Maybe I should be 9 months pregnant more often. My blogging would be more consistent, that's for sure.

For the past 24 hours, I've been getting strong contractions five minutes apart for an hour or two, then they fade away. Its very annoying (can you tell by my current gripe?) Anyway, I am so bored. Bored enough to find more Ella pics and post them.

Ella is growing in independence every day. For the past couple of weeks, one of her favourite things is to ask for 'chair, chair'. This means that she wants to sit up in a big person's chair. Normally at the computer to look at pictures of herself, or talk to someone online, if possible. Its very cute. A couple of days ago, she began a fascination with reading the paper. Here's some pics of Ella enjoying a leisurely read of the morning paper (after she'd made a cup of espresso with her special coffee set)...

Excuse the blurred ones, and the fact that Ella loves to smile for the camera with her eyes shut... but hopefully you get the idea that she already enjoys reading.

Lets all hope that the next blog has pics of Ella with her little sister!