Fun Times

We had a wonderful weekend to say the least!! Ashley, Ryan and the boys came to visit us for the first time. We had a great time together and all the children were great. On Friday when they got in we just sat around and chatted until almost midnight. That is the latest I have stayed up since I was prego! So that night I was getting "crazy" you could say ha! On Saturday Ashley and I got away for mommy time to get pedicures. It was so nice to relax and catch up with no interruptions. When we got back we went to the pool. I have met a friend here so I invited her and her three girls to join us. Plus I knew it would give someone for Griffin to play with. He and Sasha got along so well and played all day! After the pool we decided to grill out and relax around the house. We had all intention to "party" it up once the kids went down, but that didn't happen. We all crashed too! We laid around and watched movies and chatted of old times. So all in all our weekend was great. Thank you again for coming to visit!! We had a great time and miss you already. We are looking forward to the week and what it has in store for us. Ella is going to be 4 months on Friday. I can't believe it! This is our last week full work week before the 4th of July. Ella and I are flying to MeMe's and Pop Pop's next Wednesday for Ella's first 4th of July!! We are looking forward to it since all my family will be in town as well. Hope everyone has a wonderful week!

She did it!!

Well on Friday 6/20 Miss Ella finally learned how to turn over!! I am so EXCITED for her. She has reached another milestone in her journey of life. Its sad to say but I missed the 1st time she did it. She was waking up from her nap and playing in her crib so I went downstairs to unload the dishwasher and do a few things before I got her up. I came back upstairs to check on her and there she was on her tummy rocking back and forth. I think she was a little shocked that she did it. I first thought maybe she just "accidentally" turned over so I didn't want to get my hopes up so I laid her on her side to see how she would react and as soon as I did that she flipped right over. She has done it a few more times since then too. Once she was even trying to bring her knees in together as if she was trying to crawl, but I know she is not that advanced! Its so funny how the smallest things are such a big deal now. You would have thought she had learned how to ride a bike from the excitement in my voice when I told Eric. I am just being a proud mommy and I am sure this is just one of the many milestones Ella will achieve.

Father's Day

Well it was Eric's first official father's day. We had a nice day together as a family. We didn't do anything too exciting, but it was nice to spend time together. We went to the pool for a few hours. Miss Ella took a nap in the shade while mommy and daddy got some sun and were able to meet some new friends. For father's day Ella bought her daddy his favorite cake from Publix. I also had some pictures taken of her and I together for him. He really liked that for his office. As far as dinner went for those of you who know me well, my cooking was calling O'Charley's for take out. Its the thought right!??! All in all I feel Eric had a nice 1st father's day. Ella is doing well. She has discovered her thumb. She will sometimes try and put her whole hand in her mouth but I think she is learning the whole hand just isn't going to fit!! Her newest thing is she loves to do the "motor boat" sound. It will entertain her for a hour straight some days!! She loves when Eric does it and then she wants to do it back. They will just go back and forth until Eric's lips go numb. It is the cutest thing. She loves to spend time with her daddy. She is going to be a daddy's girl for sure!! Each day with Ella gets better and better. It is so fun just to watch her grow and discover new things. We are looking forward to our weekend. We have Ashley, Ryan and the boys coming to visit for the first time. I am sure I will have a lot of pictures to post!! Hope all is well with everyone and all you dad's had a great Father's Day!!

Ella Marie

Well I finally decided to start a blog for Ella so we could keep you all updated on our wonderful life with her. I am starting it with her at 3 months, but I will brief you on the first 3 mths in a nutshell!!



As you all know or might not know we moved to Nashville, TN when I was 34 weeks prego!! Eric got promoted (great job sweetie) in Dec 07 to become a sales manager for ADP. So we sold our house in 14 days, AMAZING I know and moved to a great area in Nashville, TN. At 36 weeks they starting thinking I might have to have c-section b/c Ella was breech. They said there was still time but the chances of her flipping were VERY slim. I was praying that she would flip but as Eric and I said if this is the way God plans to have her come into the world then this is how its meant to be! So on Feb 27th at 2:35pm Miss Ella Marie Manchir entered the world via c-section. All went well she was 7lbs 10 oz and 20 inches long. We had all our family there to welcome her into the world and it was the best day of our lives! When we first came home it was an adjustment. I was learning to breastfeed, be a new mommy and trying to recover from the c-section all under ZERO sleep. So I was on the loopie train for the first 3 weeks for sure. After that first month we were rocking and rolling. We were getting into our routine and getting to know Ella more as well as her getting to know us. At her 2 month appointment she was 9.9lbs and almost 23 inches long. The Dr. said she is most likely going to be tall and skinny. She was already in 3 mth clothes b/c of her length alone. All checked out well and they said she is looking good.



I can't believe Ella is already 3 months! Where has the time gone. She is just growing more and more everyday. Ella laughs and smiles all the time from the minute she wakes up until she goes to bed. Even when she cries sometimes she still tries to smile. She is a VERY happy baby which makes us as parents happy too. She is sleeping very well at night. She goes to bed every night at 8:30 and wakes up around 4 or 5am for a quick feeding and goes back down until 7 or 8am!! I am still breastfeeding and will continue to do so as long as she is doing well. She was 7 lbs 10 oz and 20 inches long when she was born. She is now 11.3 lbs (skinny little thing) but 24 1/2 inches long! She is trying to roll over but hasn't quite got it yet, but I am sure its just a matter of time. She loves when we sing to her. Her favorite song is "you are my sunshine". She will just laugh and smile the whole time we are singing to her. We also think she is going to be a big talker. She is always cooing and making all sorts of noises to get our attention. She has many traits of both Eric and me when it comes to personality. As far as her looks everyone says she looks like her daddy. Which is fine with me! I am sure she will change a million times over the next year anyway. We took her to the pool this weekend and she had her first experience in the pool. I don't think she really understood were she was. I think it was more for us to say "Ella's first time at the pool". Ella also has learned how to move her body off her play gym and scoot her body around the room. She amazes me when she does it. She uses her legs and pushes herself around. We had a very busy May. We went to Christy and Jason's wedding in Florida. This was Ella's first road trip and she did very well. Grandma and Grandpa Austin came as well so they were a BIG help. We also had Aunt Julie and Uncle Ryan's wedding in Atlanta and Ella did great. She was a BIG hit with all the family. We are loving every second with Miss Ella and are enjoying being her parents!! We couldn't imagine life without her. I will post some recent pictures of her when I learn how to do this!! Please stay posted with all her updates.