I just can't believe that it's already the middle of February. I thought it had just been a couple of weeks since my last post, but then I looked at the date and realized it's been almost 6 weeks. Where has the time gone? I can't seem to keep this blog up to date these days. Hopefully, I can at least manage a monthly update. We'll see how that goes.
We've been busy, busy, busy. In just a few weeks we'll be off to Hawaii for a nice vacation. We're really looking forward to going back for a visit. It's funny how I have a way of only remembering the good things in the past. When we lived there I had a lot of complaints...the heat, mainly. Having been gone for almost four years now I have very fond memories of our time there and am excited about going back. I'm really excited about having air conditioning this time :) We never had AC there and I'm really looking forward to it. We're renting a place beside Sam's parents so it should be nice. I'm looking forward to Elly getting to spend some time with her grandparents. Sam and I have even played with the idea of actually having a date night. It'll be so nice to have someone we trust to keep Elly. We've never left her with someone other than a couple of times she's gone right next door to play with the neighbor kids. She's always done great there, but we just haven't taken advantage of it at this point.
This post will have quite a few pictures, which seems to happen quite a bit anymore. Elly is so cute these days. We have so much fun with her. She's such a little character. Just a couple of weeks ago she started making 2-3 word sentences. I'm trying to keep a journal everyday of something cute she did. At this age there is so much she does that is truely so cute that it's hard to remember it from day to day. Just this morning we were on our way out to Patch and I went around a corner a little faster than usual and I heard her pipe in from the back seat with "Whoa, Mama". She makes me laugh all the time.
She's started to help Daddy feed Gabby at night and gets so upset if he tries to sneak it by her. She knows the whole routine. She goes to the fridge and gets the can of food out and then to the silverware drawer to get a spoon then she calls Gabby and clicks her toungue to get Gabby to come with her up the stairs. It's really cute to see.
We've been busy, busy, busy. In just a few weeks we'll be off to Hawaii for a nice vacation. We're really looking forward to going back for a visit. It's funny how I have a way of only remembering the good things in the past. When we lived there I had a lot of complaints...the heat, mainly. Having been gone for almost four years now I have very fond memories of our time there and am excited about going back. I'm really excited about having air conditioning this time :) We never had AC there and I'm really looking forward to it. We're renting a place beside Sam's parents so it should be nice. I'm looking forward to Elly getting to spend some time with her grandparents. Sam and I have even played with the idea of actually having a date night. It'll be so nice to have someone we trust to keep Elly. We've never left her with someone other than a couple of times she's gone right next door to play with the neighbor kids. She's always done great there, but we just haven't taken advantage of it at this point.
This post will have quite a few pictures, which seems to happen quite a bit anymore. Elly is so cute these days. We have so much fun with her. She's such a little character. Just a couple of weeks ago she started making 2-3 word sentences. I'm trying to keep a journal everyday of something cute she did. At this age there is so much she does that is truely so cute that it's hard to remember it from day to day. Just this morning we were on our way out to Patch and I went around a corner a little faster than usual and I heard her pipe in from the back seat with "Whoa, Mama". She makes me laugh all the time.
She's started to help Daddy feed Gabby at night and gets so upset if he tries to sneak it by her. She knows the whole routine. She goes to the fridge and gets the can of food out and then to the silverware drawer to get a spoon then she calls Gabby and clicks her toungue to get Gabby to come with her up the stairs. It's really cute to see.
As soon as Daddy walks in the door at night Elly's pretty much attached to him. She demands as much attention as she can from him. Her favorite thing to do is read books. Any chance she gets she wants me to get on the floor with her and read a pile of books. It's not uncommon to have a stack of 15-20 books we've read.
Aunt Stephanie sent some wooden food for Elly's kitchen. Elly has fun playing with them.
Aunt Stephanie also sent this adorable apron and hat set. I love it!
Doesn't she look pleased with herself?
Elly thought she needed to wear everything at the same time.
My little chef in her kitchen
Hiding behind the Christmas tree as I was taking the ornaments off and putting them away.
My sweet baby is quickly becoming a little girl :(
Auntie Diane sent a box of clothes and a Christmas gift. Elly had so much fun trying on each and every piece of clothing.
Meanwhile, Gabby was trying to escape by hiding in the box.
This was the first time I braided Elly's hair. It was pretty cute, but was done with lots of drama. She was crying and trying to wiggle free the entire time, so it wasn't as neat as I would have liked, but we'll just have to work on that.
Elly with her stack of books.
I got everything ready for Elly to paint and she looked so excited...
...until she realized she only had the paint in the tray and could not have the full jars of paint.
Poor, pitiful, disappointed little girl :(
She had to think about it for awhile...
...then decided to go ahead and paint.
Really working at the job
My girl loves playing with her books. Here she was lining them all up.
Elly loves to "help" me with the dishes, as well as vacuuming, mopping, dusting...just about any kind of housework. I sure wish I knew how to keep that enthusiasm alive as she gets older :)
Her "contribution" to helping me with the dishes.
Elly sporting her sunglasses :)
1 comment:
Very cute! I love seeing all the pictures and seeing what you all are doing! Elly's just adorable! We are looking forward to seeing you sometime not tooooo far away! Thanks for posting!
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