Ella "Chipmunk" Mokwa

11/24/08 - Ella is a very bad girl. Tonight she was alone for 2 minutes in the living room with a canister of her new favorite snack... sweet potato puffs. From the kitchen, I wondered why it suddenly became very quiet in the living room and thought it may be a good idea to check on my little angel. To my surprise, she had discovered the puff canister, popped off the lid, and had her cheeks full to the brim with nearly 15 puffs. As my little chipmunk saw me approach, she quickly grasped at the loose puffs on the floor and began shoveling them into her already over-stuffed mouth like never before. By the time I got to her, she had two fistfuls and a humungus mouthful of the crunchy snacks. Dan suggested that perhaps she was stocking up for winter like a little pack rat or chipmunk... which I guess makes the whole situation cuter :) Either way, Ella is not allowed to have any puffs tomorrow since she had enough for several babies tonight... She's such a stinker.

The Runaway Bunny

11/11/08 - Ella has a new favorite book :) She loves looking at the pictures and pointing out the bunnies on each page with Mommy :) In these pictures, we just arrived at Nana and Grandpa's house and usually she's itching to get out of her carseat... but on this certain occasion, she wanted us to leave her alone so she could enjoy her book :)

Thank you Aunt Helen!! :)

Straight & Tall!

11/7/08 - I caught Ella climbing this chair today and thought, "Look how big she is!"...

I can't believe she's already almost walking... just yesterday she was a little blob that couldn't even roll over and now look at her :') She's such a big girl! :')

*sigh* I guess it's time to have another one :o)

Up Close and Personal...

11/7/08 - Today I flipped the screen of the camera around so Ella could see herself while I recorded her... It was a success until she realized that there was another baby in the screen and she wanted to play with her...
Also, I have yet to catch her saying "mama" when she's not crying... but you can kind of see it almost coming out in this video.... She wants to say it, but doesn't really need Mama just yet, so she's just whispering it :)





Nevermind! :) About 5 minutes after I posted this, Ella decided to cooperate :)

Alfalfa

11/5/08 - I think these are the first bathtime pictures we've taken since Ella's first bath so many months ago :) And of course, in honor of the occasion, Ella had to sport her "Alfalfa" look :)

p.s. Some of you may be laughing because there is a certain picture of me floating around with the same hair style from when I was little.... well, if I had to go through it, so does Ella :o) We will definitely be showing these pictures to any boy she brings home :)

Snow Angel

11/2/08 - Just a few shots of Ella modeling in her little fury outfit. Today at church someone said she looked like a "Snow Angel" and Ella got a huge grin on her face :o) She loves compliments :)