Happy Birthday, Papa!

Should have done this yesterday....where's my head? Happy Birthday, Papa Jim! We love you!

Ella loves her puppy

We've mentioned before how Serena is a saint of a dog. Just wanted to re-state that. Lately Ella is very fond of climbing on top of her, and Serena will just lie there and let her climb..... What a dog!

Bathroom Fix

Some of you may remember us complaining about a leaky faucet in our tub.... Well we are finally having it fixed permanently! Since it was going to require going in behind the tile we decided to go ahead and update the tile in the shower, and get new faucets too. On Saturday Zac and Kristen came over to help with the demo - thank you!!! Jack, our contractor is here today and the next couple days to fix the plumbing and to set new tile. Can't wait to see the end result!

Thank You, Aayla!

Ella received a package in the mail on Wednesday and she wants to say thank you to the sender. Aayla Jensen sent her the Little Einstein dolls, and let me tell you, she couldn't be more excited, or more in love with these dollies! As I post, she's running around the house saying, "Annie, Annie, Annie"..... her fave aparently. But she's getting the other names down too!

THANK YOU, AAYLA (AND JENN)! YOU ARE SO SWEET! LOVE YOU GUYS!

Summer Fun

Ella and I were downtown yesterday and noticed a splash pad at the park. We weren't prepared for it, but I was curious to see what she'd think. She LOVED it!

Birthday Boy

You all remember JJ from past posts on the blog right? He's the little guy I used to take care of before the end of the school year rolled around. Well he's turned 1 already, and Jason and Chrissy (his dad and mom) invited us out to their place for his birthday party last Saturday. It was such a great get-together! Lots of people, all who love JJ to death, great food and cake and of course watching JJ open his gifts. Chrissy and Jason - you threw a great party!

Happy Birthday, JJ!

JJ had a lot of fun opening gifts - of course

we held her back as long as we could - Ella had to "help"

bring on the cake!


I think Ella had missed Chrissy....she wanted to be around her all day.

Words, words, & more words

I may have to put a stop to the word count and list soon.... Ella seems to spit out any word (or try to) that we ask her to these days. She doesn't remember all of them though, so here's a list of some of the things she's saying recently:

here go (when she hands you something)
papa
Oli
Ella
Mommy (instead of just mama)
Beanie (for Serena Beana)
cat
stroller
walk
up
teddy (as in bear)
puppy
push
blankie
happy