Videos

Ellie playing with Chloe...so cute!

Ellie going after the vacuum cleaner, and walking around the living room

Fun

Wow, things have been crazy around here, crazy in a good way. Ellie is all over the place, she is officially a walker, though she still falls a lot. It is so fun watching her get all over the place and discover new things. She is getting into a lot of things she shouldn't but she is finding a lot of fun things too. She keeps me on my toes but I love it, we have so much fun all day. She is playing will Chloe a lot now and learning how to be more gentle with little Michael. We have also discovered this summer that Ellie LOVES water. Any kind of water, the bath, the hose, the squirt bottle and the spray ground at the Greene, she couldn't care less if she gets sprayed in the face. Here are some updated pictures.

Just crawling around

Ellie and Daddy watching a band at the Greene, our outdoor mall.

"Hmm, they are pretty good I guess."

She danced herself right off of the edge.

She found the sprinklers and loved them!

She had so much fun splashing around and watching the other kids.

"Yay"

We also got a new car! We were out growing our Fit so we up graded to a Mazda 5. I was a little hesitant to get a "minivan" but this car really is fun to drive and the perfect size for us. Ellie loves climbing around in it, when it's not moving of course, and playing with all the toys that we have stashed for her. 

We have so much more room! 

Our house finally got the updates that took almost a year to do. We had a storm about 11 months ago that damaged our awning, gutters and roof a little bit so our insurance paid to have them all replaced. We were so excited to get rid of the old, ugly awning! It looks so nice now.

Our house when we bought it in 2009

Awning gone!

The new one in progress.

The finished product, we love it!