Dadada

Sunday morning Pops was leading worship so I had to be at church at 8:00. Ellie was still sleeping after being awake for an hour from 2:45-3:45 so Jon remained home to let her sleep an hour longer. Somehow I made it to church on time and Jon got Ellie and himself to church before 9:00. Dad introduced two new songs to the church that they learned in Uganda. Mom actually had a brief introduction to "He Knows My Name" and she had numerous people in tears, including Kelly and me. She really should have warned us of what she was going to say so we could prepare. I am a really ugly crier.
Between services I fed Ellie and put her down for a nap. Jon forgot to ask if she actually fell asleep (I left her when she was still awake but settled) but she was a happy girl when usually she is cranky after church. Jon was tired from Ellie's hour long late night episode so he took a nap right after lunch. Ellie sat in her high chair for over an hour gnawing on a pizza crust and some apple slices. I tried feeding her the sweet potatoes and bananas but they lost their appeal with the new treats.

Teething on a Twizzler.
Those crusts were almost gone after her hour long chomp-fest

Ellie took an hour nap during which I also slept. Jon had started a fire in the basement before lunch so after Ellie woke up we hung out in the warm family room. With choir rehearsal at 5:00 our afternoons feel even shorter. Following prayer meeting we went to Doug and Donna's house to watch The Bible. I brought along some chili and made some cornbread for us all to eat before the show began. We packed up and were out the door right as it was ending so we could get to sleep as soon as possible.

Kisses from Daddy

Jon's mornings start very early on Monday because they begin their run at 6:00. Ellie decided she wanted to see Jon before he left because she woke up when he was waking up. I nursed her and put her back to sleep because I was not ready for waking up. Note this was her second time waking up - she has digressed I bit.
After breakfast I realized that Ellie woke up late enough that I could make it to the gym without her having a meltdown during my workout. It felt good to be back in my class after two weeks away. If Ellie is supposed to be sleeping during the first thirty minutes of the class I do not go since I don't think it's fair to Ellie or the childcare workers. Really I should go and just workout by myself after her nap but that hasn't happened yet.
We came home and ate lunch before cleaning up for my piano students. The Fabers came and Ellie slept through the first lesson. She then sat happily in the leaf by my feet during the second lesson. She took another nap since she was getting cranky but it didn't last long. Then the next two hours proved to be a sad time for her. Her nose has started to run so either she's getting sick or is teething because she was unhappy unless I was holding her. I thought she might want a nap but after three tries in the crib I gave up.
When Jon came home from work Ellie was getting very tired but I was holding her off. It was snowing but we had to go to the Estes' for dinner. Fortunately the roads were not too bad and we just took our times and didn't have any trouble. Ellie fell asleep on the ride and seemed refreshed for dinner. Katie made a delicious dinner and we really enjoyed our time out. Although Ellie was not on her best behavior she was decent. Wyeth is just two months and ten days older than Ellie so his army crawl and enthusiastic jumps in the johnny jumpup are a glimpse into our future!
We stayed out until 9:30 before heading home. Ellie randomly woke up (I had put her to bed in the packnplay upstairs) so we took the opportunity to leave. It was a lot of fun to be invited over to a new house! We had never been there before.

Ready for some lunch

Check out that big head.

Ellieisms:
Ellie has begun to say "dadadada." Jon acts like she's talking to him.