Catch up from Thanksgiving, and some others, too

These pictures are all out of order, but here you go:


I decided Ellis and I needed a walk to Target yesterday. Here she is sporting the new hat made for her by her Aunt Kristi---super soft and super cute! (And yes, she is wearing her pj's under all that winter-wear)







Out of the blue this is Ellis' new favorite activity. She crawls into her folded up stroller and one by one piles her animals around and on top of her. She sat in this pile for probably 15 minutes and then said, "Hep, pease." (Help, please) She was a bit stuck and I think starting to overheat...





Here is our little "Santa" for the Christmas celebration we had with Tim, Kristi and Sammy at the Knipp's over Thanksgiving. Ellis was pretty good at staying focused enough to hand out gifts to the people she was told to hand gifts to.


Grandma and the girls:



As I've mentioned before, Ellis has this STRONG face and muscle flexing shake that she does. It's quite intense. Well, as it turns out, her cousin Sammy does the same thing! I couldn't get a picture of them flexing at the same time, but this particular evening they were both hamming it up quite a bit. So funny:





Little Miss Serious in her "nessiss" (necklace) and Grandma's shoes working on the computer:



Ellis had a blast splashing in the tub with Sammy. Sammy had fun, too but decided at one point that Ellis' excitement was maybe a bit much for her :)





All wrapped up in my scarf:




Pretty sunrise out the back a couple of weeks ago:



This reminds me of a paparazzi shot, like Ellis has disguised herself before leaving the house. In reality, this is a typical day in the life of raising a little girl:



Another sunrise: