Healthy! (knock on wood!)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Ella loves to sit at the table like a big girl. She's actually really good about sitting there nicely. She doesn't try to stand up or get down with out help. She can't quite reach yet to be able to eat, but getting close. Due to her good behavior with chairs, she got her little chairs that go with her table back and so far she hasn't tried to stand on them.

Ella got her first haircut the other day. This is the before picture. She had just woken up from a nap when we got there, so she was a little out of it. My hair dresser washed and cut my hair first while Ella warmed up to the place. By the time I was finished, she was running all over the place getting into everything. We sat her in the chair by herself at first and that was a no-go. So I sat in the chair and she sat on my lap.

She wasn't terribly cooperative, but she wasn't awful. I didn't really give my hair dresser any instructions other than I wanted to get rid of the baby mullet and trim her bangs.

Not a fan...

The bangs were the hardest part. It took several attempts to get them trimmed.

All done! It looks pretty much the same in the front, but the back is so cute.

You can see it better in this picture. I love it. I'm so glad I finally got it done.

Ella has been feeling much, much better. Her cough is pretty much gone and she seems to be back to her fun, sweet self. She was pretty difficult to deal with while she was sick and I was beginning to worry that the terrible twos had come early. But, no, thank goodness. She still throws the occasional temper tantrum, but they are much less frequent. She's had so much energy the last two or three days, it's been hard to keep her entertained. It doesn't help that the weather hasn't been great, she really needs to be outside. I'm just so glad she's feeling better!

She has turned into quite the Daddy's girl. She must ask for him ten times a day and she's so happy when he gets home from work. She used to be excited when he first got home, but then would want to come back to me. Now she only has eyes for Daddy when he's here. Actually, she seems to really prefer we're both with her. Friday morning we were both home for a few minutes after Erin got here for the day and she was as happy as she could be going back and forth between the three of us.