I can hardly believe our sweet baby girl is already three months old! I'd love it if time would slow down just a little bit.
Here is another picture overload, but I just want to remember every little detail of this baby girl--she is heaven!
She sleeps ALL night--really? What baby does that? Hey, I'll take it!
She also gets chubbier every day--I LOVE IT! I just can't get enough of her chubby cheeks and beefy little thighs; Ohhhh I just want to squeeze her she's so cute!
I have also LOVED watching her grow and become more interactive; it's fun to see her little happy (sometimes sassy) personality emerge. Being a mom is better than I could have ever imagined.
So, now for the overload:
Either this baby is really social or really bored of her parents. Either way, she has surely made friends with the baby on the diaper box--maybe young love?
We made a trip down to St. George during the second week of March, and Ella and I were able to stay and hang out with the fam during their entire spring break. It's always fun to be home, and as I've mentioned earlier, the babe gets spoiled rotten.
While in St. George:
Ella went to her first soccer game. If you know anything about my family you will know that this is just the beginning of a lifetime full of soccer games for this girl.
Ella was a show off and held her bottle all by herself. Whatever it takes for this girl to be closer to her food--she's obsessed.
She entertained us all with her airplane arms while going down the stairs at my parents' house. She does it every single time--hey, at least we know the girl likes to have fun!
She met her great grandma Cottle for the first time. She nestled right into her; it was adorable.
Ella fell even more in love with her Poppy. Seriously, she loves him.
She also got majorly spoiled by her uncles. They love her, and it's the cutest thing ever.
We realized that we don't need to buy Ella anymore toys--all we need to do is install a ceiling fan. She literally grinned at this thing and made cooing noises at it like it was an old friend. Haha, oh Ella.
To sum up Ella's visits to St. George, I thought this picture of her sitting on her throne was fitting. This chick literally rules the roost.
After a week in St. George, we were both so happy to be reunited with Daddy!
One thing to mention here: Ella is a big time daddy's girl. Scotty has such a soothing nature and it literally just calms Ella right down. But she also has a lot of fun with him, too. Seeing these two interact with each other makes me love my Scott so much more (and I already thought I loved him millions!)
I love my little family--these two are my happy.
Back at home, we had a day at the park with Aunt Amanda. While we were there, the sun was shining and Ella girl's hair looked red red red! I love it and hopes it stays that way!
We also thought we probably should get the BYU tradition flowing, so we took her on her first visit to campus. By the looks of it, I don't think she was immediately converted, but we still have plenty of time. :)
Side note: since birth, Ella's right eye has occasionally been pretty droopy (why is my baby's eye droopy?!!) Oh well, she's still cute.
She also has a fixation with biting her lower lip. Haha, lots of things to explore, I guess!
Which brings me to my next point: Ella licks EVERYTHING!
Here she is licking her blanket, but that's not even where it ends! The other day when Scott was holding her, she started licking his CHEST. Literally, the girl has to try everything out (gross).
She's starting to discover herself a little more, too. One day I got her all dressed and was trying to get a good photo of her, but I could not get her to stop admiring her polka-dotted pants. She also loves looking at herself in the mirror (but hey, if I were that cute, I'd want to do it all day, too!)
And sometimes we'll wake up in the morning to little baby coos from Ella's crib and walk over to find her just laying there with her little feet hanging over the edge of the crib--no crying, just simply hangin out.
Oh, I don't know what I ever did without this little girl. I'm so thankful to Heavenly Father for sending her to our family--I think He knew that we needed her; she has changed our world.
We love you, little bug!
