Please Hang Up and Try Again

Ella picked up the phone in the office today and asked who was on the phone. I told her no one and to hang up the phone. A few seconds later she starts having a conversation.

"Hello friendly operator. How are you? Oh, OK. Friendly operator, please hang up and try again. Just tell your friend to hang up, cause I'm just on the phones with our friends. Well, I just want to dial you. Are you coming home to see me? Well, just remember me if you want to come. Well, share your wagon with me. I'll just play with it when you come home.

Well, hello McKenzie. I don't want to dial you until Thursday. Well OK. Bye McKenzie"

By the way, I have no idea who she knows named McKenzie.

I was laughing so hard! Really, laughing isn't a good thing when I want to teach her to not play with the phone, but it was so funny!

Is Santa coming?

With all the Christmas decorating that has been going on at our house Santa has been a big topic of conversation for Ella. Scott told her that on Christmas Eve after she went to sleep Santa would come down the chimney to leave her presents in her stocking. She is VERY excited about this idea. She keeps going to the fireplace, peering up the chimney and saying, "Nope. Not yet. Santa's not coming yet." Or, she will point to the fireplace and say, "Tonight when I go to sleep, Santa is going to come down our chimney." Thank goodness Christmas is getting near! The poor child can hardly stand herself she's so excited.

Brenna's Second Ultrasound

We had our follow up ultrasound for Brenna this past Monday. The CD with our pictures on it wasn't working correctly, so it took me awhile to get the pictures uploaded. The technician was able to get the views of her lip and her heart that were missing from our initial ultrasound. It was very nice to get confirmation that she is perfect! The pictures were of such good quality we even know that she had 5 fingers on each hand and 5 toes on each foot. They also confirmed that we are, in fact, having a little girl.

At the time of the ultrasound, she weighed 1 lb 3 oz. Her heartrate was 129--which, by the way, completely negates the old wives tale of a faster heartrate for a girl. Due to the measurements that they took, they moved my due date from April 1 to March 27. More than likely the girls will have birthdays that are within a week of one another.

Here are some more pictures of Brenna:

Her face:


One perfect hand:


Her tiny feet crossed at the ankles:


Her precious little ear: