Rolling On Through The Week

There hasn't been too much activity in the Fransen household since the last blog. After the "blizzard" weekend we return to our normal weekly routine. However, Gabe got to take advantage of us needing someone to watch Ella on Monday and worked from home with her. They apparently had a pretty explosive day....literally, I came home to a pile of clothes that Ella had either pooped or drooled on. Needless to say they were both still in great moods and had had a great time :).

The rest of the week went by pretty fast with work and all. Thursday night we took a family road trip out to Dunham's to find me a new putter and some golf clubs. Gabe was hold kids clubs up to Ella explaining that soon she would be out on the course with him. The scary part is that she was really fascinated with watching us putt in the store....just what I need, another golf-aholic :).

Friday night we laid low as a family and had a movie night which meant Ella and me fell asleep on the couch about 20 minutes into the movie while Gabe stayed up watching the entire thing :) Saturday morning Gabe and I went golfing in the rain and cold while my brother and his girlfriend came to watch Ella for the few hours. They couldn't believe how much she had changed in the couple of weeks since they had seen her last. She has really begun to drool EVERYWHERE and is so much more alert to her surrounds. She loves to grab at things now and especially love to play with other peoples hands while they are holding her.

Sunday we went out to Gabe's brother's house for a birthday party for him. All of Gabe's family was out there so it was great to see them all and for Ella to get to play with her cousins. She stayed up most of the time that we were there so she crashed pretty hard that night when we got home.

This week has been up and down for her with sleeping and eating. Seems like she is growing again because one day she will just much on the bottle and sleep most of the day and then the next she is back to her clock-work eating and napping normally again.

Yesterday was gorgeous out...almost 75 degrees, so Ella and I were outside or just out and about for most of the day. We went to visit the Mount Royal clinic where I used to work to take some pictures for my co-workers for work related stuff. A few of my former patients who are residents at the apartments stopped by to see her. Most of them had not seen me since I had first found out I was pregnant so poor Ella's cheeks were subjected to multiple pinches by these elderly women who wanted to eat her up.

We also went down to the boardwalk with my friend/co-worker Jill and walked for over an hour. It was so great to get outside and not have to bundle her up either. Needless to say both Ella and I crashed last night and slept in until 9am this morning. She has been sleeping a lot today but very happy and playing when she is up. She loves to play in her Bumbo chair with her toys on the tray now and is realizing she can bang things around on it (not too sure we are going to think that is so cute very soon).

She is also doing a great job on her tummy as you can see by the pictures. She is developing really well and is right on schedule with all of her gross motor milestones. This includes her starting to try to roll over. She has started to try to roll on her tummy from her back. We have been helping to show her how of course (punishment for her having a mom that is a pediatric therapist :) ) and she has been responding very well over the last couple days. In fact yesterday she started to initiate it all on her own!! She can get her upper body to start to roll, but can't quite get her legs to follow yet. She is so close that I am sure it will be withing the next week that she has it figured out. I really think that she's going to be up and running when she starts to move.

It's so great to have a great husband/dad like Gabe who is so eager to see her develop and so encouraging and supportive of her already! Its just as much fun to see how much he lights up when she smiles at him or does something new for him. I know both of us are excited for her to be able to start playing sports and activities, but at the same time we are just having so much fun seeing her grow and develop right now.

Well, Ella is starting to move around so I need to get ready to make goofy noises and funny faces for a while :) Hopefully the next blog we will have been out on the golf course and out in the sun!!!