At the end of this long day I decided to check through my personal email, where I discovered an email about, “How does your toddler grab your attention?” Since Ella almost drowned yesterday and decided to make today almost as unbearable with her temper tantrums, I decided it would be a good idea to read on, maybe it would offer me some tips on how to handle this “phase”- fingers crossed.

After reading a few articles it all boils down to this, she’s moving to grandma and grandpas! Just kidding. In all seriousness, everything talks about frustration and the importance of me remaining calm. So Ella – if you are reading….. I have a deal for you – I will work on my patience level and you work on cutting me some slack once in a while. If you cooperate, I will continue to feed you
Love Mommy

Tonight my (our) friend Leanne asked if I had blogged anything new since YESTERDAY – to which I replied, “I have nothing to say, nothing has happened.” She went on to tell me that I would eventually feel more comfortable writing about every day occurrences versus needing an “event” in order to write. Then I realized that she is always asking me if you are doing anything new and usually since life is chaotic, I reply with, “No – not really.” But – if I actually take the time to think about it, you do new things every day that are worth mentioning.
Lately you have been a little pistol for me (not your dad, of course) and last night you almost drowned in the bath tub due to one of your tantrums. Apparently you felt it was time to get out of the tub, right in the middle of washing your hair – so of course my hands were covered in soap and you were extremely slippery. I tried to control you and remain calm while you thrashed around as if you were riding a bull and I eventually had to call your dad in to help control you and get your hair rinsed. Needless to say, I was a bit frustrated with you and you are lucky that you didn’t accidentally/deliberately drown.
Here is the latest tantrum picture caught in action. We get things like this so that we can use them later in life as blackmail.

You are also just beginning to experience a new emotion – sadness. When something happens that doesn’t go your way you simply hang your head, stick out your lip and pout. It’s so darn cute – we will have to try to catch it on video for you to see someday.
Speaking of video – here is a Video from today playing on the slide when we got home from daycare. That laugh is the most AMAZING sound in the world.

Thank you for making our days so much brighter. We love you.

This is my first personal blog post, which will be dedicated to writing about the balancing act of life as a mom, with a full-time career, a side business and three crazy animals. Ella – this will take the place of the journal I have been writing in for the past 2 years, hopefully the fact that it is online will allow me to write more often and will make it more relevant for you someday, if you are interested in reading about our crazy lives. My greatest fear is forgetting all of the great memories we create, so this will be the place I remember them all – in addition to all the scrapbooks of course!