Ella's Baptism Gown

Ella got to wear many special garments for her Baptism. The white shawl with the hood was first started by Jake's grandma and then finished by Jake's mom. Ella's baptism gown was handed down by my grandma who said that it was worn by Ella's great great grandma Ella. A lot of history in these pictures. Ella also wore a bonnet for part of the mass which was given to her as a gift from her godparents. The bonnet will then turn into a handkerchief for Ella's "something old" when she gets married someday.

The "Mole"

So Jake has been trying to catch this mole that has caused a lot of destruction in our backyard. Jake as tried everything from traps to poison and nothing seemed to get this creature. I even saw the thing push up a new mound of dirt one evening and ran out to see if I could kill with with a pitch fork but no such luck. So after 6 weeks of chasing this rascal it was time to call in a professional. It was going to cost $60.00/mole. The mole man came out on Wed. and ended up using the same traps Jake had bought but he buried his so once Jake saw the guys technique he put his own trap out and the next day, we caught him!!! Jake was so proud. Here is the picture to prove it. It's amazing something so small can cause so many problems.

The Menard's and Regel's come to visit

Ella's Grandma and Grandpa Menard plus the entire Regel family came to visit last Wed in preparation for Ella's bapstim. Ella was so excited to meet her two cousins Isaac and Aidan along with her Godparents Tim and Renee. I think cousin Aidan was the most excited to meet baby Ella. He was such a good helper with changing Ella's diapers and even donated one of is nuks to baby Ella.

Our trip to Nana and Papa's

Ella made her first trip to Spokane this past week. We drove over with my friend Jennifer and her little boy Jackson. Ella was quite the trooper. We only had to stop once for lunch driving over to Spokane and coming home to Olympia.

Ella and I had a great time at Nana and Papa's. During the day my parents had to work so me and Ella hung out with a friend and went to some new mom's groups. One of the groups we went to was the hospital where they had free weight checks for babies. The night before we weighed her we all had bets that she weighted between 11- 11.5 lbs. Boy were we off, she weighted in at 11lb. - 14oz. almost 12lbs!! Holy cow!

Ella also got to meet her great-grandparents for the first time. She really enjoyed meeting them, don't mind the poutie face in the last picture.

Growing up Fast

Ella is getting bigger by the day. I feel like every time she wakes up from a nap she looks older. Today I packed up all of Ella's newborn clothes because they were getting a little tight, it's time to bring out her fall collection of clothes. As you can see she is sporting a new outfit and looking mighty cute. Ella also has graduated to a new diaper size, daddy is very proud.
Another big milestone as of this week is that she is sleeping 5-6 hrs a stretch at night time. Which means I get more sleep!!! Yippee

First Road Trip

Ella took her first road trip to the Oregon Coast this weekend. Jake had to do some emergency railroad bridge inspection and since it was the weekend family could come along. Ella did great with the 5hr car ride. We only had to stop a couple times to feed or change a dirty diaper. It was nice to get out of the house for awhile. I was thinking that the weather would be warmer than it was so our walk on the beach was cut short due do the wind factor.
Next week Ella goes to Nana and Papa's to visit. Wish us luck!

Ella's First BIG GIRL BATH!

Ella had her first bath today and she loved it! She didn't make a peep the whole time. She was really intrigued by the faucet the entire time and wouldn't take her eyes off it. Maybe she'll grow up to be a plumber some day. After bath time we did some infant massage and some soothing music and she went right to sleep!