Ella Rose Leddy-Nadler

Monday, April 11, 2011

Ella is 2 !

DSC_0342, a photo by nobetty on Flickr.

We can't believe it either, but Ella is 2! For her actual birthday she had cupcakes at school, then we went to the playground, then to her favorite Cuban restaurant, Rumba's. Photos are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nobetty/sets/72157626475895914/. The next day she came down with the flu, so we had to cancel her party and miss out on some other fun stuff, but we had a great party a few weeks later. Photos are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nobetty/sets/72157626352189963/.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Pix from Thanksgiving 2010

I know, I know, it has been ages since we've posted photos and you need a little Gremlin fix. Here are some great pix from our Thanksgiving weekend in Philly: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nobetty/sets/72157625437317627/.

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Surfer Girl

Ella is almost 17mos old and, yes, she remains the cutest trouble on two feet. Some stats:
- top speed: ~22mph
- height: ~standard desk height (such a giant!)
- personality: more of the same fearlessness, mixed with tremendous curiousty in regards to how things are put together
- favorite food: pizza, apples. Liked my black pasta (squid ink) fra diavolo with eggplant and norene's slow-cooked chicken.
- spreading her social butterfly wings even wider... good times at day care. (aka, 'play' school).

New pix from summer trips and hanging out with friends... enjoy!

Chez Raymond, Catherine, Pablo, Rowan Bee and Magee

Washington Park w/Bubby

Visit with Mark and Becks and Ruby (M+B 10th Anniversary... luv4eva)

Sandy Hook (with special guest, aunty BM)

Rowan, Pablo, Catherine and Raymond come back to the hood (JC)

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Ella Rose video shorts!

I mean they can only be short 'cause she is too :-)

Here's a nice compendium from the past 6 months or so, including one with Ruby Hershoffnerman. Which one's your favorite? Is it possible to choose just one?

Check 'em out!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

11 Months: Walking & Talking

Oh, it's been quite a month! Ella started really walking last week (8 or 9 steps at a time, she's been cruising for several months) and she said her first word yesterday, "eye." We were reading a book, and she very definitively pointed to the eye of a rooster and said "eye." She did it again several times, and again this morning with Josefine (nanny #4), so she really knows what it means.

Depending on how you classify such things, I guess her first word could also be "no, no, no." She runs over to an outlet, tries to pry out the plug covers with her little fingers while saying "no, no, no ... no, no, no." Needless to say we are switching covers, to the kind where you replace the whole front plate.

She's got great balance and is getting better at walking every day. She can also climb up stairs lickety-split (scary!) and dance, I'm sure she'll be running around before we know it.

Ella has 2 more teeth coming on on the bottom, which will give her a grand total of 8. Teething is no fun, she's chewing on everything in sight, including her crib. She's a good eater, and by far the favorites are chicken and dad's turkey meatballs. She's had her share of chicken katsu, carribean bbq chicken, doubles and roti, soba noodles, and more.

Our Ella still loves books, seriously she can't get enough -- we read at least 10 books a day together. She also enjoys playing with her xylophone, toy house, and a musical toy from aunt Shirley that plays snippets of songs.

She's been sick on and off for the entire winter, otherwise known as building her immune system.