Stories from BabyHomePages.net site ellarebecca http://www.babyhomepages.net/ellarebecca/stories.php Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:36:21 CDT Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:36:21 CDT http://www.babyhomepages.net/ellarebecca/baby_pics/20100224(2)_thumb.jpg http://www.babyhomepages.net/ellarebecca/stories.php 144 July 12, 2010 - Well it's been quite some time.... sorry. nbsp; I didn't realize it had been that long though. nbsp; Ella had her kindergarten physical today. nbsp; She has really grown. nbsp; She's up 4 lbs and 3 inches since her last exam at 4. nbsp;We didn't go for a 5 year checkup because they told us that November was too early for the following school year. nbsp; She still has to have her eye exam. nbsp; She's already had her dental exam and has to have a bit of work done. nbsp; She had t http://www.babyhomepages.net/ellarebecca/stories.php January 18, 2010 - Happy Birthday Aunt Maggie!! nbsp; Today I gathered some of the pieces that went with the toys Ella gathered this weekend and some more baby toys. nbsp; I ended up filling up another big ziploc bag (19 quot;). nbsp; nbsp; I picked up Ella from school and we headed over to Goodwill. nbsp; I told her again how proud I am of her and told her she should be proud of herself for thinking of other kids. nbsp; She told me that her heart was pumping because I said that. nbsp; LOL nb http://www.babyhomepages.net/ellarebecca/stories.php January 16, 2010 - Ella decided (on her own) today that she was going to gather some of her toys to give to kids that don't have any. nbsp; She ended up getting enough to fill one of those huge ziplock bags (32 quot;). nbsp; Some of the things she put in were things she had just been playing with the day before. nbsp; She was cute, before putting the stuff in the bag she sorted it all by baby, girl and boy. nbsp; She was going to put in some of her princesses and doll house stuff but decided she http://www.babyhomepages.net/ellarebecca/stories.php January 14, 2009 - I got a call from Ella's daycare this morning. nbsp; She tripped over a pillow and landed on her nose. nbsp; She ended up with a pretty good nose bleed. nbsp; They got it stopped and were watching her for swelling and headache. nbsp; When I picked her up they told me that she hadn't complained all day of anything hurting. nbsp; As much blood as they told me there was she only got a couple drops on the inside of her hoodie. http://www.babyhomepages.net/ellarebecca/stories.php January 10, 2010 - today Ella and I didn't even get dressed. nbsp; She decided about 3:00 that she wanted to but then ended up coming out with just a different pair of jammies. nbsp; She played with her princesses and castle and I played on my laptop. nbsp; Daddy came home, watched football in the bedroom and ended up taking a nap. nbsp; Ella and I played her new ABC Game and then she played it with her two Pet Shop plush toys. nbsp; She did bug me every hour or so about can we do this or that a http://www.babyhomepages.net/ellarebecca/stories.php January 3, 2010 - I ended up with a fever on Thursday so Ella and I didn't go to Cullom with daddy. nbsp; The fever broke Friday afternoon. nbsp; Saturday Ella and I drove down to Cullom. nbsp; I'm glad we did instead of driving straight to Aunt Becky's. nbsp; I forgot that Uncle John and Aunt Katie were going to be there. nbsp; WE GOT TO HAVE MONICAL'S! nbsp; It was yummy! nbsp; Sunday morning Ella and I went over to grandma K's to get her gift for Madi and then we headed to Aunt Becky's for Ma http://www.babyhomepages.net/ellarebecca/stories.php December 27, 2009 - we had a great christmas. nbsp; Daddy forgot to bring our tree home from Cullom. nbsp; My friend Karen had just bought a set of three little trees and was only using the littlest one so she said we could borrow the other two. nbsp; There was a 4' and a 3'. nbsp; I figured we would just put up the 4' but as I was fluffing up the branches Ella wasn't happy because it wasn't fluffing up enough. nbsp; I put up the 3' right next to the other tree and it made it look fluffy enough http://www.babyhomepages.net/ellarebecca/stories.php December 6, 2009 - Aunt Becky and family (minus Kayla) came up last night. nbsp; We (minus Jeff and Bob) went to the movies and saw Planet 51. nbsp; It was cute. nbsp; Today we went to the Donnelley kids Xmas party at the Enchanted Castle in Lombard. nbsp; They close it to only Donnelley and their guests from 9am - 1pm. nbsp; The go-karts, laser tag, bumper cars, miniature golf and blow up jumpy things are all free during that time. nbsp; They also give each person a thing of coins to play th http://www.babyhomepages.net/ellarebecca/stories.php December 2, 2009 - Tonight's conversation: Ella - I want to be a mom when I grow up Mom - I thought you didn't want to have kids Ella - Well I do now Mom - Are you going to get married when you grow up? Ella - To a man? Mom - Yes Ella - No way nbsp; I forgot to mention that Ella read seven or eight books to me the other night with little to no help. nbsp; They were new books that I got her for her birthday and this was the first time we read them together. nbsp; My smart girl! nbsp; La http://www.babyhomepages.net/ellarebecca/stories.php December 1, 2009 - I said something about being old tonight. nbsp; Usually Ella tells me I'm not old because I don't have crinkles on my face. nbsp; Tonight it was... yes you are getting old because you are almost a grandma. nbsp; You are almost a grandma because I'm getting bigger and I'm almost a mom. nbsp; I'm almost six so I'm almost a mom. nbsp; OK so I don't want her to wait or have to wait as long as I had to but six, that's a little too soon to become a mom in my book. http://www.babyhomepages.net/ellarebecca/stories.php