Ella at Ken’s Office

Posted on April 30th, 2010 by Kenneth

Grace had an appointment downtown, so she left Ella with me at my office for a couple of hours…to the general delight and amusement of my co-workers.

And of course I took the opportunity to shoot a few pictures, if only on my iPhone.

Ella more or less took over my office chair.

Pausing for a snack.

Ella plays with my office computer a bit.

Ella really likes computers.

Ella also liked the view of the city.

I’m hoping this post will be the start of more regular site updates. I’m aiming for at least one update a week.

Tags: Ella, Grace, iPhone 3GS, work

Guess who just turned 1?

Posted on October 26th, 2009 by Kenneth

Ella was born not all that long after midnight a year ago today. We celebrated her birthday party yesterday, in a big get-together that was well-attended by our friends and families. Ella, of course, didn’t really have the first clue as to why 40 or so extra people were in the house that afternoon, but she got over her initial apprehension pretty quickly and ended up having a rollicking good time being doted upon by…well…everyone.

The cake was also a hit, though it took her a few minutes to warm up to it as well. We think the icing was throwing her off, but by the end of the day she was more than happy to devour even the slightest crumb of cake. Here she is diving into it — or, rather, sharing a piece with someone just off-camera. Ella is a very good sharer, you see.

Chocolate cake, anyone?

Tonight, for her actual birthday, we’re serving her spaghetti. I’ll be sure to post a picture of the ensuing mess, which I am sure will be epic.

Update: No picture of the ensuing mess will be posted. We opted to let Ella have at the “pasketti” wearing just her diaper, and we’ve got a standing policy against posting “bare baby” pictures to the Intertubes.

Towers!

Posted on October 20th, 2009 by Kenneth

Ella will not suffer any stacked objects to remain…well…stacked.

She’s just about a year old now, and has been walking for about a month. She’s gotten pretty good at it too, and can even remain upright after breaking into a run…some of the time.

Yes, stuff is still happening!

Posted on July 8th, 2009 by Kenneth

In fact, quite a lot is happening. Apropos of the previous post, Ella now has seven (almost eight) teeth, and is really quite happy to make use of them; she has basically rejected “mushed up” fruit in favour of “the real thing,” as evidenced by this video:

Yes, that’s a nectarine. And yes, she did eat pretty much all of it.

For an eight month-old, that’s pretty impressive.

I hope to be updating the site a) soon and b) a lot more frequently in the days and weeks to come, so please be patient with me!

Ella has a tooth!

Posted on April 7th, 2009 by Kenneth

Grace just informed me yesterday that Ella’s first tooth just came in, with the second on the way.

Being in Wyoming at present, I haven’t had the chance to see this for myself, but it’s exciting news all the same. We’ll be able to start her on solid foods soon!

Tags: Ella, Grace, teeth, teething