North Carolina

Ella took her first trip and we went to North Carolina to see Matt's family at the end of September.  She surprised her Grandma for her birthday.  

She was wiped by the end of the trip after being spoiled by Grandma and Papa and after meeting both sides of Matt's family.  We also went to the Apple Festival in Matt's hometown where she saw such things as Fried Apple Pie, cloggers, and pop guns.

Firsts

Ella had her first trip to the zoo.  She slept for a lot of it and didn't really seem to notice the animals.  But boy was she cute!

She had her first plane ride and did great!  She slept for a lot of it and didn't scream at all.  Of course, everyone around us thought she was too sweet.

Visitors

We had lots of visitors in September and boy did Ella love the attention.  Her Gram and Doc came first and spoiled her rotten.

Gram and Doc even played some Wii while they were here!

Grammy and a bunch of crazy ladies came next.  Ella sure loved her some Grammy time, as did I.

Ella decided to show off her foot sucking skills for the ladies.  This is one of her favorite pass times.

October?

Hello?  October?  Where have you gone?  I absolutely cannot believe it is almost November!  The last two months have flown by!  We had several visiting Hoosiers (no offense) in September and then went to North Carolina and Florida within a week of each other.  Life's been crazy!  But good.  Lots of blogging to come!

Tons of Fun!

Ella is nearing 4 months old and we're loving all of her new "skills."  She's quite the mover and shaker right now and has started talking and laughing quite a bit.  We find ourselves commenting how we could just watch her talk all day.  Here she is after a bath.  She's starting to grab her feet and would have them in her mouth along with everything else if she could.

She hasn't quite learned the art of flirting as seen below with her boyfriend Wyatt when we all went to Keystone.

She loves stroller rides!

Ella really enjoys watching herself in the mirror.  She's so vain.  Wonder where she gets that???

Here she is working on her rolling skills.  So close!

We've got an exciting couple of months coming up.  Gram and Doc will be here next week then Grammy arrives with a bunch of crazy ladies.  In October, we'll be attempting our first plane trip.  We'll be going to Florida with Matt for a business trip then a little Vacay.  Can't wait!

3 Months Old!

Our baby girl is now three months old!  Boy is it convicting to see that the last blog we did was at 2 months.  We'll have to get on it.  She now weighs 13 lbs and 13 oz.  At our last check, she was in the 90th percentile for height and weight.  Not a tiny girl!  She has some adorable rolls that we just can't kiss enough.

We went to Keystone with our good friends, the Huffs, for the Bluegrass and Beer festival.  Ella had a great time dancing to some good music and hanging out with her boyfriend, Wyatt.  She also swam for the first time.  She wasn't too sure what to think at first but ended up enjoying herself.

She is quite a happy little girl.  She loves smiling and cooing at Mom and Dad.  She thinks we're hilarious.  We think a laugh will show up any day now.  We've been working on napping in the crib instead of only at night.  She isn't enjoying that too much.  Baby steps.  Ella is going to daycare two days a week starting tomorrow as Kate is going back to work.  We're convinced that it will be harder on us than on her.  

Life in the Johnson house is good.  The summer has flown by.  We feel like Ella changes by the day and somehow manages to get cuter and cuter.  Enjoy the rest of her three month pics.

                                          

2 Months Old!

Our baby girl is two months old today! In our humble opinions, she's getting cuter by the day! Sometimes we think she knows it too.

She's getting bigger and bigger, as is her smile!  We just can't get enough of it!  We have her 2 month check up next week and we're betting she's well over 12 pounds by now.  Still seems like a long girl, but her momma is thankful for the chunky rolls she's accumulating, especially those thighs!  

She's talking much more now.  We have lengthy conversations about life, theology, politics, etc.  She has some friend named Ike, whose name she screams whenever she's upset.  "Ike, Ike, Ike!"  We'll have to post a video of that when we can capture it.

Her favorite place to nap is as close to us as humanly possible.  It's a quick way to get her to sleep, but it sure doesn't let us get much done.

She's starting to hold her head up much more and always wants to look around.  She still digs looking out the window more than any of her toys.  We're hoping she takes a liking to them soon.  She also enjoys looking at the pretty baby in the mirror.

Matt and I are thoroughly enjoying parenthood.  All of our friends weren't kidding when they said our lives would never be the same again.  But we wouldn't want it any other way.  We love weekends when Daddy gets to be home.  If only we could both retire!  We are missing a full night's sleep, though.

We enjoyed Matt's first Father's Day.  

Here she is with her boyfriend, Wyatt.  Aren't they cute!  They aren't really very interested in each other yet.

Thanks for reading!  Here are a few more 2 month pics for your enjoyment.  We haven't created a diva, have we?