I'm so excited!!

Today a great thing happened to me, and to most people they won't understand just how exciting it was. And, that's okay. For awhile I've blogged about Ella and her contact and losing her contact (whether just losing it or her eating it!) and how well Ella does with her contact. I'm not sure if I've ever written about looking forward to the day when Ella tells me when her contact comes out so we don't keep losing them and having to wait for a new one to come. Well, that day came today!! We had just put the contact in and walked into the kitchen to fix breakfast, and she started saying something like 'totactout' (and, yes, it sounded like one jumbled up word). So, after about the 3rd time she said it I turned out because it clicked that she was saying contact out. And, there she was holding her contact rubbing it together telling me her contact came out! I went crazy praising her and telling her what a good girl she was for telling Mommy. My Ella is getting so big!! I hope this is the beginnging to never losing a contact again!!

What a great day!!

I have come to appreciate Mother's Day so much more the past 2 years. This was my 2nd Mother's Day with Ella, and we had a great day. We didn't do anything special, and I didn't get any special gift except getting to hang out with my family all day. That's what it's all about to me--having a day set aside to reflect and reminisce about your children, your mom, and all the importment moms in your life. I have a great mom myself, and she is there for me when I need her. I can appreciate her more now that I am a mom, and love her very much.

I don't need an expensive present or day away from my child to feel appreciated and loved. When we woke up, Todd tried to get Ella to tell me Happy Mother's Day, but of course she wouldn't say what we wanted her to at that time. But, she said she wanted a hug and a kiss, and that is the best present on Mother's Day!!! I am so blessed that God chose me to be Ella's mommy! I love you Ella Mae!!

I knew I should've given her a snack!!

This afternoon Ella did something that truly surprised me. I had worried about it before, but not in a long time because Ella is such a good girl. I actually never thought she would do this. But, today I got her Mickey Mouse Clubhouse DVD in for her and went to her bedroom to clean and get her laundry together. I went in the living room to check on her, and she was sitting all sweet in her rocking chair. Then I notice she has her hand up by her mouth like she is holding something in her mouth. I asked her what she had, and she ignored me because she was too engrossed in the TV. As I walk over to her I ask her again, and as she pulls her hand away I see something small and clear, thinking this cannot be! Then Ella says, 'tontact' and I see it completely. She pulls her contact out of her mouth. Then I notice the little chunk of it missing!! She ate part of her contact!! I couldn't believe it. She has never done this before! She hardly ever put things in her mouth. So, now when we ask her where her contact is she quietly says, 'mouth'. She knows. Crazy girl!!!