Potty Training...

Here is a video of Ellis right after she went in the potty. We are in full-blown potty training now and so far it's going pretty well. Yesterday she went on the potty 5 times. Today, only once. But she's definitely getting the hang of it. We got a potty training video a little while back and she watched it for about 2 weeks before deciding that she wanted to "try the potty" all by herself. Fingers-crossed that this sticks because I'm really tired of feeling guilty about our diaper carbon footprint ;)

Family Photos

Well, here they are, as promised. These are the pictures that we had taken for Ellis' second birthday. We used the same photographer, Erica Ferrone, as last year and we were just as pleased with how things turned out. We love her aesthetic and how she captures all of us as a family. She took about 200 photos and I had to narrow them down, which I wasn't very successful at, as you can probably tell by how many pictures I'm posting. I hope you like them as much as we do.

Going for a ride

Celebrating her victory

Party hat

Washing up after her victory

She was soaked...

...but happy!

Drying her hands

My favorite "face" picture.

Playing with her letters

Daddy hugs

Mommy hugs

Family pose

Storytime

Glasses

I love this picture. She's pointing to her heel here because I asked her where it was.

Mommy kisses

"Da Bee" made the photo shoot again this year.

My sweet girl

Snuggling with "bee" and going night-night.

Checking out how much she's grown

Daddy kisses

She was happy to be heading to the park.

Family walk

"Wheeeee"

Holding daddy's hand

Big slide

Looking for "airpeens"

She loves to swing.

I think this one just about captures our family.

Family conference

She's still so cautious. This is how she sits down for the slide.

Happy girl

The first and only family portrait that I really like.

Heading home