Thursday, September 27, 2007

A note from baby Ellie

"Hi, Ellie here. Let me tell you about my new favorite food: baby spaghetti. It's one of the few textured baby foods I actually like! It tastes fine, kinda bland actually, but it's waaaay better than finger paint! Mama says she doesn't like baby spaghetti as much as I do. I wonder why not?"

Hands and knees

After a month of commando crawling, Ellie did the tiniest bit of hands and knees crawling today. Yay for her!

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

It's ninety degrees today


Monday, September 24, 2007

First bath in the big tub



Remember her first baths in the hospital? Ellie's come a long way in 8 shorts months!

Finalization update

It appears that we're going to finalize Ellie's adoption on Friday, November 16, which is National Adoption Day. Just a heads-up!

At the zoo








Saturday, September 22, 2007

At America's Stonehenge with Uncle Bill & Mumzy






Ellie went to America's Stonehenge on Friday with Mumzy and Uncle Bill. They had a great time exploring the artifacts and ruins.

Friday, September 21, 2007

Our pumpkin



Photos by Uncle Bill!

Uncle Bill and Ellie




Ellie loves her Uncle Bill!

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Modern art





Ellie is an acrobat

Ellie likes zwieback

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Baby in a basket

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Gumballs!



Ellie loves this toy from Uncle Chris and Auntie Heidi.

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Friday, September 14, 2007

Anklebiter

Now that she's mobile, Ellie's new favorite activity is following my Crocs and trying to teethe on them. Gross, huh? And a bit dangerous too, since I have to be really careful of her tiny body when she's underfoot. Other favorite on-the-move activities include splashing in Clara's water, pulling books off the bookshelf, chasing the pets, and trying to teethe on Clara's dog toys. She's a busy girl these days!

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Happy 8-month birthday, Ellie!


Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Rocking the vote!

Outside our polling place

Signs at our polling place

Receiving our ballot

This local primary was Ellie's first election. She was very pleased to exercise her civic duty and narrow the field of city council contenders...oh wait, that was me. At least Ellie had fun smiling at the ladies who worked the polls. Primary Day rocks!

Ellie loves her beetle taggie from Auntie Trista