Story A Day (or at least a few times a week…)

Ellie spent the afternoon enjoying the beautiful weather with her Grandma at the park.  I think she might be trying to eat a weed in the first picture   And in the second, she must be making sure her stroller is safe before hopping in for a ride!

She’s getting more mobile every day! Check out her TWO new tricks that happened for the first time today…

This one might make you a little motion sick, but we caught some good laughs on video!

Ellie gave me a card for my first Mother’s Day (I think she had a little help from her dad ).  As you can see from the photo below, she had a hard time handing it over   After spending the morning hanging out in the front yard shade with Ellie and Tim, I went over to Kathy’s house with my mom to help out with a few things while Kathy rested and spent time with Lenny.  We did get a cute photo of James, Lenny, and Kathy outside.  Happy Mother’s Day to my awesome mom, and all of the other great moms out there!

Some updates from the last few days…

Ellie plays with the new foam blocks her Aunt Christy got for her this week.
Grandpa Mike meeting Lenny after a surprise visit from Tennessee.
Ellie in the morning before waking, in the position I find cutest

Kathy and James welcome their son to the world today!  8 lbs, 3 oz.  Congratulations!

As you can see

My goal for this Friday was to get through dinner without Ellie spilling water on my lap.  We did it…though just barely since she almost spilled TIM’S water on my lap   She’s got quite the reach.  She did, however, get her hands on a straw…

It was quite warm today, so it was time for Ellie to sport some shorts!  We ventured for a walk in the park, where she sat in the grass for the first time.  She was quite intrigued…

Apparently, I haven’t blogged in a while.  We’ve been busy having so much fun, I forgot to blog!  Ellie is now scooting her way all over the place.  She tries to scoot after us when we walk to another room.  She loves scooting her way to the doorstop and flicking it so it makes a great boing sound.  She is a fan of cords…we are not fans that she is a fan of cords!  She is proficient at saying “ra-ra-ra-ra” but we are still awaiting other consonants   She’s a fan of her vowels, however.  She “sings” her vowels for a good stretch each day.  I’ve tried to capture her chattering away on video, but she stops every time I hold up the camera.  She has crossed into the “attached” realm where she cries when we hand her off to someone new.  Daycare tells me she stops crying about 10 seconds after I walk out the door, but she sure doesn’t like it when I first leave!  Hmmm…what else…she loves yogurt, she ate her first meat in the form of “turkey vegetable” baby food, and she still loves to smile – as evidenced by this recent photo…