Ella is 3!

I have failed as a blogger and I blame Facebook! I do believe almost everyone who ever looked at my blog is on facebook now (good job grandma & Marv)! Well, can you believe Ella is 3?

We have had a VERY busy and VERY fun summer. Luckily, I did not let my pregnancy hinder our activities one bit:). We finished up Gymboree in early August and it was very bittersweet. Ella has been going there since before she was a year and we have both made very special friendships there including with the teachers. Ella still went at least 2x a week this summer to Art and Sports Skills class. On top of Gymboree this summer we went to Winchester for week vacations with grandma twice. Also, we went to Busch Gardens 7 times, the zoo, the aquarium, story times & The Botanical Gardens numerous times. We were able to visit Hunt Club Farm, Ocean Breeze Water Park and had lots of get togethers with lots of friends. Of course we played in the pool a lot and went to the beach frequently!

Ella starts preschool on Sept 8th. She will be going Tuesdays & Thursdays from 8:45-11:45. As of right now there are only 6 kids in her class since they had to make another 3 year old class and her class will not get bigger than 10 kids. She knows 3 of her friends that are going to be in her class, so that really helps with MY anxiety! She will also be starting a ballet/tap class at the end of Sept. with 2 of her friends that is just an hour a week. I can't wait to see all those cute, little girls in their leotards! Ella of course is 3 now and amazes us daily with her questions and thirst for knowledge. She has been recognizing environmental print for at least 6 months now, but now is really trying to make sense of it. She LOVES letters, words and books and wants to know how to spell everything! I look forward to seeing all she absorbs from preschool!


It has been a rough year for many reasons, but being surrounded by family and positive friends has pulled us through! Being a mom has introduced me to a whole new realm of people. I have never been surrounded with more thoughtful friends. Seriously the things people have done for us this year leave me speechless! It is so nice to have people in our lives who want to have healthy relationships for themselves and their kids and that focus on the positive. Simply seeing our kids happy brings us happiness. It is so easy to be negative when everything around you seems to be crumbling down. Being surrounded by people who look for the positive and don't get caught up in drama has been the best medicine for me this past year.

Well, this will be the last post I am sure for awhile, so I will leave you with a montage of Ella in the last year...

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