The second we leave the room, she now scoots to the edge of her crib, pulls down the bumper to look out at the door, and wails. I really don't think there is a sadder sight then to see that little face peeking out from behind those bars (but I still make her take a nap anyway!).

Those Darn Headwinds

It's midnight in California, and I was supposed to be waking up Ella and leaving for the airport right now to go pick up Matt from his weekend at school in New York. Apparently the headwinds are really strong though, so his plane had to make a pit stop in Denver to refeul and won't be arriving in Oakland until approximately 3:18 am. So I guess now I will go to bed for 3 hours, and then wake my daughter out of her peaceful slumber in order to drive to the airport. Reason #328 why we need a second car ASAP! I have no objection to paying for long-term airport parking in order to avoid a 3 am wake-up call. Or we at least need to make some more friends who we can call on to pick Matt up in the wee hours of the night. Conveniently all the friends we do have just happen to be out of town for the holiday weekend. Normally in these situations I would call on Matt's brother Thomas, but since his wife just had a baby 5 days ago I didn't think it would be appropriate.

Speaking of the baby, please meet my newest adorable niece (because I have 7 other adorable nieces) Alexis Grace:

 

Before I go to get my three hours of sleep, here are some pictures I took of Ella today, all within about a minute's time. This girl has so many expressions I can't keep up with them all!

   

   

While it is Blizzarding Back East...

...this was us yesterday. Sunny and warm. T-shirts. No shoes. Playing outside. This does not bode well for Matt's "Let's Move Back to New York" campaign. Ella just loved this swing. She was so happy to have her daddy at home. It was a good day.

On the Move

First, let me say that it has been sunny and in the 70s all week. Just a reminder of how much I love California. I wish I had some pictures of the beautiful weather to show you, but we've been too busy playing in the park to take any! I think the warming trend is coming to an end this weekend, but it was sure nice while it lasted. I am so ready for spring. 

In other news, Ella is finally starting to crawl. For the past few weeks I have been trying to find something that would actually motivate her to move, and I finally discovered it earlier this week. I learned that if I stack these blocks up, she loves to crawl on over and knock them down. Her crawl is a total commando crawl - she stays on her belly and just uses her arm strength to propel her forward. So cute. I'm going to need to catch that on video soon. 

And with that, I am FINALLY off to the airport to pick up Matt who has been gone for a loooonnnnnggg 9 days!

Life is Rough

My daddy's gone, I fell and hit my face while pulling up on the coffee table, and I am trying to cut four teeth all at the same time.

   

Ella's Valentine

My sweet & sappy little Valentine to Ella. I just adore these photos. I made this using Heather's new kit. Matt is out of town for work and school for the next 9 days...so I guess that makes Ella my only Valentine for a little while!