9 months

Eva had her 9 month appointment this week and she’s still a tiny girl. At 17 pounds she’s in the 20th percentile for weight (80 percent of babies her age are bigger). And she’s only in 8 percent for height. No worries though. They say that’s just who she is. She has always been very petite. And she’s very active. I don’t think it will be long before she can walk …

New threads

I’m excited about fall clothes. I am such a sweater girl – and there are wraps and cardigans everywhere you look this year. In fact I really like a lot of the trends right now, which doesn’t always happen for me. I’m loving the ballet flats, skinny jeans, big belts, long shirts and leggings. Not to mention I’ve finally dropped those last pregnancy pounds and a few extra. So, it’s very tempting for me to really go hogwild, but I tried to be conservative. Here are a couple of the items I picked up:

Love these skinny jeans from Gap. They will be great with my tall boots or flats. No thanks on the heels.

Got this in white from Gap as well. Have already worn twice. It’s going to be a good one.

Love this wrap I picked up from Kohl’s.

And P.S. I got this dress for my 15-year high school reunion coming up. I, however, am not a 6 foot model so it looks a little different on me, but I love it!

I’m back

I’ve been on a blogging freeze lately but I’m here to say that I’m back. In my head I wanted to do a really great post about Ella starting preschool, so everytime I went to blog that seemed a little daunting for the little amount of free time I have lately. But I’ve finally realized — something is better than nothing, right? Besides, I’m not exactly shooting for a Pullitzer here, this is meant to be an online journal for me, my family and anybody else who wants to keep up with our lives. So I’ve compiled some recent photos and written very short summaries which will be posted the next couple days. My hubby let me in on a tip: You can actually schedule when you want posts to publish, rather than posting them all on the same day. Genius. So, come back soon, there will be a lot to see in the coming days…

Daddy’s girl

I admit I’m a little jealous that Ella wants to sit by her daddy at lunch time and dinner time, and on his lap during movies. Is he the “fun one?” But I’ve decided that having a husband who loves to be with his girls and girls that love their dad is not really a problem I should worry about.

And I’m still #1 for kissing boo boos.