Baby doll obsession!

Ella LOVES her baby dolls!!!!!

Baby doll goes outside!

Ok this was a one time thing. Ella LOVED it but she has no concept of keeping that stroller on the dang sidewalk = frustration for mama. And if i try and guide her where to go = frustration for ella! We had to cut the baby doll walk short after about 3 blocks. She tried to just walk right across the busy 44th ave w! But the first 5 mins or so, she was LOVING it! Maybe in a few more months we can try it again.

Big Girl

I love this picture - Ella looks so much like Max and so grown up. She wants me to read Jamberry and stop taking so many pictures! Ella is obsessed with books. She is getting really good at pointing to whatever i ask her to. She knows so much more than i think! The funniest thing is that she thinks the word "raincoat" is hilarious and just cracks up laughing whenever i say it.

Chillin' in the sun!

Tea Party

Ella went to her first tea party yesterday at Sophia and Tahlia's house! We had SOOO much fun. Check out the fun pictures! Kiva made us a gourmet dinner and then Ella got to try out

the girl's tea set. The pictures are in backwards order. Silly blogger. Note all the baby dolls. It was very cute.

Upgrades!

Our house has seen some nice new improvements! Our new trellis and wisteria (little baby plant now), Kitchen table (thanks MOM+DAD!) and Greenhouse! (you can see through the window a little. The greenhosue was officially warmer than the house yesterday so we opened the door - SOLAR HEATING! Ignore the mess in the yard by the trellis - it's still a bit of a construction zone in our yard.

got a camera...

...at Circuit City going out of business sale... then we met Darwin and Nicky over at Chuck e Cheese! here are some pics. i am sleepy - got to get to bed!

No camera

So our camera is missing. It WAS broken and now it is broken and missing. So i can't even take blurry pictures! EEK! Max and I share it and he uses it a lot to post stuff on Craigslist so it gets passed back and forth a lot and now it is GONE. Well, updates: Ella is SOOOOooooo cute and wonderful. She just learned a new word. I say "Ella what does the pony say?" and she says, "Neigh!" She knows what the kitty-cat, puppy (she pants), cow and sheep say also. Ella also pretends to be a puppy and crawls around panting and she lifts her leg when i say "does puppy need to go pee-pee?" OH and she knows sign language. When she toots she waves her hand in front of her nose! Hopefully I'll find the broken camera soon and i will post some new pictures...

Nannie and Poppie Visit!

We all had a great time this past week when nannie and Poppie Zych came to visit! We did a lot of fun stuff including going to Chuck E. Cheese (ELLA LOVED IT!) and Richmond Beach... We took them to the airport today and miss them already. We love you guys! See you soon.

a walk to the park with friends...

Bath time!

Our camera has been on the blitz.. the pictures have been coming out fuzzy when indoors but OK when we are outside.. But all of a sudden tonight, it started working for me! So here are some bath time pics! SOO cute! The last picture- if you click on it and zoom in you can see her molars! But they are only on the side you can see, nothing on the other side..

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I have just found out my good friend Nick fell from a balcony and is in the hospital with spinal cord damage. Even if you don't know him, PLEASE pray/think good thoughts for him. He damaged vertbrae C5/C6 which is pretty serious. Thank you!

New pictures!

Here are some pictures from...

• Darwin shopping for a new chair at Babies r Us.
• Ella's pigtails!
• A hike in the woods behind our house.
• Mommy and baby matching bandanas!

Ella's new car

$7.99 - You can beat it! St. Vincent de Paul thrift store! Ella loves her new

van. She loads it full of baby-dolls and we push her around the house. She enjoys getting in and out and turning the steering wheel..