After getting Ella's picture taken the other day I borrowed my dad's camera and snapped a few amateur shots. I told Jeff I want a new camera for my birthday...it's amazing how much of a difference it makes. I'm no pro, but it is so fun to take pictures of my cuties and you can never have too many pictures of your own kids right?! Plus Ella is getting big so fast. She was 7 lbs 8 oz when she was born and at her two week appointment she was 8 lbs 12 oz! She is getting nice and chubby; I can only image how much she weighs now! They get big way too fast...

I can't believe it has already been almost three weeks since Ella was born! It has flown by; mainly because we have been so busy. All of my immediate family have come home to visit (living under the same roof) in large part because of an extended family reunion we had in Park City. Jeff and I made a few trips to Park City to see everyone but didn't stay there with the rest of the family. It was actually really fun to see everyone that could make it and Ella has been a really good baby so far so there wasn't a lot of stress involved. Although Drew did cut his chin open while the girls were at the swimming pool and the guys were out golfing. My uncle is a doctor and was willing to stitch Drew up; it was terribly traumatic though - especially for me. I, along with my aunt and mom, had to hold him down while he yelled for me and looked frantically around to see where I was. Although a little scared of the doctor now/again, he probably won't be scarred for life (at least psychologically). When I was carrying him back to our condo, he asked me why I was crying and I told him it was because I didn't like to see him get hurt. He held me even tighter and patted me on the back a couple times trying to make me feel better. What a little sweetie. He also seemed fine later that night when he was tackling his uncles.
The trip to Park City also gave Jeff and I some time to finish the final Harry Potter. We had to hurry before someone told us everything :)
We've all loved having the Mabeys around and Drew has especially loved being able to play with his cousins all day. It was fun to see Matthew and Andrew play together...I don't know for sure, but I think they are going to get into plenty of mischief together as they get older. Megan loved holding Ella and was super good about washing her hands. She told me she washed them three times once. Laura also held Ella for a long time before they left since she hadn't the whole time; and did it like a pro. Betsy is going to have some great help when her little guy comes in January. Too bad Texas is so far away...
Since we've had all my family in town and Jeff's family all willing to lend a hand Drew has been spoiled doing fun things since we had Ella. He has gone with different families to the zoo, the frog exhibit at the Museum of Natural History at the U of U, the Discovery Gateway, out for lunch and breakfast to name a few things...which means I've been spoiled as well! It really has been so nice to have so much help! Jeff also took Drew to the ReAL games since we figured Ella was probably still too little to go :)
I haven't missed out on all the fun though. I did go to Liberty Park. Drew had a blast playing on the playground and in the little streams. His favorite though, seemed to be the rides. He actually gathered everyone up to go over to "those toys" so that he could ride them. This next week is going to seem really dull (at least for Drew) after all we have had going on. Hopefully he won't mind a little down time :)
We also got a new car this last week. We finally decided to buy another car, well actually it's a SUV I guess, but it gives us a little more space and will hopefully be a little safer for carting around our little family.
I can't believe how quickly the time has gone, but Ella has already grown a bunch. She weighed 8lbs 12 oz at her doctor appointment on Friday. Her little cheeks are getting nice and chubby :)
I've got to slow done just a bit to take in this time that she is still my tiny baby...they grow way too fast...