Installment #4

At the beach after Gabe's graduation celebration dinner. There's a funny story with some pictures I'll add later. Again, not in a typing mood.

Installment #3

The girl is the epitome of perpetual motion, so these shots are a little blurry. More from Sarasota.

Installment #2: First day at the pool, Sarasota

I'll write more captions 'n stuff in the coming days...I just got home and don't feel much like typing :)

Installment #1

We're back from 15 days in Florida---here are the first of many pictures and some stories. Enjoy!

In Nashville during our layover on the way to FL:

Etsy shout out!

Hey! I got a nice shout out from a fellow Etsy-an, Margaret of meshkadesign on her blog---so I'd like to return the kindness. Check out her blog and her shop, she's got so many beautiful clutches and earrings. Thanks again Margaret!

Our yard & my helper.

I keep forgetting to post pictures from my wonderful Mother's Day. Gabe and I worked in the yard for the entire Mother's Day weekend, which was a lot of fun. Gabe built me the raised planters I've wanted since I moved here. So now our tiny, unkempt yard is our tiny, charming yard with flowers and fruits and veggie plants. Last week Ellis helped me water. We were both pretty soaked in the end, but it was fun :)

Here is our yard now...(pay no attention to the grass---that's our next yard project to tackle)

Those are our blueberry, blackberry, strawberry, tomato, banana pepper, bell pepper plants, and cilantro:

Here is our yard in process over M's Day weekend:

And back to Ellis watering (her arm, in this case)---sorry things are so out of order:

It's you against me, Hose. I plan to win.

And apparently Ellis can NOW climb up onto and subsequently over the back of the sofa. See what happens when you neglect your toddler in order to update your blog?

Talkin'

More words: ball, gentle, teeth, cheese, berry, Nay-Nay (Janae), up (more like up-bee), no-way.

And she refuses to give kisses anymore. If you try, she says no and pushes your face away. Little turkey.

Sorry it's been so long!

The school year is winding down---Gabe is done teaching and I have two weeks left (and a day). Here are some of the latest and greatest pictures of Ellis. She is so much fun to have around. She's walking more than she's crawling now and gets lighter on her feet everyday.

Common words in Ellis' ever-growing vernacular include: go, no, shoe, knee, cheeks (always said multiple times in a row while pointing to someone's cheeks), Mama, Did-ee (Daddy), go-way (not sure she's knows what it means, but she says it a lot :), and Day (Daly). She understands many more words, which makes communicating with a toddler so much easier.

Ellis has two top teeth and two bottom teeth, and is growing another on the top and another on the bottom.

(For those of you keeping track, Ellis is 15.5 months old)

Easter #1 and Easter #2

Same baby, same basket, same bunny...