So many more Firsts!

It's unbelievable how fast our days go by! Finding time to blog, or do anything else is impossible. I am going to make a point to write more on this blog because it all goes by way to fast and I know that I am forgetting things everyday! Since Christmas Idella has really changed. She had just started sitting on her own at that point and was well in the groove of eating solid foods. However, those are old habits by now. Idella loves sitting on her own and doesn't really like to lay down for anything. She is now sleeping on her stomach and refuses to sleep on her back. She can crawl backwards and army crawl forwards. I don't think she's very far from really being on the move. She can also push herself up to sitting from laying down. Her crib and pack n' plays have all been dropped down so she can't flip herself out and over the edge. She loves trying new foods and has started eating finger foods. Her favorites are the rice crackers and banana. It's amazing watching her discover and learn all about these new things everyday.


Her hair is starting to really grow and you can see clearly it's going to be red. Not auburn, but red. When she wears blue or pink it's actually orange looking. Her eyes have become so blue. She is adored by everyone at the store and has had to "help" with employee reviews and even went to a meeting with our new warehouse with me. One of her favorite things to go is go into the backpack and walk around the store with me or her grampy. She loves all the bright colors and reaches out for the packages on the shelves. Everyone comments on how curious she is. Nothing gets by her.

She also just had her first overnight at grammie and grampy's house. She did great, mommy not so great. I was up at 5:30 and heading out so I could be there when she got up. I'm just so used to always having her around I feel like I'm missing something when she's gone. She is still going to hang out with great-grammie on Mondays while I'm working and will be heading to day care this coming fall. I am going to have her go there for just a couple days a week so she can get some interaction with other kids.

We have been working on the word no lately. She knows what it means and knows when she is doing something she shouldn't. She definately doesn't like hearing it. When she tries to take her walker into the bathroom or reach for something she knows she can't have she looks over her shoulder at me to see my reaction, as if I might change my mind and all of a sudden let her have her own way. She especially loves buttons on remotes and phones so she throws a mini-fit everytime we say no. Daddy likes to give her what she wants to stop the fit... This kind of sets us back but we are working on it. She is going to be such a daddy's girl. I am going to have to be the Enforcer
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I can't believe how much she has changed already, and how many more changes there are to come. I love every minute of it and can't imagine life without her. I don't even remember what it was like before she was here... What did I do with all my time??