One more of the formerly sleeping beauty!

Ella is awake!!

She smiles now instead of crying when she wakes up in the morning!

And this years contribution to the pumpking carving contest

Haleakala for the 3rd time!!

It was cold! It was rainy! But then came the sun!

Good thing I had my cozy blankie!

Bumbo!

Look at me! I can sit in my new chair! It will be ever so convenient once Mom and Dad start the solids!

And look at the new dress I got from Mommy's work mate!

Better late than never.. Our trip to Switzerland

Work has started again for Mom, not happy at all about that. But we do need to pay rent too, so what to do? Work!

Here are some piccies from our wonderful vacation from our vacation! There will be some pics from Sweden too, but not today.

Lucky Ella's cousins who live in this gorgeous place! We envy you!

Ella's 2nd visit to O'ahu!

Fresh off the plane from Sweden we barely had time to unpack before it was time to pack again (albeit in a much smaller bag) and hop on over to O'ahu and Honolulu! This was not purely for our pleasure, Ella had an appointment at Shriner's Children's Hospital to check up on her foot and her neck. We are convinced that she is doing just fine, but we don't mind a weekend over there! This time we rented a car and Mom drove on the freeway for the very first time! Easy peasy lemon squeezy! We stayed at the Waikiki Beach Marriott this time. We got a complimentary upgrade to an ocean view on the 15th floor. Oh boy! What a room! Ella was loving the bed so much that we let her sleep there with us instead of the little crib they had brought up for her.

After the appointment we hit the road and drove up to the North Shore. Kel was contemplating renting a board to surf pipeline, but ended up not doing it. The waves weren't exactly spectacular, but it was still nice to stop by. We also stopped at the Valley of Temples since Kel missed out last time. It is truly a remarkable place!

Then we magically made it back to the airport to return the car, not thanks to the so-called map reader in the passenger seat... Although he did make one contribution once we were almost there that spared us the freeway loop around the airport. I will credit the fact that I did live there for a couple of months.. Missed having Dad's iPhone to tell me where to go, but we made it!

Then back to reality. Maternity leave is officially over! I started working today. It was HARD leaving our beautiful baby!

Ella's new toy!

Look at the new addition to the Baby Björn collection! Ella loves it!

new computer!

Here's for all you fans of Ella! There will be more piccies later! Promise! It's done in a jiffy these days! Can you see how snug she is in Astrid's old stroller?

Wearing her new Hello Kitty jacket!