Ellie is a super swimmer too!!

Ellie has had to tag along to Josie's swimming lessons all of her life and she is always wanting to get in the pool too. So we decided it was time Ellie finally got to get into the pool and learn to swim like her big sister.

If you know Ellie you know that she is a little on the shy side. It takes her a while to warm up to people and some people, try as they may just can't win her over. Her Daddy is her favorite guy and no other guy has quite measured up yet. (This makes Daddy VERY happy and he hopes it continues well into her teenage years!) So when I found out her teacher was a guy, I was a little skeptical about how well this could possibly go.

It turns out that being in the pool far out weighed the fact that her teacher is a guy. And eventually she really grew to like Jon and now refuses to swim for any other teacher! I guess this is an obstacle that will be tackled later!! Ellie is doing excellent in her swimming lessons and I think we might have another little swimmer on our hands. She has to take a break from swimming because she has accomplished all of the requirement for her level 2 class, but level 3 is not a parent/child class so until she can wait her turn and not jump off the step randomly, she is sidelined from going any farther. Here are some pictures of Ellie's favorite things at swimming:

The Popcorn song!

Hey, There's Jojo!! I want to swim with the big kids!!

Monkey walks

Ellie is 4 months old!

Ellie a few days old




Ellie 4 months old

Ellie is growing fast and getting to be such a big girl. It's hard to believe that she joined our family only four months ago, and at the same time it's hard to remember our family without her. She is such a great baby, she's almost always happy, unless she's hungry! Her personality is shining through more every day. Ellie made some big accomplishments this month, she started rolling over a few weeks ago and now is trying to go places. We put her down in one place and turn around she's gone! You know when she has hit a dead end because she will start to whimper for us to come and save her!

Another thing that has been very exciting is that we have all gotten a few nights of uninterrupted sleep! I am not too excited though because I think another growth spurt is on it's way so this may be short lived! Ellie goes to the Dr. on the 2nd and I am very interested to see how big she has gotten. As many of you know Ellie is a much bigger girl than Josie was, so it is different to have a big girl. At 2 months Ellie was the same size that Josie was at 4 months, so we will see how they compare at Ellie's 4 month appointment.