ELLA - Y2.M2 (24 months) and visiting New York

Oh my god it's been so long since my last post on Ella
so here I am, trying to capture what has happened since February when Ella turned 2

• Ella is still 90 cm and 14 kg, on diaper size 4(basically unchanged since 6 months old, pretty strange)
• She can understand us very well and somewhat speak okay to express her thoughts
• New passport fee ($57 for 5 years) starts July 1st, so I'm debating whether to renewal her passport now ($22 for 3 years), even when it expires in June 2014
• It's always travel time for us, and we're going back to the Big Apple (New York city) again. 
• First time was Dec 2010 on Expedia's -$300 price error (Ella was 7 months in the belly), and this time almost free using mostly vouchers, credits, and hotel points!!
• Hotel for 3 nights 
• 2 nights at Radisson with free night certificates (I got them for about ~$80/night, redeemed for $350+/night at NYC!!)
• 1 night at Marriott (30000 points, obtained from Chase Marriott credit card signup of 50K points)
• Flights
• YYZ-EWR is $460 for 3 (using $500 United vouchers)
• Return LGA-YYZ is $228 for 3 (using $200 AMEX Platinum's annual $200 credit)