Everyday Daily Meets A. Daily Kitchen

When two blogs become one…

Everyday Daily is everything Ella and all things domestic whereas A. Daily Kitchen, well, it was where I went to share my kitchen adventures.  Then, I was a newly married wife learning my way around the kitchen, and now, I’m a Mom learning to cook for my family (and still learning my way around the kitchen).

I still <3 being in the kitchen so this is my attempt to merge a little bit of the old with all of the new.  You’ll find that I have added an A. Daily Kitchen page to Everyday Daily.  Here you will find our new family favorites, including Ella's favorites.  Baby food recipes, YuM!

Over the next couple weeks you will see a few changes here at Everyday Daily-- New pages, some categorizing, and definitely more new and updated recipes.  I’m already drooling at just the thought of what’s to come.  So please keep checking in.

2012 CHOC Walk in the Park

Let me begin with saying, I do not normally solicit for sponsorships/donations or anything of that sort, however, I feel completely shameless about this one!  The CHOC organization is such an amazing group of people and our family could not be any more proud to support them.  Not to mention, it’s a place that holds a very near and dear place in our hearts.

CHOC Walk in the Park at Disneyland

October 14, 2012 · 7:00 AM

Please join our family and team “Ella Kate Daily” as we take a ‘walk in the park’ in support of the 2012 CHOC Walk.  All team registrations, sponsorships and donations go directly to the CHOC organization(s).

     · Become a Walker!  Lace up those tennis and register yourself under the “Team and Walker Registration” button.  There is a step-by-step process that will guide you through walker registration.

     ·  Sponsor a Walker!  If you're unable to join in the fun, support someone who is.  Find a walker you want to support, or pick one that hasn’t yet met their fundraising goal.  Help with whatever amount you can.

For more details and the official ‘How-To’ of it all, please visit the walk’s website:  www.CHOCwalk.org

Allow me to give you just a little insight to our own personal experience with CHOC-- As most of you know, Ella was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis, which makes CHOC our go-to place.  We've experienced exactly what this organization has to offer.  Since the very first phone call the staff has been nothing but helpful and supportive. Everyone!  Everyone from parking attendants to the receptionist, and from the nurses to the doctors-- They have all been so caring, so kind and so unbelievably patient.  That being said, I cannot say enough positive things about the CHOC organization.  They're just a group of everyday people doing super hero jobs for families like ours.  And that is why this is a cause worth supporting!

To Join Team "Ella Kate Daily" Register at:  www.CHOCwalk.net/EllaKateDaily

My Life's Story...

Among the many things that I am learning as a Mother one is that time is a-movin’.  There are only so many hours, so many days and so little time.  No pause button.

It’s all too easy for time to slip away.  “Life” just has a way of taking over.  Making it all that much more important to stop and smell the flowers every once in a while.  So today, I will stop and smell the flowers-- Or sit on the couch with my feet propped up while Ella naps and blog. 

It has been seven (SEVEN!) weeks since my last post.  So here’s the latest and greatest with our little Miss Ella.

Crawling:  "Look Mom, I'm Mobile"

[Crawling]  She’s on the move!  And, she’s a girl on a mission.  The mission:  To get into all things Mommy calls “No”.  Mission accomplished!

Talking:  Ready to Chat-it-Up at the Ice Cream Social

[Talking]  Miss Social-Butterfly sure knows how to chat up a crowd, but even better, she knows how to make Mommy and Daddy melt.  Her first two words, “Mom-Mom” and “Da-Da”.  (“Mom-Mom” being first, of course).  Love!

Swimming:  This Girl was Born to Swim (and Wear a Sun Hat)

[Swiming]  Ella has been quite the little mermaid this summer.  She closed out the summer with three sessions of swim.  That’s six weeks, thirty classes and fifteen whole hours of splashing.  At seven months (then), she can swim from Mommy to instructor (about 5-7 feet) and hold on to the edge of the pool.   Along with everything else mentioned in [Insert Link:  Splish-Splash].

Teething:  "Mom, I Think There's a Toofers"

[Teething]  We have a toofers (one that actually decided to break through this time).  It seems like Ella has been teething for m-o-n-t-h-s!  Stubborn little toofers kept working their way up, then going back down, working their way up, going back down-- Never cutting through.  Finally!  One cut through.  Yay Ella!  One step closer to steak dinners.

Growing:  Too Big, Too Fast

[Growing] Growing, growing, growing.  This weekend marked Ella’s 8-month Birthday.  Eight months!  Talk about time moving too fast (I know, I know-- My life story).  She’s getting so big that we even had to graduate her to a “big girl” car seat, talk about a hard day for me.  I may, or may not, have shed a tear… or two.

So there you have it, the fast-cap of our last seven weeks.  Too big, too fast.  Too fast!