A little about me

I'm giving it another go....

In the beginning of August, I started doing aerobics classes during lunch. The first class I went to was Abs & Tone. Well we toned more then abs and my legs were toast. About an hour of lunges later, I can barely walk down the steps at the Rec Center! There after, I tried to complete a different class, Triple S, and officially pulled my quad muscle. It was not fun and I became totally intimidated by these classes. Then school started, busy time in my office and for 2 weeks I didn't even take a lunch, then we went on vacation, one week after catching up at work I try it again...

Yesterday I completed Kick, Punch & Crunch! I think this a good class for me... I am sore today, but it's a good sore! I am going to do some cardio today, probably walk/jog intervals on the tread mill and tomorrow, if I get a lunch break, do a Yoga class. I'm really excited about Yoga. I have never done anything like this before!

I am notorious for beginning a program then slacking off... Due to time, or lack there of, if I miss a day or for what ever reason choose not to do it, I lose my motivation. SO I have decided to take it one week at a time. This week just OK.

What a difference a week makes...

As you all read in an earlier post, our goal was to have Ella sitting up by our beach trip, well that didn't exactly happen. She was close and could sit up when placed up and hold herself up with her arms, but she could not sit up on her own or even for that long. Fast forward a week after vacation, Ella was at Gramma Kim's on Friday and as they played, she sat for at least an hour! (that's the longest thus far) By Saturday, my little bean was going from the floor to sit up position with no problem! WOW :) Now she is a sitting up machine. Oh and we discovered TOYS! We were over at our friend Henry's house (Angel don't you love how it's Henry's house now!) Henry has so many cool toys. Angel decided to take Ella over for a toy test drive and she was all about it. She sat there and played like a champ! I thought to myself "I have totally deprived Ella from these cool toys!" So I got home and pulled out the toy box Aunt Heather gave us and she went to town...

These past two weeks have been huge milestones for Ella Jean. She has developed so many knew abilities and they just keep on coming!
Last night Ella crawled!!!!!!
It was only a couple of steps but it was definitely something she will be working towards and mastering in a few days. She loves this new and exciting time! (pictures/video to come)

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Ella's Nana, Jeramy's Mom, made these sweet "EJ" pillows for her. They are truly life size and so much fun to roll around on! Ella loves looking at them and patting at all of the pictures on them. Recently Ella has begun to see in color and let me tell you, I knew exactly when she focused in. Her highchair has pooh characters on it and one day she saw them and was mesmerized! She kept turning to look at her new friends and still does...