Mini Mama

Elle just spent about 20 minutes trying to put my nursing pillow on. After expressing some frustration, I asked her if she needed help. She gave me a little nod so I buckled her in. As soon as the buckle snapped, she laid out both palms toward baby and said, "baby, baby" motioning for me to give her the baby as if she was ready to do whatever mama does when I have my nursing pillow on. Love her.

Turning One

Our sweet Elle is turning one tomorrow. I can't believe it. Has it really been a whole year?? I have been scratching my head all day trying to remember what I had as my last meal. Yes, this is important. I checked all the resources I could-- my husband, facebook, and Bank of America. Nothing has come up. Maybe we didn't eat dinner? The hospital did advise me to eat light and we did have a heavy lunch. I do remember we ate popcorn while we watched Grown Ups. 


One year. How is this possible?? Here is our absolutely perfect baby at her first birthday party on Saturday. 

Elle's First Word

Elle uttered her first word last night (non-specific mama and dada aside). It is...

Coo Coo!

We were playing with a rooster and saying "coo coo reeekooo!" and she imitated us with a soft "coo coo." I wasn't sure if this counted as a first word so i did some googling and learned that baby's typically utter their first word around 12 months and it's usually a truncated imitation. Coo coo it is!

Guess What?

We have some big news over here. Someone broke her first tooth yesterday! I have yet to see it; her big tongue gets in the way when I try to take a peek. You can definitely feel it though! After months of false alarms with teething, Elle finally broke a tooth without any fuss. That's my girl!

Back for real this time

Casey gifted me an iPad for our 2nd anniversary so I am going to give this blog another shot. With Elle crawling and very interested in computer wires, sitting at the desktop for any length of time became impossible.


Our baby girl is growing into the most amazing toddler! She is such a joy to have around. Your love for your child is unlike anything else. Elle had her 9-month well baby visit last week and is in the 97% percentile all around. She is a little over 22 lbs! I'm having some difficulty carrying her around now...the only drawback of having a big baby in my opinion. She is wearing 12-18 month or just 18 month clothing now. It's so adorable. Toddler clothes is SO cute! She has a few pairs of pajamas now and is such a mini person. She is doing a great job pulling herself up to stand and getting quicker everyday. She "cruised" on the couch from her daddy to me on Sunday but has yet to do it again. Next comes cruising, then standing up without holding onto things, and then WALKING! Eek!


I can and can't believe we've been living with my parents in Orange County for about 6 weeks now. It's been such a positive lifestyle change. Casey and I were never LA people.


Here are some photos from August...

Picture perfect angel

Such a Big Girl...

Elle is getting so big... 

We Have a Crawler!

Elle started to crawl this past Monday! At first, she would crawl a few steps, and then sit back and clap. It was so cute. Here are some videos from Monday:

Grandpa Wojciech got Elle a spacesuit when he and Babcia were in Florida for the last launch last year. We decided to give it a whirl on Monday to see if it fit. Not quite but pretty close! Elle looks so adorable :) We are going to the Beach Club in a few with Aunt Agie and Aunt Dana. Elle and I just got home from MyGym, she is napping away, and I am running around like a chicken that just got it's head cut off. So much to squeeze in during her 30 minute naps--including a blog update.