Wow it's been so long since I last posted!!! Same old story- internet trouble (I actually already started blogging, had some kind of problem, lost the post and then had to start over!!!) along with the problem of having no really good time to blog... actually right now Ryan is with Ella for her swim class, and someone else is cleaning our house!!! As part of celebrating our 3rd wedding anniversary, which was yesterday, Ryan decided to hire someone to clean our house- and he wants to keep it as a regular thing... You know what I'm thinking? I'm sooooo glad I married Ryan! : ) Hehe... There are, of course, many more reasons but if you read the post from Valentine's Day, you already know I married my prince charming : ) Looking back over the three years we've been married, I feel very happy... And I'm so glad that we have our little Ella Bella!
So what's new with Ella? Her swim class that she's in now is a group class with kids up to 4 years old (I think). At first she was a little apprehensive- probably because of her previous "intense" swim instruction by Glendy, but now she really loves being in the water. By the way, having tried out both kinds of classes I would definitely recommend Glendy's private classes. Ella doesn't get much attention from the instructor with the class that she's in right now- there's just too many kids and with such an age range- I almost might as well just play with her a pool by myself. The truth is though, that I also enjoy some kind of structure and routine, so we're going to keep taking swim classes over the summer- we're just going to try out Lifetime Fitness' classes. Ella only has one more class left at the place we're going to now...
Actually just last night we joined Lifetime Fitness, and I'm pretty excited to get back into a fitness routine! : ) I haven't really make any effort to lose weight and I feel pretty confident that with some effort, I'll slowly see some results... Ten pounds and I would be happy, twenty pounds and I would be ecstatic! I actually already had a gym membership at 24 Hour Fitness, but I have used it once in the past year- how pathetic, huh? Anyway, since Lifetime Fitness has GREAT childcare for members (up to 2 hours everyday, for free), a huge rockclimbing wall Ryan can use, a beautiful indoor and outdoor pool, and lots of children's activities- I feel a little more motivated to use their facilities... Another reason is that I joined that hula group I was talking about earlier, and a few of the girls practice there... Anyway, I'm glad to finally have some motivation to get back into shape!
Back to Ella!!! She is totally a momma's girl right now : ) Apparently she is mostly putting on a show- when I leave and when I return she turns on the water works! In between she'll be pretty happy though... (Well, not always!) She normally says "ma-ma-ma-ma" but when she's upset she'll get out "mom-meeee" Hehehe... She's still using the potty every day- we try to do it whenever she gets a diaper change (as long as we're at home), and she'll normally go "pee-pee in the potty" at least 3 times every day. Her record is 5 times in one day! And once, she even pooped on cue!
Unfortunately, Ella has been having trouble sleeping lately : ( I think it's the combination of the start of separation anxiety, teething pain, and her increased activity. I was reading on BabyCenter.com that once babies hit new milestones they sometimes practice in their sleep and it wakes them up... I guess I'd have to watch her sleeping to see if she suddenly started "sleep-crawling"!!! She is crawling really well now, and she loves to pull herself to a standing position anywhere she can get a good grip. Once she got crawling, she really started getting better and better...
Hmmm, I'm trying to think of what else is new.... Ella makes the funniest faces lately, I'll have to try to get a video of it sometime so I can post it.... : ) I have more pictures and videos to post but I'm just too lazy to do it right now.... Hopefully I won't take so long to post again!
