Happy Birthday Ella!!!

It's official - The Beaners is 1 year old! It may be a bit of a cliche to say that time has gone by too fast, but it's true. It's hard to believe that Ella is a big girl now (well kind of). Mommy returns to work January 4th; however, Ella will be attending Montessori next week for a few hours each day so that she becomes familiar with the staff.

For those of you who don't know, Ella was hospitalized again this week for a couple of days. She started vomiting again and her paediatrician admitted her for some testing. All seems well; we will continue to monitor her diet. We suspect that icing sugar hurt her tummy - Uncle Chris and Papa couldn't handle certain foods as babies too. We hope that Ella, like them, will outgrow her food sensitivies. It was another few scary days for all of us. We pray that this illness will end soon (sheesh, and we though reflux was enough stress). She such a trooper - she didn't even cry when she had blood taken. She managed to smile at the nervous nurse. Oma thankfully kept all of us company at the hospital. Ella is quite smitten with her Oma. She eagerly wants to be in her arms all of the time. She amazes us each day.

Ella LOVES to stand and will try to stand next to anything. She's been quite keen on standing for some time, but now it's becoming highly frequent. She prefers standing to sitting now too. We will often find her standing with the help of the couch, toy bin, etc. Walking must be soon on the horizon.