I have a 1 year Old...Little Girl

Just as fast as the time went that I was pregnant, my little baby is ONE! I look at her sometimes and can't believe she is ours. Looking at her she has different features of both of us but I just still cant comprehend this perfect(when she is not up to trouble) little girl was made by us. She has also taught and is still teaching us the important lesson of patience. Especially at the beginning she was a tough one!She also teaches me how wonderful life is. After all of her eczema and colic problems went away she has been the happiest baby. She waves at everyone she sees, is so inquisitive about everything and smiles ALL the time. It puts things back into perspective that it's the little things that matter.
As many of you know and have followed,I succeeded in getting a monthly picture of Ela to watch her grow. My little 6.7pound, 21 inch baby is now a 19.13pound,29 inch baby. As far as the growth charts go, she is a little squirt in the 30th percentile, but has the biggest heart.

Check out the past year:

She stole our hearts!

1 Month- Getting used to the world

2 Months- Started to hold my head

3 months was rough...Colic and Eczema

4 months-Started eating solids...Pears were first!

5 months- Learned to sit by herself

6 months- Crawled 4 days before her 6 month birthday!

7 months- Just a happy lil terror!

8 months- Cruising along the furniture

9 months- I started walking 2 days before my 10 month birthday!

10 months-Oh the trouble!

11 Months- Merry Christmas!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! 1 Year!

It's been such an eventful, happy, rewarding year which has made all the hard times that much easier. I can't wait to see what she will do her the next year of life.

Goodbye 2011...Hello 2012!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!....And soon to be HAPPY BIRTHDAY(S)!



I can't believe that the year is over and another year has begun.This year has flown by so fast but yet has been a long year at times. The first few months adjusting to parenthood and a colicy and excema ridden baby were hard, but seeing her smile each day makes you quickly forget. Our little girl is soon to be a toddler and is so strong and happy. She is always smiling and just simply LOVES life. Our family has been very blessed this year! We had a baby who we never imagined we could love so much, and after much hard work and patience Tomasz got a job as a First Officer for Continental.I am so excited to see what 2012 has in store for us!

 Here is the final milestone picture:

We had a very busy and fun holiday season! We had Christmas Eve in Brooklyn so Ela could be home to open presents early Christmas morning! You would have thought this was her second Christmas as she was a pro at opening presents! She got SO many toys(although sometimes the boxes were the most fun)...Mommy and Tata wished Santa brought us some Advil!  Between Christmas and her Birthday right around the corner Ela is going to expect presents every month! She has so much fun!

Christmas Eve dinner

Great Grandma, Jessi and Ela

She is our little present!

Enjoying her new chair!

She had the right idea to make
 coffee early in the morning!

Ela's new chair from Great Grandma
 and bench from Grandma Susan.

On Christmas Day we were so happy to have Tomasz's parents fly in early in the morning join us at Church and then all head out to Long Island for a Family Dinner. It was such a nice day. Grandma Claire cooked a wonderful dinner and it was great to spend the day with family!

After Church!

Merry Christmas Mamma!

Merry Christmas Tata!

Hi Great Grandma!

 Two days after Christmas we packed up and headed to GA. Ela had a little cold over Christmas and we were a little worried about traveling, but after clearance from the doctor we were ready to go. The flight there was a little rough but we had a great time in Georgia. We got to see all of our family, Tomasz and I got some relaxation time, and we even had a little pre- birthday party for Ela! It was a great end to 2011 and start of 2012.

Uncle Stephen gives the best
horsey rides!

I know what Ela is getting next Christmas!

Cousin Love! Be nice Ela!

More Cousin Love! Victoria reading a book to

baby Ela!

Happy Early Birthday Ela. A sneak peek of the 1

year birthday post! She LOVES cake!

Tomasz and I on New Years! Out by ourselves

with Lauren and Iman

Fun on New Years after a relaxing day of

pampering!

As you can imagine...Ela was

exhausted after a long week!

Ela's birthday is in 4 days and Tomasz's is in 6 days!See you in a few days for the 1 year Birthday post!  I am still in shock my little Ela is going to be 1 years old! I could not be more proud of her already!

Double Digits!- 10 months

Lots going on this past month! Ela's first Halloween, Thanksgiving and we are looking forward to Christmas, and all three of our birthdays!

On November 12th Ela reach an important milestone....she is now in double digit months. You know what that means; very close to 1 years old!  This is very exciting but sad at the same time. She is growing too quick! Two days before her 10 month birthday SHE LEARNED TO WALK!!! Check out her first steps:

Ela has also learned to clap her hands. She claps each time she walks without falling. I am sure this in a monkey-see-monkey do. As you can imagine I get very excited when she walks! And the other new thing recently is kisses. When I pick her up from Helen's the other day she looked at me and kissed me! It was more like eating my face and very wet...but so heart touching!

Here are some pictures of our first Thanksgiving together. It was a very quite day spent at home (and the park of course) cooking and just relaxing. I cooked my first turkey ever as well as some of the fixings. Ela loved the turkey although more of it ended up on the floor!

It was such a nice relaxing day!

Here are a few more pictures....Next post it will be Christmas!!