tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89624258068242699042024-02-07T09:23:17.299-05:00The Life and Times of Ellis KayeErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-84225347293590418902011-01-04T14:58:00.005-05:002011-01-04T15:12:31.546-05:00Christmas 2010<div>Well, here they are, as promised. Pictures from our Christmas this year. It was a great one. Lots of fun now that Ellis is starting to really participate and understand things. Hope you enjoy the pictures.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ellis and Claire, waiting to eat/decorate Christmas cookies</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhtXHfT3l0q2esaLQ99ykIArNL1KAAXxbrf2eBLuDeD7w-50MD4o3ser9TlQKgjUCtCaxdpFHK4LPu_OwevH0XjsTkwhX-DcF-hZBicgGei4FkiCjukn60wFcEHqe9FejxJTamjI2zbU/s1600/IMG_0842.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhtXHfT3l0q2esaLQ99ykIArNL1KAAXxbrf2eBLuDeD7w-50MD4o3ser9TlQKgjUCtCaxdpFHK4LPu_OwevH0XjsTkwhX-DcF-hZBicgGei4FkiCjukn60wFcEHqe9FejxJTamjI2zbU/s320/IMG_0842.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558424083244016882" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Yummy Christmas cookies</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwOSfvS8fDvf9EcM09g_cgCS87TeczIYiC1qB-nmQaBbeAnE8xQrwNKgI2TGUQ3IXzjiIPB_QMMHFO7jNQWGs4-mn7aVICXPaQ1Oi8wvODpcnjXN8uGivuEFVKvi4LA-6N0EJvW7DXWBA/s1600/IMG_0843.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwOSfvS8fDvf9EcM09g_cgCS87TeczIYiC1qB-nmQaBbeAnE8xQrwNKgI2TGUQ3IXzjiIPB_QMMHFO7jNQWGs4-mn7aVICXPaQ1Oi8wvODpcnjXN8uGivuEFVKvi4LA-6N0EJvW7DXWBA/s320/IMG_0843.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558424083814853778" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Decorate your own cookies at Teddy Bear tea. She took this very seriously!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhEGcNpfXl9e8hyphenhyphentEpIQ865tg3dUc1BHIqg-NMedChso_Z7o_DWGMRXn_oXXmnBDylognTPilnky4TAv4fetUHkZkj63VL7ZqSUv909lQcqu_Yr0H9EeRpay3RlD-4cM3b5DyTkgpl5S0/s1600/IMG_0847.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhEGcNpfXl9e8hyphenhyphentEpIQ865tg3dUc1BHIqg-NMedChso_Z7o_DWGMRXn_oXXmnBDylognTPilnky4TAv4fetUHkZkj63VL7ZqSUv909lQcqu_Yr0H9EeRpay3RlD-4cM3b5DyTkgpl5S0/s320/IMG_0847.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558423855673840066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She loved this HUGE teddy bear.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8o9QqGgqPfihYEE46_mY04X85CLfvsD4xiOKowFi9ZlO90WB3dCwtvo1gLGZhruzayX1PrrOyqxb-iV2wvw-X1kqKU-9F0lz4qe-txSQdxMj1IgWSu64IcN8SGKJsakBdv8d8g0e5ZA/s1600/IMG_0858.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8o9QqGgqPfihYEE46_mY04X85CLfvsD4xiOKowFi9ZlO90WB3dCwtvo1gLGZhruzayX1PrrOyqxb-iV2wvw-X1kqKU-9F0lz4qe-txSQdxMj1IgWSu64IcN8SGKJsakBdv8d8g0e5ZA/s320/IMG_0858.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558423852643008882" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ellis and Claire, best buddies!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizBZmny6ys6X6lSRwCwSaeZtRg3c32YwlxHb7zNrIh54foZ1XqEmMhtADGK9YG0-mMmjAL_xbyYRgGSPkWO7og7NnSmduGSWFTpg1qho2ILiXM06gDt2h8yY2fhiOPJgMzGUdVrjgj45o/s1600/IMG_0860.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizBZmny6ys6X6lSRwCwSaeZtRg3c32YwlxHb7zNrIh54foZ1XqEmMhtADGK9YG0-mMmjAL_xbyYRgGSPkWO7og7NnSmduGSWFTpg1qho2ILiXM06gDt2h8yY2fhiOPJgMzGUdVrjgj45o/s320/IMG_0860.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558423850909390674" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It's so nice to have friends who have kids the same age so you can share, complain, cry and laugh about it all.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYk_ztaeWGuw7OxNXb3Wx2w5t_IXrAnl5TqDlZ77uTE08r9qv8vvQCD0GVsMDRkCB53UTubSEneV_yN6xhuhQ4Itibk4GDRT2hwezqoirHWTnmjnT8MAquzakajiw6kMFkMpAFt0ujxQ/s1600/IMG_0873.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYk_ztaeWGuw7OxNXb3Wx2w5t_IXrAnl5TqDlZ77uTE08r9qv8vvQCD0GVsMDRkCB53UTubSEneV_yN6xhuhQ4Itibk4GDRT2hwezqoirHWTnmjnT8MAquzakajiw6kMFkMpAFt0ujxQ/s320/IMG_0873.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558423845909495202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">"Wake up Uncle Bro!"</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ANvEu8BSqVx6V9ufpytNY5TG2Dny4BF0BcUOJ_GS_WLZtKU84eGuKLZShU6KSL2HNqrOdYHdOn-WRCpETrvdUUjDoY-TVMTuTPGmSlJId0NX4nlLU8HuXOl2-eL_LeTQUsvnMKmHCJk/s1600/IMG_0877.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ANvEu8BSqVx6V9ufpytNY5TG2Dny4BF0BcUOJ_GS_WLZtKU84eGuKLZShU6KSL2HNqrOdYHdOn-WRCpETrvdUUjDoY-TVMTuTPGmSlJId0NX4nlLU8HuXOl2-eL_LeTQUsvnMKmHCJk/s320/IMG_0877.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558423839826194386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Nonna kisses</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0TTtBdw1iWFFjR7nFJCU25V3cnN1A03O3nProY_Oyi3D0inuiB0C6m3fvi8rFGZ0fGFrHI6hfLO8M9w5Qg5L5UskhCoKk_nLapLvElG3Px_CdhQ9_lm9NwWjbWFP7LkkNuW2zDU8pYJ0/s1600/IMG_0884.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0TTtBdw1iWFFjR7nFJCU25V3cnN1A03O3nProY_Oyi3D0inuiB0C6m3fvi8rFGZ0fGFrHI6hfLO8M9w5Qg5L5UskhCoKk_nLapLvElG3Px_CdhQ9_lm9NwWjbWFP7LkkNuW2zDU8pYJ0/s320/IMG_0884.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558423568359011954" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Opening her Christmas eve gift</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhTk6z8qyQMEHPcY_NhIy3TI_YOdqqXgv4bmhvDSzpXvZrmor2XsuKKC8x33NSf_3Noc77a1WJntchKBtLsmi1vxID7GXTQBILpydk6CkL3B6F4Q0gL2YgLiQKgnS49IXf1T-B7v7Ymj0/s1600/IMG_0889.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhTk6z8qyQMEHPcY_NhIy3TI_YOdqqXgv4bmhvDSzpXvZrmor2XsuKKC8x33NSf_3Noc77a1WJntchKBtLsmi1vxID7GXTQBILpydk6CkL3B6F4Q0gL2YgLiQKgnS49IXf1T-B7v7Ymj0/s320/IMG_0889.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558423565381352050" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas morning! She was really excited about this jacket. Really. She put it on immediately.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsTbUvSnhluFkGOW5vbxBoStlqxJwx_XnxBf3qIB3WtEzz5tHEUTbLEwxPsgZjpohGnFzC3b2x1sYp-0K05N9lPzf1kfoK3uAG7yqx6N-ki30E2IcZ8Zbch9ILJ4nqOAJ-euwOXIfsW4/s1600/IMG_0918.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsTbUvSnhluFkGOW5vbxBoStlqxJwx_XnxBf3qIB3WtEzz5tHEUTbLEwxPsgZjpohGnFzC3b2x1sYp-0K05N9lPzf1kfoK3uAG7yqx6N-ki30E2IcZ8Zbch9ILJ4nqOAJ-euwOXIfsW4/s320/IMG_0918.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558423559947498274" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ellis and Uncle Bro</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDr2VpNCP5y4jyGpaarDdmqqPnCdAkrIYMjr4mokDy1J4vBcU2HsDQHZ7-VxOptimTq3ZM3RtWgM22fsiVaSxFIjbMUrOIfqM6g2C4BcGFsCmoDIJmak0Ay3UYKV960dnb0VbBLCTLni4/s1600/IMG_0926.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDr2VpNCP5y4jyGpaarDdmqqPnCdAkrIYMjr4mokDy1J4vBcU2HsDQHZ7-VxOptimTq3ZM3RtWgM22fsiVaSxFIjbMUrOIfqM6g2C4BcGFsCmoDIJmak0Ay3UYKV960dnb0VbBLCTLni4/s320/IMG_0926.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558423556762921122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mamaw--Ellis' great-grandmother</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_q5ShFW82VFLUJq0OKd6aXt0oQni2JvcGhixfPjfqp4bmbdYbvHYldyxmgI5-pOmQtXtAOpGBe_3mORYiCbfy2PbRxYOnfd0W03i1kkIc8R11JioqEPZn9tXs6wi7O36qnwLADyDXlXk/s1600/IMG_0934.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_q5ShFW82VFLUJq0OKd6aXt0oQni2JvcGhixfPjfqp4bmbdYbvHYldyxmgI5-pOmQtXtAOpGBe_3mORYiCbfy2PbRxYOnfd0W03i1kkIc8R11JioqEPZn9tXs6wi7O36qnwLADyDXlXk/s320/IMG_0934.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558423551065946898" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">SKATEBOARD</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA5IBkvI2KV6Ae9TvuKnBpcxsR9XzXXnuESxH3fjiVs741gePvrEJkPYIqrdX_LOF2-7DpLjAZa6hZTlzbFKardZl8mVA6mEVxeXSclv0MTLFISTTDeAOErebbsfsXlCRotGUQgvhD2Ag/s1600/IMG_0943.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA5IBkvI2KV6Ae9TvuKnBpcxsR9XzXXnuESxH3fjiVs741gePvrEJkPYIqrdX_LOF2-7DpLjAZa6hZTlzbFKardZl8mVA6mEVxeXSclv0MTLFISTTDeAOErebbsfsXlCRotGUQgvhD2Ag/s320/IMG_0943.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558423299691375714" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Skateboard from Uncle Bro</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_i5bwKMGDnPezj2M4gsRv3G1wvBNBr4CBhwoUnFRHYqB5aO0_xsJD7Rj6__7yXt9AFDqABOgAczp3K5lLIFKirOv3RWHwdF_gXliK4SGG0kKpRwNq3_1JHaOZGjDtPBQ4V-6I5XwFhWU/s1600/IMG_0948.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_i5bwKMGDnPezj2M4gsRv3G1wvBNBr4CBhwoUnFRHYqB5aO0_xsJD7Rj6__7yXt9AFDqABOgAczp3K5lLIFKirOv3RWHwdF_gXliK4SGG0kKpRwNq3_1JHaOZGjDtPBQ4V-6I5XwFhWU/s320/IMG_0948.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558423295385834770" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">BOWLING</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWoun8mODr45kUotK6PfmKFjS_p6WvrMhAQT2LxTUpv_3TcI32QQ_nqVt0CJO8fP0zaxNc57suq7k1eRE0osKUNNb_C46ZACSsK27pUgojUXyii00J42UpCH3t4ToMCh6YU5BW_2cKPpk/s1600/IMG_0955.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWoun8mODr45kUotK6PfmKFjS_p6WvrMhAQT2LxTUpv_3TcI32QQ_nqVt0CJO8fP0zaxNc57suq7k1eRE0osKUNNb_C46ZACSsK27pUgojUXyii00J42UpCH3t4ToMCh6YU5BW_2cKPpk/s320/IMG_0955.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558423286549857394" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Lite Bright!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaS-EAatn2hyphenhyphenPXjOX04sulkeGsv8-Ro5hWgJdIArHfKeozxoY6fGl6QcamLc0dlBIB31UbDb5hMxs5d-Q-fLVpfgOig5u5xVdrlDIVxHiNvQcn_Vfhy2PGSR-qhr6nhTE0m4cW9ieIwZc/s1600/IMG_0961.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaS-EAatn2hyphenhyphenPXjOX04sulkeGsv8-Ro5hWgJdIArHfKeozxoY6fGl6QcamLc0dlBIB31UbDb5hMxs5d-Q-fLVpfgOig5u5xVdrlDIVxHiNvQcn_Vfhy2PGSR-qhr6nhTE0m4cW9ieIwZc/s320/IMG_0961.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558423280111417890" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It snowed on Christmas day in Nashville. First time since 1969!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFe31KqyIH4LPWkd-3DKCGwpQceYmeXE7YbvZOXga2EOGLwWF8vnyUz9OfSntQPjGVgHrbwD4unaLoVypn4xIuXylI8d3d_osyMr9aF9ZPeMjnslJ7DYVJmeVenLuJRgE7FFZaLG7m4ag/s1600/IMG_0981.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFe31KqyIH4LPWkd-3DKCGwpQceYmeXE7YbvZOXga2EOGLwWF8vnyUz9OfSntQPjGVgHrbwD4unaLoVypn4xIuXylI8d3d_osyMr9aF9ZPeMjnslJ7DYVJmeVenLuJRgE7FFZaLG7m4ag/s320/IMG_0981.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558423277195576834" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The house I grew up in.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMaJLN8-chBI-VLAmiP8Dh34uf7d4b9BoLDUPj3P2Ji5z3Fu12lt4wt3yU6noU8KgJUGa8putYY6znJrdcOmV7ZHmIYS9do3VeGiJ6U2BbEBpXkNrqy7oRWSOF5GnoA_6So0XcrFNYXws/s1600/IMG_0990.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMaJLN8-chBI-VLAmiP8Dh34uf7d4b9BoLDUPj3P2Ji5z3Fu12lt4wt3yU6noU8KgJUGa8putYY6znJrdcOmV7ZHmIYS9do3VeGiJ6U2BbEBpXkNrqy7oRWSOF5GnoA_6So0XcrFNYXws/s320/IMG_0990.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558422898214287426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daddy and Ellis made two little snowmen that Ellis named Kayla and Mayla</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYxVU46w99HqtTeoyDMMTAuDHb68BePq7CCt0GowSlwQGiMD_YOZe25kozBtySX6UZoK9PM8eEAE12YYRzSkJJ7GnAN7REDn4reFGxICkCKqDVv8ce_p3Vc1wkxPwmiTLCuc8c42s7tOc/s1600/IMG_0994.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYxVU46w99HqtTeoyDMMTAuDHb68BePq7CCt0GowSlwQGiMD_YOZe25kozBtySX6UZoK9PM8eEAE12YYRzSkJJ7GnAN7REDn4reFGxICkCKqDVv8ce_p3Vc1wkxPwmiTLCuc8c42s7tOc/s320/IMG_0994.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558422891046096738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Playing lite bright with Pop</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvufWYCMOh6Zzucqfmuk3N3HOgGGI-T1POB_naSshja_N9C2Ubd7i7D1rG60LN1YXRXL6GPsioezIKfMrvdgVVjOYXdUAPJji51EKxHKXHX65rJA_a-5_7fG0NQY5eAV-B5nd8fv6XxAw/s1600/IMG_0996.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvufWYCMOh6Zzucqfmuk3N3HOgGGI-T1POB_naSshja_N9C2Ubd7i7D1rG60LN1YXRXL6GPsioezIKfMrvdgVVjOYXdUAPJji51EKxHKXHX65rJA_a-5_7fG0NQY5eAV-B5nd8fv6XxAw/s320/IMG_0996.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558422886644899730" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Side profile</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qqoP5LzKr3xa7owqXWD5P_2dRjHz-b6xo9dt2UpDUjkY3tPMerbODwdCX4V10nGUQavlM1iBPViX7E9WwzFcgEOm_twrsDDLI-pkUxDU_Y4RfWD6yS6ElPGORreK3p0cj-RKkuPz1GQ/s1600/IMG_1004.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qqoP5LzKr3xa7owqXWD5P_2dRjHz-b6xo9dt2UpDUjkY3tPMerbODwdCX4V10nGUQavlM1iBPViX7E9WwzFcgEOm_twrsDDLI-pkUxDU_Y4RfWD6yS6ElPGORreK3p0cj-RKkuPz1GQ/s320/IMG_1004.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558422884212892466" /></a>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-32089442869934060322010-12-29T22:11:00.009-05:002010-12-29T22:53:00.315-05:00Fall and Winter 2010<div style="text-align: left;">Well, once again, it has been awhile since I posted on here. As I suspected when I posted over the summer, the past few months have flown by in a whirlwind. I am still in school too, which makes the days fly faster than I ever could have imagined. But, enough about me. Now, back to the star of the show--Ellis. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This fall was a time of great transition for Ellis. To begin with, we got her haircut for the first time! I cried; she didn't. Then, Ellis started preschool two mornings a week. Again, I cried; she didn't. In fact, she seemed to take to school right away though she still gets a little sad sometimes when we drop her off. But she talks about her classmates often and really likes her teachers. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Well, I think that sums it up for fall and winter. I hope you enjoy the pictures. I'm going to try to post some pictures from our Christmas in the next few days, so stay tuned for those. And a Happy New Year to all of you!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Apple picking</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd776ig-Q9ynKckFdQ8KvDkFzeuPZoyXfN0MIgU1vsbhKjcdR8k7VfyTC43BHA0ULAybpnpT7JQ66XMfMeEMZr60510FN9ywk_jbpP0q9obSLwcKM2UBkRmu4tVl8tuiFG7f4YFj39lK8/s1600/IMG_0755.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd776ig-Q9ynKckFdQ8KvDkFzeuPZoyXfN0MIgU1vsbhKjcdR8k7VfyTC43BHA0ULAybpnpT7JQ66XMfMeEMZr60510FN9ywk_jbpP0q9obSLwcKM2UBkRmu4tVl8tuiFG7f4YFj39lK8/s320/IMG_0755.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556313443745614754" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Apple picking in the daddy backpack</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVVyO1Ano6R4ezJGjVmQHz5qICgARz7u8hkMGt4nwZbc89sMP7SlZk58iIDzo6GwiB1eNmLjOFKbRZd7dOHxpEmHiW_GoatEz82xImq5kOpu5JqM4TQ6f6DIkV6EOt3u4He1JFSFUe6hY/s1600/IMG_0748.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVVyO1Ano6R4ezJGjVmQHz5qICgARz7u8hkMGt4nwZbc89sMP7SlZk58iIDzo6GwiB1eNmLjOFKbRZd7dOHxpEmHiW_GoatEz82xImq5kOpu5JqM4TQ6f6DIkV6EOt3u4He1JFSFUe6hY/s320/IMG_0748.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556313444496273122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Walking with daddy to school on her first day</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8l_bRiIdF7GG5q488a_OK171U8t-ImuQrhSbIkLe9cgPTeRErmwbYPWlWy2nwkkTeJIaOBwR6r6WaKXjZREKMlBnDhe0_Egqm26uQ0Csig3a2qRworaQXP01KP0W_a2AlaIp0aOvc8o/s1600/IMG_0778.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8l_bRiIdF7GG5q488a_OK171U8t-ImuQrhSbIkLe9cgPTeRErmwbYPWlWy2nwkkTeJIaOBwR6r6WaKXjZREKMlBnDhe0_Egqm26uQ0Csig3a2qRworaQXP01KP0W_a2AlaIp0aOvc8o/s320/IMG_0778.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556312706730417218" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Giving daddy hugs before her first day of school</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoneSBWPzUqw4Oxaq8CRCpCHrGm89GKEfM1cQCkOcVnFcRy4Jg-GqH1UTCyhbnaOswhA6MKb7QKsxQkd4zHz6KX5C-SuR1hnuBfZun7VsIWI51NhvV_lurdQOD0qcZlkIUXTeYgPoE-nA/s1600/IMG_3743.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoneSBWPzUqw4Oxaq8CRCpCHrGm89GKEfM1cQCkOcVnFcRy4Jg-GqH1UTCyhbnaOswhA6MKb7QKsxQkd4zHz6KX5C-SuR1hnuBfZun7VsIWI51NhvV_lurdQOD0qcZlkIUXTeYgPoE-nA/s320/IMG_3743.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556309607412455794" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She was excited about going to school, though I don't think she knew exactly what that meant.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8zSIPksSxOUtnbW_sVU5m2DpEsLbqQVY6BHU0QDgqx5lp9KMkQG67CgLQF-oPZ2YQHdjD-rV5RM95TXqP_gJOvm46pm0-1tHNKFRBZ57MEGjZd6ErWgBDOKOiAsKMgxJOvdrSisXpPw/s1600/IMG_3746.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8zSIPksSxOUtnbW_sVU5m2DpEsLbqQVY6BHU0QDgqx5lp9KMkQG67CgLQF-oPZ2YQHdjD-rV5RM95TXqP_gJOvm46pm0-1tHNKFRBZ57MEGjZd6ErWgBDOKOiAsKMgxJOvdrSisXpPw/s320/IMG_3746.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556309604051596818" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daddy and daughter love</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwMcYIig_L5Ss7kutdbmcnXzpEfjXNPXLC6ul1XcTv3Z_vC4b1PoRyLXDoCFhPcAbRW4w2zwJYA8S3gHgl4qBMEIqcajEb7gzx98Ct5GkIJ7slrY7L4SpMGy3Jtd7QmXHqy_T1dOQ1uvw/s1600/IMG_3748.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwMcYIig_L5Ss7kutdbmcnXzpEfjXNPXLC6ul1XcTv3Z_vC4b1PoRyLXDoCFhPcAbRW4w2zwJYA8S3gHgl4qBMEIqcajEb7gzx98Ct5GkIJ7slrY7L4SpMGy3Jtd7QmXHqy_T1dOQ1uvw/s320/IMG_3748.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556309593666867554" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Playing with her classmates on her first day of school</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE9Q6xEQ9mQhefccjSRYR7dNgh-pTOuf0yEo-V5pOVMbnZQ7ygaIZ0YBpJTiTA2DnAYuOE9LmjC3u7PeEzXQjLiTzrcf-nk6n2KAl3SF6RFlbh_vjMo8yAZX0TdZYwT0u2H0YDZb3UTy4/s1600/IMG_0782.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE9Q6xEQ9mQhefccjSRYR7dNgh-pTOuf0yEo-V5pOVMbnZQ7ygaIZ0YBpJTiTA2DnAYuOE9LmjC3u7PeEzXQjLiTzrcf-nk6n2KAl3SF6RFlbh_vjMo8yAZX0TdZYwT0u2H0YDZb3UTy4/s320/IMG_0782.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556313457294592834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>Painting on her first day of school<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbXN5WsfD80ZeH-kN9KaNfzrgX1BfzjfRiNqxbp77wRJZYrfIXbrFG5TgBL73pWMGA-NaP_TH6jQ3j6u8xSmtsZSKlBB_tWSzyZknalIoiXVCT_26p4nYKWu8BnUr_R1uxEDIR_kxuiQ/s1600/IMG_0781.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbXN5WsfD80ZeH-kN9KaNfzrgX1BfzjfRiNqxbp77wRJZYrfIXbrFG5TgBL73pWMGA-NaP_TH6jQ3j6u8xSmtsZSKlBB_tWSzyZknalIoiXVCT_26p4nYKWu8BnUr_R1uxEDIR_kxuiQ/s320/IMG_0781.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556313452039054946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">For Halloween this year, Ellis was a NASA astronaut</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOPCKMwCQyqKx_IMt4gshP3f2CsFzHitxnP9Ea5dQ86MtY37k-kUDGOqRGMwZO8nEoq7NmPV8x6XhPy7EWUGg0Ik_rhKetuxnW4opjdbClpBTqlz74AcFMPs0N-qPR6k-IVRntD7hm9p8/s1600/IMG_3759.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOPCKMwCQyqKx_IMt4gshP3f2CsFzHitxnP9Ea5dQ86MtY37k-kUDGOqRGMwZO8nEoq7NmPV8x6XhPy7EWUGg0Ik_rhKetuxnW4opjdbClpBTqlz74AcFMPs0N-qPR6k-IVRntD7hm9p8/s320/IMG_3759.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556309596021074146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I think NASA would hire her in a second</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH149xk4VMqlAOv2dv9hYoYCnOR7sNZ_aMdi-XdoUqjkyK1NyhS2ThtDcF_xFo7mC45Kv951Vk8VYI5E7pyf5s51yFGEiCNLMo45fcA3s8rvxiF-t5JAzRIA2Gzp6rxlctmTsef6Hzh2g/s1600/IMG_3766.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH149xk4VMqlAOv2dv9hYoYCnOR7sNZ_aMdi-XdoUqjkyK1NyhS2ThtDcF_xFo7mC45Kv951Vk8VYI5E7pyf5s51yFGEiCNLMo45fcA3s8rvxiF-t5JAzRIA2Gzp6rxlctmTsef6Hzh2g/s320/IMG_3766.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556309594934838146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Helping mommy study for her big test</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3ADWezZKccbtzFFPgdxVFN9jfdEiM-6t5kCujWfZTT5XEBXTajEAmZrTSvRQVz-m1DXyZdkuI8S_3rfnGmhTbbamgrziH6kFarKyBh-f1DVRsmFhF5WzKG4ZcgTeN99nbLAaUXVC4qs/s1600/IMG_3775.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3ADWezZKccbtzFFPgdxVFN9jfdEiM-6t5kCujWfZTT5XEBXTajEAmZrTSvRQVz-m1DXyZdkuI8S_3rfnGmhTbbamgrziH6kFarKyBh-f1DVRsmFhF5WzKG4ZcgTeN99nbLAaUXVC4qs/s320/IMG_3775.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556309278855916834" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Fall is in the air</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeVUD6m4K6qrxfnX1JGawst4G2ceBymbuo_jDZ_pJFk6nv967T0_srp0d5XYgGtafuc_nHobONyaG8FyUV9HI0Chdfyhn3tyg5gCT1E19qeTACxXEc4XCB1TVE1bR7QSI9xm3UaUoPug/s1600/IMG_3782.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeVUD6m4K6qrxfnX1JGawst4G2ceBymbuo_jDZ_pJFk6nv967T0_srp0d5XYgGtafuc_nHobONyaG8FyUV9HI0Chdfyhn3tyg5gCT1E19qeTACxXEc4XCB1TVE1bR7QSI9xm3UaUoPug/s320/IMG_3782.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556309274623646338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Look at how long her hair was the day of her first haircut</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWbg1xklXyQRosCIlndLgPyPCWQg2x_H-VcsOAlCaUPTCT9mFXAtAxPohoUglA3YfBixKV1Im3dWBXPm_ch_C6zYCdURaLRVa54rjEBuacrdLoOd73xLhXAGgRNaLigqkt0LEvNVTbBv4/s1600/IMG_3788.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWbg1xklXyQRosCIlndLgPyPCWQg2x_H-VcsOAlCaUPTCT9mFXAtAxPohoUglA3YfBixKV1Im3dWBXPm_ch_C6zYCdURaLRVa54rjEBuacrdLoOd73xLhXAGgRNaLigqkt0LEvNVTbBv4/s320/IMG_3788.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556309274944146066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The haircut place</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXGneWOxNSbDXitIITXq-n0U3X5Ssz9M2Kh5WRsr7Kl9yog1LMnw3QLV1rc_0n0TYPehvAj_1edazGYzlY79gyX-BWgonLHDe18Os6-1kJnJ6lSaTV818ZEfFEoUIsR8DSvCBhqO5HYo/s1600/IMG_3791.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXGneWOxNSbDXitIITXq-n0U3X5Ssz9M2Kh5WRsr7Kl9yog1LMnw3QLV1rc_0n0TYPehvAj_1edazGYzlY79gyX-BWgonLHDe18Os6-1kJnJ6lSaTV818ZEfFEoUIsR8DSvCBhqO5HYo/s320/IMG_3791.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556309270560904642" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She was a brave girl in the barber chair</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWQKnBV-t7Lz8DcPIiLvtcXcC4LCX-S7bvrOK8AH14bkVE2z0gqoTkTSnoQEK5Scrt8ffd0oLiq5qI4Bb5ZIIs3jepk-zDwmk73ff7e4OHheXL4TpOQjLwsw17pm5WgCHgYcXgwjCE6I/s1600/IMG_3793.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWQKnBV-t7Lz8DcPIiLvtcXcC4LCX-S7bvrOK8AH14bkVE2z0gqoTkTSnoQEK5Scrt8ffd0oLiq5qI4Bb5ZIIs3jepk-zDwmk73ff7e4OHheXL4TpOQjLwsw17pm5WgCHgYcXgwjCE6I/s320/IMG_3793.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556309271255435122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Snip, snip (I cried but she didn't)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFQ5Ob41MknxfSOWEZn4zrEnlRivJjVTehUeA39fWpoi5e6DsiKOEZAJUznU_iiFOtmHXTVATUJBbUy4jKv-FvHgOe5P2Y3I7mdxKbtEnkH_d6uX4RcJaC5qighGyBKbjuI2xHMxE5h0/s1600/IMG_3800.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFQ5Ob41MknxfSOWEZn4zrEnlRivJjVTehUeA39fWpoi5e6DsiKOEZAJUznU_iiFOtmHXTVATUJBbUy4jKv-FvHgOe5P2Y3I7mdxKbtEnkH_d6uX4RcJaC5qighGyBKbjuI2xHMxE5h0/s320/IMG_3800.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556308965353993122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mommy and daughter love</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfasJwbJ1Lh_CvofDzu29_IqOS2ni4Otwna7SgkJE1GpL1RaxwqJKk088fo8kaIJtv1BugU0ydypC0XtAdI158EzGOWzQDwLRww_O1kHrC4Wf54qALCATo5rKaH0MUAbohQU4GCnVgJ6I/s1600/IMG_3803.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfasJwbJ1Lh_CvofDzu29_IqOS2ni4Otwna7SgkJE1GpL1RaxwqJKk088fo8kaIJtv1BugU0ydypC0XtAdI158EzGOWzQDwLRww_O1kHrC4Wf54qALCATo5rKaH0MUAbohQU4GCnVgJ6I/s320/IMG_3803.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556308959571241138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She's getting excited about the lollipop she was going to get for not crying</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuVCnmzZCHJ3jTWEw43WwHgJT9Utq7sdWpqACAiguM313TD4PpoluAaW0dmduyrijjxts9w2uVXRYlujFs_jDfEVuCT1y7AKCzSbm6g9ZyNj-arGUr6opMR3J_RKTA0XRx1XbYT_0COQ/s1600/IMG_3808.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuVCnmzZCHJ3jTWEw43WwHgJT9Utq7sdWpqACAiguM313TD4PpoluAaW0dmduyrijjxts9w2uVXRYlujFs_jDfEVuCT1y7AKCzSbm6g9ZyNj-arGUr6opMR3J_RKTA0XRx1XbYT_0COQ/s320/IMG_3808.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556308958535945458" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">After the haircut--so cute!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuWZ6kdozZ-Ke3b0-yVco43t7zPHZAckSIvW0_msmlwGG437pIit_PomATgnK8ARHngr4MtNE5RC5dT30H0iSKRv3wPK0hgja2FbV5isCdYxOklECH8ePnb9qNz6Z-R4K48BDrmtXMa0/s1600/IMG_3821.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuWZ6kdozZ-Ke3b0-yVco43t7zPHZAckSIvW0_msmlwGG437pIit_PomATgnK8ARHngr4MtNE5RC5dT30H0iSKRv3wPK0hgja2FbV5isCdYxOklECH8ePnb9qNz6Z-R4K48BDrmtXMa0/s320/IMG_3821.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556308957611166578" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Uncle Bro came to our house for Thanksgiving</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhql_twpHsV0zj9rozGs-s8d9UuSiFhbrHfZXJCWcvEr8xx1TrDqXgt-VfXNWXSJxslDOjwdOhE9azR5ptlmLik-LFoZ5qORrVuiSTwqBzXSK8IUulExA93GSy1vIQQY9-f5sSJujuBzeg/s1600/IMG_3848.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhql_twpHsV0zj9rozGs-s8d9UuSiFhbrHfZXJCWcvEr8xx1TrDqXgt-VfXNWXSJxslDOjwdOhE9azR5ptlmLik-LFoZ5qORrVuiSTwqBzXSK8IUulExA93GSy1vIQQY9-f5sSJujuBzeg/s320/IMG_3848.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556308539513437250" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Erick and I have taken a picture at this exact same place (Cheers) every Thanksgiving for the past seven years.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); 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height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibgPE04onT5mhDf2sVhrfwUePAFi-x9DTOEOyBWDieSKXWeeW3zpcn5mu4h5aRMvuBcX2-kTXS_W-uUQ3pnDnNF5LHnIz54P6sKwHIpuUovg8hT1uKtEtOgzwnLa0R0dq7JwQnp0ZGz4g/s320/IMG_3855.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556308533929635074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Apple cider donuts!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbF0mlOQgEJEeC0SSMX_AtqnqVugO5sHGC3w14FcgbnV6zAwK27vzUw5b6fkzmGtxarGE-KTFE0RSwFHYKb6bgtOhYK1V22SnAgZ1-xa7SmcDDEu5aYFgJ0FK5zRV9Q5eTu7VhbjMEEBM/s1600/IMG_3864.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbF0mlOQgEJEeC0SSMX_AtqnqVugO5sHGC3w14FcgbnV6zAwK27vzUw5b6fkzmGtxarGE-KTFE0RSwFHYKb6bgtOhYK1V22SnAgZ1-xa7SmcDDEu5aYFgJ0FK5zRV9Q5eTu7VhbjMEEBM/s320/IMG_3864.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556308530901091074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Riding the little blue train at the Christmas tree farm</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOZG47TiWLQ48NKiunlf7sdY8KpaGKJa7uYmhoeQ8Ba3p8mPliRENyqNrGrZUHPhSOycp23bdfjYg5FdDBOkdDKAxWPtulhAeGBXJyGF1fU5sYBtkpa9B6Cnh3xU9bEzCoaL-bnYH4iA/s1600/IMG_3871.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOZG47TiWLQ48NKiunlf7sdY8KpaGKJa7uYmhoeQ8Ba3p8mPliRENyqNrGrZUHPhSOycp23bdfjYg5FdDBOkdDKAxWPtulhAeGBXJyGF1fU5sYBtkpa9B6Cnh3xU9bEzCoaL-bnYH4iA/s320/IMG_3871.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556308531512558578" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Freezing with daddy</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSb6D0L8hSKnvnMJc0Z8MxUnQObqU-SpmCTcyHCurxTdD5bEuyJMY5_kByA5nA_uf4y8AKYJmQWV_WV6UIfkMXhJIozZ3y4YhMAMWrTWiMQxvc3u_ulSSecenenXpyaMm1A1HacqBpRbU/s1600/IMG_3874.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSb6D0L8hSKnvnMJc0Z8MxUnQObqU-SpmCTcyHCurxTdD5bEuyJMY5_kByA5nA_uf4y8AKYJmQWV_WV6UIfkMXhJIozZ3y4YhMAMWrTWiMQxvc3u_ulSSecenenXpyaMm1A1HacqBpRbU/s320/IMG_3874.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556308527913095858" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This was the tree we picked (Okay, I picked it).</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhSuleguR-4sOnE-jUZZYTDXr-cQuBslaKxY-TludMun4smigB2YARE9obhwX6eEgY1gE23-vlAqbLQoukUtye8z8tkihnUc8HzaGX0zR_yKVnbIi6xamr6q-BxyXopXBk1HFouYxKSo/s1600/IMG_3884.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhSuleguR-4sOnE-jUZZYTDXr-cQuBslaKxY-TludMun4smigB2YARE9obhwX6eEgY1gE23-vlAqbLQoukUtye8z8tkihnUc8HzaGX0zR_yKVnbIi6xamr6q-BxyXopXBk1HFouYxKSo/s320/IMG_3884.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556308218324803506" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daddy and Uncle Bro cut down the tree</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkP2vNV16DZ7e7nDt0F9ha9Q8Tx72liJzBmdmsYbPiWD_zAaFDY_sNAwFnJc_7M8U1e6MXENWKWZw2DGFiISeURAechrgnjBG6pu5VOOo8P33wxte8717xMuVOCa9Ie7_TocWgAJvSR5c/s1600/IMG_3888.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkP2vNV16DZ7e7nDt0F9ha9Q8Tx72liJzBmdmsYbPiWD_zAaFDY_sNAwFnJc_7M8U1e6MXENWKWZw2DGFiISeURAechrgnjBG6pu5VOOo8P33wxte8717xMuVOCa9Ie7_TocWgAJvSR5c/s320/IMG_3888.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556308211416085058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ellis supervised</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwKCm6IucznA2Q1d60iAagaiZoaC7h9Lpvj-oOH1YtSrJOQoneP0qalIcjPluaATMHFIgrfygNwnVI_PBpgsp_lnMVd9BVjGr1Nsfp8FLznifimWoskcL32tk4DsRzIDkaRWlJs7z9uuE/s1600/IMG_3894.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwKCm6IucznA2Q1d60iAagaiZoaC7h9Lpvj-oOH1YtSrJOQoneP0qalIcjPluaATMHFIgrfygNwnVI_PBpgsp_lnMVd9BVjGr1Nsfp8FLznifimWoskcL32tk4DsRzIDkaRWlJs7z9uuE/s320/IMG_3894.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556308209232533570" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ellis helped me decorate our tree</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Ixi2gbxZaVyp_XrtId3ktbFoLcs-uGtM4LxqJW4nKX622zRLP0x_qPf8Gam-eygOBq3EUpaV14A_Zq9iR5vV8h2x7F4RlLhInZYaDel0p3-VPg5paX8F96P20sx9th1ehvzgncqqRFE/s1600/IMG_3904.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Ixi2gbxZaVyp_XrtId3ktbFoLcs-uGtM4LxqJW4nKX622zRLP0x_qPf8Gam-eygOBq3EUpaV14A_Zq9iR5vV8h2x7F4RlLhInZYaDel0p3-VPg5paX8F96P20sx9th1ehvzgncqqRFE/s320/IMG_3904.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556308208454519298" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I love this face!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTh73F7xGnH3zHI0gbqYqfhwms4c6V2QysOSt9X7oMbDMf4-A8MnEwiH7am2F8cqE6_lhdGgByxnIxEGqMqZRR6_5s4b1rb1e0y8IzyUTAllD9pfHSeRGkyZJyjBk8lbOQDyOIu6ueF9k/s1600/IMG_3907.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTh73F7xGnH3zHI0gbqYqfhwms4c6V2QysOSt9X7oMbDMf4-A8MnEwiH7am2F8cqE6_lhdGgByxnIxEGqMqZRR6_5s4b1rb1e0y8IzyUTAllD9pfHSeRGkyZJyjBk8lbOQDyOIu6ueF9k/s320/IMG_3907.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556308203259738946" /></a>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-60265576404579312202010-08-22T21:30:00.009-04:002010-08-22T22:17:05.380-04:00A Summer Worth of Pictures<div style="text-align: left;">I'm sure that some of you have been wondering why I haven't posted since Easter. To say that life has gotten really busy would be an understatement. Since April a lot of things have changed for us. For starters, we sold our 2 bedroom condo and moved to a 3+ bedroom condo on the other side of town. The extra rooms have been great and Ellis has adjusted really well to her new surroundings. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The only thing she hasn't adjusted well to is the fact that I am no longer a stay-at-home-mom. I have started nursing school full-time and so, as a result, Ellis has a full-time nanny now. Neither of us was too thrilled with this at first but we're both getting more and more used to the idea. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Also, Ellis has become potty trained! And she starts preschool two mornings a week in October. (She had to be potty trained to go so that's why these two thoughts go together!) </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Boston has been absolutely beautiful this summer so, while I'm only home on Fridays during the week, we have made the very best of it. I hope you enjoy the pictures. I'll try to be better about posting, but I'm not making any promises that I'll be able to keep up with it once school resumes again. For now--enjoy the pictures. She's growing so fast it's kind of hard to keep up!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Playing with mommy on my last day as a stay-at-home mom.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJOs5OxqBxFLpXYxjGmiqxXNE7G9Qyb49RGw-xnTe3yLlmuDqeZtu3iR-_sk3kDJYRi0Oorz7c0IMf9AlIeqWl3wgC85eQGdFeS_t096ITY6JT4Fj7ryVWRbNS1WjOTQtEcvSwv-PCdM/s1600/IMG_0402.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJOs5OxqBxFLpXYxjGmiqxXNE7G9Qyb49RGw-xnTe3yLlmuDqeZtu3iR-_sk3kDJYRi0Oorz7c0IMf9AlIeqWl3wgC85eQGdFeS_t096ITY6JT4Fj7ryVWRbNS1WjOTQtEcvSwv-PCdM/s320/IMG_0402.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508414485920654338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She, of course, was oblivious about how important the day was.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEine_RECdi8LzzkgqMeJwern9VFLRyx90fVJHS1xmK_avaioKX3xy7WAreuqTYVVAtiSbC1F0Nt0mCFjqE9ctNGb5EtpW9WzgQ1rx4O5YpVgp2jiQ1KM5RbvWAzxiUOVWj26pg70tcXMEE/s1600/IMG_0403.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEine_RECdi8LzzkgqMeJwern9VFLRyx90fVJHS1xmK_avaioKX3xy7WAreuqTYVVAtiSbC1F0Nt0mCFjqE9ctNGb5EtpW9WzgQ1rx4O5YpVgp2jiQ1KM5RbvWAzxiUOVWj26pg70tcXMEE/s320/IMG_0403.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508414482073503554" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Happy girl! I knew that I was going to miss seeing this face all day.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BGy2cQcMmos1j9lfOxbr8B89Kzb1K0yZSlOUu4xXXkrOTtbG5LPIqbrcMQ8G8eB-bW8DNT325TIpMWGnwRPT1E5AMcPhvo9RjsVJ4XtgGqGwKL5r1vvHSY_yLJV20qfzXUSLGCUHe6Q/s1600/IMG_0411.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BGy2cQcMmos1j9lfOxbr8B89Kzb1K0yZSlOUu4xXXkrOTtbG5LPIqbrcMQ8G8eB-bW8DNT325TIpMWGnwRPT1E5AMcPhvo9RjsVJ4XtgGqGwKL5r1vvHSY_yLJV20qfzXUSLGCUHe6Q/s320/IMG_0411.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508414480756366546" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My sweet girl.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK6H-pkmgv2ZnhDcZT6RvxSAklPzDhZyCufafnQ-02WhLTmznurZkV9T9hRHkgudNx8cs0FjaJPit6NN-64WgX4aZIVVMgdBH7npE9c67SKCL2U-F66VmbXplGqZE6cLYIjDLLS8P21iQ/s1600/IMG_0420.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK6H-pkmgv2ZnhDcZT6RvxSAklPzDhZyCufafnQ-02WhLTmznurZkV9T9hRHkgudNx8cs0FjaJPit6NN-64WgX4aZIVVMgdBH7npE9c67SKCL2U-F66VmbXplGqZE6cLYIjDLLS8P21iQ/s320/IMG_0420.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508414476906128386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Just look at how they are both sitting--like daddy, like daughter.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22oYCvJQjovPuXFvandqL93ubvCzfSRztx6vZJewGWocEn_C3YfYgKqE78YhkWbZgfNyYH_GE6iJzi6aJjVsc3XdNxxmgWTcIXhATVg2plbKF4uIb4efyXhqgzfSUy7oMNj9fEcBz3Ds/s1600/IMG_0432.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22oYCvJQjovPuXFvandqL93ubvCzfSRztx6vZJewGWocEn_C3YfYgKqE78YhkWbZgfNyYH_GE6iJzi6aJjVsc3XdNxxmgWTcIXhATVg2plbKF4uIb4efyXhqgzfSUy7oMNj9fEcBz3Ds/s320/IMG_0432.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508414261321237314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dancing with Claire after a swim in the pool</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ZZz4R6s-BBZB1tAkkVFP1BxwwEE47Y3ooI204jNM3hk2ibMnCnzy1nwgBuDFc3qqIkPQ5pBZdw6Q2KJ3maDfnXLRUUlmrVBR6Xkks9vUmki2qXUGtxtr5WL5IRFliP4D2h2FiBQvLSA/s1600/IMG_0438.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ZZz4R6s-BBZB1tAkkVFP1BxwwEE47Y3ooI204jNM3hk2ibMnCnzy1nwgBuDFc3qqIkPQ5pBZdw6Q2KJ3maDfnXLRUUlmrVBR6Xkks9vUmki2qXUGtxtr5WL5IRFliP4D2h2FiBQvLSA/s320/IMG_0438.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508414255616933810" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Playing at the playground near my nursing school</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsXKvvY_GRRAvQoMqMfRow1-5leV2Q0fhp0os_KwEVP15CGho3yIsDjSqDT_B9c47xnk5JrM-FP8hXOHg28iNGmX7duNuxLjktgTORw_FstvSqMFabIA_YWVLxYFZFaLEEztoZkPblXs/s1600/IMG_0442.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsXKvvY_GRRAvQoMqMfRow1-5leV2Q0fhp0os_KwEVP15CGho3yIsDjSqDT_B9c47xnk5JrM-FP8hXOHg28iNGmX7duNuxLjktgTORw_FstvSqMFabIA_YWVLxYFZFaLEEztoZkPblXs/s320/IMG_0442.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508414245703282626" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">WATER!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBDNgkbmb_KtajDBoRVOD3GPwB8UEy7-EVC5Z1UtCQnVToutOwjvh8mX5rFxeAY_MxE8ZkWExNmEW8l_MzT6i4uYc51CWGb-cNTWmO05ZN0SJs5O42dF5emG9x20ceylu-Hu_6_OK_jCA/s1600/IMG_0444.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBDNgkbmb_KtajDBoRVOD3GPwB8UEy7-EVC5Z1UtCQnVToutOwjvh8mX5rFxeAY_MxE8ZkWExNmEW8l_MzT6i4uYc51CWGb-cNTWmO05ZN0SJs5O42dF5emG9x20ceylu-Hu_6_OK_jCA/s320/IMG_0444.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508414238790810562" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This is the view of Boston from my school</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedV5ZHEdwtfzJWRKqVET4Zdks4E20Rpcsl1tXlfTgmCtov13AmixGh-Q96X0DEiKATNJ2TEOBPktFC0Ft7N1vXtNlg2KBJGcq8wqHozg_AyK-aS2kYFCU7O4DaS06egVkoa9TXdOFXe0/s1600/IMG_0448.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedV5ZHEdwtfzJWRKqVET4Zdks4E20Rpcsl1tXlfTgmCtov13AmixGh-Q96X0DEiKATNJ2TEOBPktFC0Ft7N1vXtNlg2KBJGcq8wqHozg_AyK-aS2kYFCU7O4DaS06egVkoa9TXdOFXe0/s320/IMG_0448.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508414238135197282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Looking for "fishies".</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0jkZdx7V6Y20-YakM1uy7QFbT1Tb57SXHnn9oVp9i_050MsaLiLE7pS8gU43B0IOOFuxHywydo9LGxtm1TuulWwkTq7ydWAuIjPtwNIT01DKJXYIDq3XmyXHq_viAv5xr9DT3IooiiZ8/s1600/IMG_0449.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0jkZdx7V6Y20-YakM1uy7QFbT1Tb57SXHnn9oVp9i_050MsaLiLE7pS8gU43B0IOOFuxHywydo9LGxtm1TuulWwkTq7ydWAuIjPtwNIT01DKJXYIDq3XmyXHq_viAv5xr9DT3IooiiZ8/s320/IMG_0449.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508413501969617378" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">LOVE!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIdpKeVYhUuO6Qi7dRCqWCkbU-njU5CNXhErqddW4WtBqBUut6ORRe_IcJBGvKMTRkmo2az7JlbiqV6GU03XyeSpMMuXxIThjOmkvMKPiJClcsDd0rujUnWn-N4vqRSgvx0JOqTpcLcfk/s1600/IMG_0452.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIdpKeVYhUuO6Qi7dRCqWCkbU-njU5CNXhErqddW4WtBqBUut6ORRe_IcJBGvKMTRkmo2az7JlbiqV6GU03XyeSpMMuXxIThjOmkvMKPiJClcsDd0rujUnWn-N4vqRSgvx0JOqTpcLcfk/s320/IMG_0452.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508413505219218338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Driving daddy's car.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifHLy5Swp5CTnCHRjqHGjbVSrR246zrdyhkDJmv6ns6786ZgPBcrQfsqLIdzbRquixs7QkdiWivWOQzWuBPBkXLidyD74GWdV0bf2laFzDT_oTme1yUzBDJbhE4SFdUdwISO5tVLGjiYU/s1600/IMG_0459.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifHLy5Swp5CTnCHRjqHGjbVSrR246zrdyhkDJmv6ns6786ZgPBcrQfsqLIdzbRquixs7QkdiWivWOQzWuBPBkXLidyD74GWdV0bf2laFzDT_oTme1yUzBDJbhE4SFdUdwISO5tVLGjiYU/s320/IMG_0459.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508413500105367490" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Feeding ducks in the Boston Garden</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisw1nbnU1U1HRBKyEz0xerGA7fC1slOPGF8DTPDNzpQelsYJIo8qu_pWGisneZ0p3GLRnm2BRcMvNTUe3wtmV-PnEEWgvKP5JHOlERsuWSvAbeb69FYCOO89nW2NGPTIQJ2MaHi5D83fo/s1600/IMG_0464.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisw1nbnU1U1HRBKyEz0xerGA7fC1slOPGF8DTPDNzpQelsYJIo8qu_pWGisneZ0p3GLRnm2BRcMvNTUe3wtmV-PnEEWgvKP5JHOlERsuWSvAbeb69FYCOO89nW2NGPTIQJ2MaHi5D83fo/s320/IMG_0464.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508413495926054770" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We took her to an open house at her soon-to-be preschool.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc6vt1dNCj-rOGVj5luRkerAUHBd783mwtrFwOkjucJ09Qq1Mqz82-tzB2e9PjvuuID0W-PsXhplyKJjMMyt3frPBwjx-7EFheypJHiHB17quYElkUezCLk4zZrIrhh8j08gsCL710XqI/s1600/IMG_0474.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc6vt1dNCj-rOGVj5luRkerAUHBd783mwtrFwOkjucJ09Qq1Mqz82-tzB2e9PjvuuID0W-PsXhplyKJjMMyt3frPBwjx-7EFheypJHiHB17quYElkUezCLk4zZrIrhh8j08gsCL710XqI/s320/IMG_0474.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508413491372938658" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I don't know why but I just love this picture.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLK6ctTbnK1eAD_miZfw3IxKf02qSOQUQjzkCXGLXBBlLHqMC1tiNQQmuJgBHlry_ag-00dqoYyyDjrsAYb7BaSEnponLUtbAVfbqBi87DFxZ_b5dSRLMI859mEDSS4CHXWcQVR9bLmho/s1600/IMG_0477.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLK6ctTbnK1eAD_miZfw3IxKf02qSOQUQjzkCXGLXBBlLHqMC1tiNQQmuJgBHlry_ag-00dqoYyyDjrsAYb7BaSEnponLUtbAVfbqBi87DFxZ_b5dSRLMI859mEDSS4CHXWcQVR9bLmho/s320/IMG_0477.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508413119767143410" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ellis, Esme and Claire--they have known each other since they were 1 month old.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hPVUs-Iegnfa8lA4n0VqBfMalxra4Lebby47e6Nf6BT7xVPJoyAkGYWksbEpf0tAGZU8YWxvMn_jEQCp01OrI0iOIu60IIZ1Aeru0qxIMq8Ydf2qyFlri4K8M6DUkzJT4up2cmjLpN8/s1600/IMG_0546.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hPVUs-Iegnfa8lA4n0VqBfMalxra4Lebby47e6Nf6BT7xVPJoyAkGYWksbEpf0tAGZU8YWxvMn_jEQCp01OrI0iOIu60IIZ1Aeru0qxIMq8Ydf2qyFlri4K8M6DUkzJT4up2cmjLpN8/s320/IMG_0546.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508413110437356642" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Riding on the swan boats</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7ljGClJ1irld_usCGZ_m8RbH5y6YcsrNMvQ26C1G7hoFEEgBxkdUVUO0mHvXTRWqaNSFaaoOmI3f9zW1dryiooFWYf2F3xDcyFd55v_7pLV-gKfdzhFfwBG5qTgEVGZUxALwuMYiWNc/s1600/IMG_0551.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7ljGClJ1irld_usCGZ_m8RbH5y6YcsrNMvQ26C1G7hoFEEgBxkdUVUO0mHvXTRWqaNSFaaoOmI3f9zW1dryiooFWYf2F3xDcyFd55v_7pLV-gKfdzhFfwBG5qTgEVGZUxALwuMYiWNc/s320/IMG_0551.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508413107006074162" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Swimming (in Maine) with daddy</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg2DSi5dsrsT533WmV3hA-4TNXtnRPIwHiKBfhANmrU1nHhrUnFPH3uSKMueuDdtYESJituLXwMpTl5Nlo2y4EZhUQni0GNQFGTBPfW16hfYSd1HzPrs5jx70cuuwDKnBLeP629MoWD5Y/s1600/IMG_0577.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg2DSi5dsrsT533WmV3hA-4TNXtnRPIwHiKBfhANmrU1nHhrUnFPH3uSKMueuDdtYESJituLXwMpTl5Nlo2y4EZhUQni0GNQFGTBPfW16hfYSd1HzPrs5jx70cuuwDKnBLeP629MoWD5Y/s320/IMG_0577.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508413108735030402" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Strawberry Shortcake at the pool. A perfect summer treat.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuDVVMAK3pL-ENykAuXrJmp_J0DsMfSmui_bOJ1bZN1l2Yd_PhKBPseiX7Yb-6RxpuDsCl_X8a_b2N27UzcSnTy2GWdf_Z5XQACZcmRY3tDHl_bVaItWg4FZkLSbFOZvSLRu1Z_igBhm8/s1600/IMG_0581.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuDVVMAK3pL-ENykAuXrJmp_J0DsMfSmui_bOJ1bZN1l2Yd_PhKBPseiX7Yb-6RxpuDsCl_X8a_b2N27UzcSnTy2GWdf_Z5XQACZcmRY3tDHl_bVaItWg4FZkLSbFOZvSLRu1Z_igBhm8/s320/IMG_0581.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508413102476764418" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Sandcastles or Mud Pie? It's the same difference to her.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrqQGfsbgjdBaPcQB0xFwWLM-QsA_D4CL7AX_kOkyPEg7DlyrkCcWbLFnzakpuHGx1jSeAKNUZNqEpo0qto19c84-gE2vHuoDFElMPGGdwxSeqiDNG1Wm-0ctnRHLtY-8Q7rb3BkWOu4/s1600/IMG_0586.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrqQGfsbgjdBaPcQB0xFwWLM-QsA_D4CL7AX_kOkyPEg7DlyrkCcWbLFnzakpuHGx1jSeAKNUZNqEpo0qto19c84-gE2vHuoDFElMPGGdwxSeqiDNG1Wm-0ctnRHLtY-8Q7rb3BkWOu4/s320/IMG_0586.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508412740882816610" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mudcastles with daddy</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkh2SczdwuBg4M6hDqEXMMHMH9xxdmYrVGMI1tJ_it_YDsE3KIQagJnzE2-F301UMmDEjks9mVQhPVNMb_elQ3y0FlmXg0PH_d9wqx_dvb4aIZbdykfvhiy1KVBn9UonZ1EncCF0X3X0/s1600/IMG_0589.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkh2SczdwuBg4M6hDqEXMMHMH9xxdmYrVGMI1tJ_it_YDsE3KIQagJnzE2-F301UMmDEjks9mVQhPVNMb_elQ3y0FlmXg0PH_d9wqx_dvb4aIZbdykfvhiy1KVBn9UonZ1EncCF0X3X0/s320/IMG_0589.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508412732731679906" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">He's going to hate that I put this picture on here. But I think it's sweet!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFZKK8J2F8j_kSXzK9vyY3VQOkAR94akzO1vlYtr0vdqFO4qGuUUbEkSPMvs3k0ID_cYuGzT9gkRbtbDzaDaOAXMCqq4Q_q4ViNRiExyqVrcpNX3AUjMRWIFaiXoW0fEmsHv7L9wXGdU/s1600/IMG_0598.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFZKK8J2F8j_kSXzK9vyY3VQOkAR94akzO1vlYtr0vdqFO4qGuUUbEkSPMvs3k0ID_cYuGzT9gkRbtbDzaDaOAXMCqq4Q_q4ViNRiExyqVrcpNX3AUjMRWIFaiXoW0fEmsHv7L9wXGdU/s320/IMG_0598.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508412731849195602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Carousel. Ellis calls it "The Carrot-Self" and she loves it.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrABHpwYZvdO2qkjzEIODPMwY7TfINI1BgAArNaTW1d6v-VJgO1AnR4hfW2MdKy-ZD0G2EDUyrsW6wViU3SMQQ1WrMYnIg2mBdV5Q8DDaW4U3hOci3DaVmzAg-TBxaC975y80QcSWoVSc/s1600/IMG_0612.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrABHpwYZvdO2qkjzEIODPMwY7TfINI1BgAArNaTW1d6v-VJgO1AnR4hfW2MdKy-ZD0G2EDUyrsW6wViU3SMQQ1WrMYnIg2mBdV5Q8DDaW4U3hOci3DaVmzAg-TBxaC975y80QcSWoVSc/s320/IMG_0612.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508412725902561570" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">"Carrot-self" with daddy</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZbD1fcQoGf4FzdufogVVqeZh7fbsH341sDUJB7AhaXe8k6pmPNMNtz50QtK-B2wND-RRpRqudFitnpdI3N7SMzk7QR6YqxU81GGXQzhMMjxBF8So1GH4wRNLejjwKrZbjhA7JeiERUf8/s1600/IMG_0621.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZbD1fcQoGf4FzdufogVVqeZh7fbsH341sDUJB7AhaXe8k6pmPNMNtz50QtK-B2wND-RRpRqudFitnpdI3N7SMzk7QR6YqxU81GGXQzhMMjxBF8So1GH4wRNLejjwKrZbjhA7JeiERUf8/s320/IMG_0621.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508412723467755394" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This was her first McDonald's experience. She had four fries and asked for a Luna Bar.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhleZVp6aepgMcjK63oQlJ6jg_WMSVNLKlaWg5x0eHlxOU2vnylM6fJFCKNcmeHrsdFP009mTJGDO3lib6oC9VYR8Ka-1NngMReBRyDo-2Zv8b6HQReBiHBBXx14a7X7S7ptkz-a5WwDEc/s1600/IMG_0626.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhleZVp6aepgMcjK63oQlJ6jg_WMSVNLKlaWg5x0eHlxOU2vnylM6fJFCKNcmeHrsdFP009mTJGDO3lib6oC9VYR8Ka-1NngMReBRyDo-2Zv8b6HQReBiHBBXx14a7X7S7ptkz-a5WwDEc/s320/IMG_0626.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508412384820712610" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Splash park with daddy</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTf81SnsKgqkpHha_ZSOny5LAHDctBEXIUd5Mf4q-P-iFMSdixJcmGFd9zbTSU_pL2fQBoso-QO4tBJAYvJwUFKaEZZ90Nsfe40owxIgrocNxQHboCOnDAz9dimunWCVBd3s_e-lFneyM/s1600/IMG_0635.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTf81SnsKgqkpHha_ZSOny5LAHDctBEXIUd5Mf4q-P-iFMSdixJcmGFd9zbTSU_pL2fQBoso-QO4tBJAYvJwUFKaEZZ90Nsfe40owxIgrocNxQHboCOnDAz9dimunWCVBd3s_e-lFneyM/s320/IMG_0635.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508412384430703330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Chillin' in daddy's glasses</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4x6sElAWwbi1ihi319BbKMV5LvHjErY1THY0EL9xXsHd7yjKyHgO_sPIF8mKHqhtitAe8Ih0GRODI-7IrKDtzPJVc8WUmmX_TV3M5iedKheYOStOTmzPN9A1fXhhDgSruhoHMgBCyKH8/s1600/IMG_0637.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4x6sElAWwbi1ihi319BbKMV5LvHjErY1THY0EL9xXsHd7yjKyHgO_sPIF8mKHqhtitAe8Ih0GRODI-7IrKDtzPJVc8WUmmX_TV3M5iedKheYOStOTmzPN9A1fXhhDgSruhoHMgBCyKH8/s320/IMG_0637.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508412378286511250" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My sweet Ellis' face</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiX3Eb9tHyeH4w-OfvkdG2-2lBtiSuurIUw_0w6yopWkkcAV-cvcHG2jXHqZQomuW5hJHbQcjZRUaWbDjJtWpfe8AsZQ-JXix-G43JsGhuk8Dm9osv6bn5UC4n7pyTz-gXN2H-HcC6R64/s1600/IMG_0639.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiX3Eb9tHyeH4w-OfvkdG2-2lBtiSuurIUw_0w6yopWkkcAV-cvcHG2jXHqZQomuW5hJHbQcjZRUaWbDjJtWpfe8AsZQ-JXix-G43JsGhuk8Dm9osv6bn5UC4n7pyTz-gXN2H-HcC6R64/s320/IMG_0639.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508412373784085426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Having some milk at Nonna's house</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0yr0Yzab-JPwqvzdwhq3sTdokb6iUQMjtpvTPVGfdN5gosQHsLFBIoQmHcqRJ2j1ciTDxaYY4MevU-HbocYlel4GjzumAOf-nLTFxct-yHbwispo76UORb3h-9ZtfuAgeuiEqKrSRubY/s1600/IMG_0646.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0yr0Yzab-JPwqvzdwhq3sTdokb6iUQMjtpvTPVGfdN5gosQHsLFBIoQmHcqRJ2j1ciTDxaYY4MevU-HbocYlel4GjzumAOf-nLTFxct-yHbwispo76UORb3h-9ZtfuAgeuiEqKrSRubY/s320/IMG_0646.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508412375514429778" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Wearing an outfit that my mother used to wear when she was a child. (She's holding a picture of me wearing the same outfit in 1981.)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJ8x_yjmpjdxqDOOEFnUi3cJ37DHgo6bKfgvBa7MlPsjU2I5R_e5zlmRphX5UhkStj7LNhxkimyDZDFXN7rLO9SWoCBwEw_opVtqG7VWbiB0a2h94WF-9rM5ZdStiDpywjNVSyaqLIqA/s1600/IMG_0654.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJ8x_yjmpjdxqDOOEFnUi3cJ37DHgo6bKfgvBa7MlPsjU2I5R_e5zlmRphX5UhkStj7LNhxkimyDZDFXN7rLO9SWoCBwEw_opVtqG7VWbiB0a2h94WF-9rM5ZdStiDpywjNVSyaqLIqA/s320/IMG_0654.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508411951023762370" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Three generations.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxD3nFxww3NBgw0yVyPWbuVxaEcLVTIYDRLOcmMTEzAvYIZaD_1PiEb3NUwsZHvGdTnu0VTrWEpuS79cxKotul_UHZm1ctTMxHoG1cdx3wJOkmqCqRn07cAMRDsQiF03OtKozAI93Rr0/s1600/IMG_0657.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxD3nFxww3NBgw0yVyPWbuVxaEcLVTIYDRLOcmMTEzAvYIZaD_1PiEb3NUwsZHvGdTnu0VTrWEpuS79cxKotul_UHZm1ctTMxHoG1cdx3wJOkmqCqRn07cAMRDsQiF03OtKozAI93Rr0/s320/IMG_0657.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508411948287378226" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Four generations!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSlP5-mb9V1gZTFkSRRgoRfDR5NyuXUCgPd_nQEcFUH-53ZfTFjA5o_B9zAjdSZZT288xkcEgwxr5KfmaK4rumkHNXRKR7YWKqFyUsxEI434N69YXdwsyG5IKz1rKPYjYZxWt5p8uT3hw/s1600/IMG_0662.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSlP5-mb9V1gZTFkSRRgoRfDR5NyuXUCgPd_nQEcFUH-53ZfTFjA5o_B9zAjdSZZT288xkcEgwxr5KfmaK4rumkHNXRKR7YWKqFyUsxEI434N69YXdwsyG5IKz1rKPYjYZxWt5p8uT3hw/s320/IMG_0662.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508411949724183970" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She adores her Nonna.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT7_CJOR_VkoWwB9ZDsxxOzb6_JI5ag399_YShj_w3iusLxJ8nlkghZNlJ7k83Q8veLiR1YhP9gODp2lXi9dHLS7xKWjX4FbScxCLWvfpusuoBOnULB72pWEVfmSfUpS93c3gYMWJVC8U/s1600/IMG_0667.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT7_CJOR_VkoWwB9ZDsxxOzb6_JI5ag399_YShj_w3iusLxJ8nlkghZNlJ7k83Q8veLiR1YhP9gODp2lXi9dHLS7xKWjX4FbScxCLWvfpusuoBOnULB72pWEVfmSfUpS93c3gYMWJVC8U/s320/IMG_0667.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508411946132484738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I mean, c'mon, what can I say?!? </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAEn9a5btH0yVd_eG0-u8FLUfuXKmsoJzbPlzL09arfUXClsvkoN4Jbi_ZApVy6IGOmr6Mvl34g-DeWPr9zeV6mSPjdZenlzYXQ8LmbAA_52xykFtIOa-UYI8ZxyUOID5wc3hW0nIJRc/s1600/IMG_0676.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAEn9a5btH0yVd_eG0-u8FLUfuXKmsoJzbPlzL09arfUXClsvkoN4Jbi_ZApVy6IGOmr6Mvl34g-DeWPr9zeV6mSPjdZenlzYXQ8LmbAA_52xykFtIOa-UYI8ZxyUOID5wc3hW0nIJRc/s320/IMG_0676.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508411941375106370" /></a>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-45619516023090362932010-04-07T15:05:00.004-04:002010-04-07T15:15:09.382-04:00Easter Sunday<div>Well, Easter in Boston was gorgeous this year. Sunny and in the low 70's. Really, there was no way for it to be prettier. We all went to church in the morning and afterward we had a picnic at Ellis' favorite park. Nonna (my mom) sent Ellis a huge Easter basket which she loved! All in all, a glorious day to celebrate Christ's resurrection.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Walking to church with daddy</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIVdeOGnTlfd-lQRH7Md0Ni-bC23bA-5JVFLlaXLtaCubj1aEDKOr9qs8p-ICuTItH7v3fjXT4UO2mmBCO5PSh5-HKCrEE1Ev__PZyCskAa4_2dUOBIPRhkT121fvu_sqBi9saiLq6UAA/s1600/IMG_0352.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIVdeOGnTlfd-lQRH7Md0Ni-bC23bA-5JVFLlaXLtaCubj1aEDKOr9qs8p-ICuTItH7v3fjXT4UO2mmBCO5PSh5-HKCrEE1Ev__PZyCskAa4_2dUOBIPRhkT121fvu_sqBi9saiLq6UAA/s320/IMG_0352.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457474790695119842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Looking pretty in her Easter dress</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9_u13WrkaqhZ-ku8rCrKUcEPn3zJesB1hMzNu7-aodAYaJM053SpBLvtsbyycbwpvt8mtIOOcMyot6ksLyHXb3m7zd6DRZyYeEO1OnOxcfFLUZwT5LxlCqRa5TWgz4ehUAiBoXa_D-o/s1600/IMG_0354.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9_u13WrkaqhZ-ku8rCrKUcEPn3zJesB1hMzNu7-aodAYaJM053SpBLvtsbyycbwpvt8mtIOOcMyot6ksLyHXb3m7zd6DRZyYeEO1OnOxcfFLUZwT5LxlCqRa5TWgz4ehUAiBoXa_D-o/s320/IMG_0354.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457474786859908066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Picnic in the park</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgthDdOe7aqMOBIM5b12dOP6hEki0Rv2PiywhcdQ9RBq850gHwK2D2pb-QN9gsKwmKhcxGPllShvYTIzpaCN6u6z8nTun6h7dSSuAkHTiiqUbC74UKqVmsEI5c4-Al0dK5BsdagVSzr4Mw/s1600/IMG_0357.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgthDdOe7aqMOBIM5b12dOP6hEki0Rv2PiywhcdQ9RBq850gHwK2D2pb-QN9gsKwmKhcxGPllShvYTIzpaCN6u6z8nTun6h7dSSuAkHTiiqUbC74UKqVmsEI5c4-Al0dK5BsdagVSzr4Mw/s320/IMG_0357.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457474786808426082" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Park!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIc5FhaaHrYB8Zglc_hfAI8QxbNS22-ryqUqQHlJEzGUT8JctiPf26cSRsvts1lInYn7htOHldX07mvduJjbhWqyilVIvYDyLuG_NStu2a4DV77l0RZeR8knaU5ZqO5giscQ6g04gJB08/s1600/IMG_0360.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIc5FhaaHrYB8Zglc_hfAI8QxbNS22-ryqUqQHlJEzGUT8JctiPf26cSRsvts1lInYn7htOHldX07mvduJjbhWqyilVIvYDyLuG_NStu2a4DV77l0RZeR8knaU5ZqO5giscQ6g04gJB08/s320/IMG_0360.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457474778436873602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">No dress will keep her from running around</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtEOVAa8YAUz1ikIV09AT2mUhzq77GWaJLtw1EKkcmNYJoxFpxZY_ZCR4PNm-PQY-OLbxuk5yxgbAH4WMImtB3buAHy8MkxR4C6K6T-lu3LPwWR4FSTf0PTAx8LYhDJkLYikH7tOxLdMI/s1600/IMG_0361.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtEOVAa8YAUz1ikIV09AT2mUhzq77GWaJLtw1EKkcmNYJoxFpxZY_ZCR4PNm-PQY-OLbxuk5yxgbAH4WMImtB3buAHy8MkxR4C6K6T-lu3LPwWR4FSTf0PTAx8LYhDJkLYikH7tOxLdMI/s320/IMG_0361.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457474419494748930" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daddy wanted to "hold her like a baby" and she let him.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnZy030F17r2p65z7dBpTXk1gZaBSVYmFv0a_kh9v17cxSn9LKHSavKX2tMTlHVuPBODWWmDhqk1m1G0237atn1dd6hqSnFamJQ7QFYWrg6af_RFEbuO5NFwz4WDV-GmOmKfhxb3jYMTw/s1600/IMG_0363.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnZy030F17r2p65z7dBpTXk1gZaBSVYmFv0a_kh9v17cxSn9LKHSavKX2tMTlHVuPBODWWmDhqk1m1G0237atn1dd6hqSnFamJQ7QFYWrg6af_RFEbuO5NFwz4WDV-GmOmKfhxb3jYMTw/s320/IMG_0363.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457474414466607010" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Chocolate ice cream!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_41GvU-fck33OlU90RY-ZTGXo-JjFbxNs5m5vRheEBc6KvFYdhsAVgS177VNXT1V0uv-FJNrlHrI65jSp3G00-F3zm4FnTJt3HAbfGnZ4VxYOs_jYgXCH5uo8GuR442L30andyic0Tk/s1600/IMG_0364.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_41GvU-fck33OlU90RY-ZTGXo-JjFbxNs5m5vRheEBc6KvFYdhsAVgS177VNXT1V0uv-FJNrlHrI65jSp3G00-F3zm4FnTJt3HAbfGnZ4VxYOs_jYgXCH5uo8GuR442L30andyic0Tk/s320/IMG_0364.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457474409968675202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Gorgeous ice cream face</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKaUr14NM9Xnc-LGduxS1wQ8cZe1CqZgpHQv5Id73mIbQrLB0l7-VwDITyMoaUuns821qUSNGXIsAbaafWy8uo-sGLxbyVWOp38_ubDk25YU8RuaFg3xl8XfDk6FUQBgLqplmggH8d6Y/s1600/IMG_0366.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKaUr14NM9Xnc-LGduxS1wQ8cZe1CqZgpHQv5Id73mIbQrLB0l7-VwDITyMoaUuns821qUSNGXIsAbaafWy8uo-sGLxbyVWOp38_ubDk25YU8RuaFg3xl8XfDk6FUQBgLqplmggH8d6Y/s320/IMG_0366.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457474404247544978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Sugar overload...no, really. She usually goes to bed at 7:30 but this night she didn't fall asleep until almost 10. We learned a valuable "no chocolate after 2 p.m." lesson that day.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBM63jkfXQiAPPuTwa345gHlQPPh703uQPZqYSG0ibJ8qFRkOVexZpe958uhyKfBErlEOlhdpnS6rapfN4akwLDCpPLXGEo_YHlLxi2YDiOhMPMX9IAne9cQcJGOde0mdWfIoV_yJTX0/s1600/IMG_0368.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBM63jkfXQiAPPuTwa345gHlQPPh703uQPZqYSG0ibJ8qFRkOVexZpe958uhyKfBErlEOlhdpnS6rapfN4akwLDCpPLXGEo_YHlLxi2YDiOhMPMX9IAne9cQcJGOde0mdWfIoV_yJTX0/s320/IMG_0368.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457474400899246514" /></a>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-58185051341101715532010-04-07T14:06:00.004-04:002010-04-07T14:21:20.583-04:00Los Angeles 2010<div>Well, once again, it's been a while since I posted. But I do have a few good excuses again. First, we were in L.A. for about 10 days (with some friends) visiting my brother, etc. And second, we've been buying a new condo and selling our old one. We aren't moving far, just across town, but it's been very time consuming! Anyways, here are some pictures from our recent trip to L.A. I'll post Easter pictures next. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking out the window of the airplane. She did really well on the 6 hour flight (non-stop, of course!)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKnYfiAO4G3OB3l4HwNv7WYf8epp7dYh6jnVOthoQdvFrmFxvm-GY30IWTzQmfL_uG9YR_hglikemOx9GiAZf0XC6gaXRNssJ0jPsa2HthGUZ3oCIRlq3g2kRe2KMrbttQmypl_ODWHgw/s1600/IMG_0293.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKnYfiAO4G3OB3l4HwNv7WYf8epp7dYh6jnVOthoQdvFrmFxvm-GY30IWTzQmfL_uG9YR_hglikemOx9GiAZf0XC6gaXRNssJ0jPsa2HthGUZ3oCIRlq3g2kRe2KMrbttQmypl_ODWHgw/s320/IMG_0293.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457460092302865746" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mommy and Ellis on the plane</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtALe6IpZWWGFdSfoRTS3QzX873SA5d-aya0t04lycrjP7JafzzrHXRUJDUIw11N0hh-D7YhIUR1hBgUzXhZpNSdOVAoj1-FOmsZ7va3K1DgMjaP29xzgVOQ6US8AKFl7WmK1OCIWZv0g/s1600/IMG_0295.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtALe6IpZWWGFdSfoRTS3QzX873SA5d-aya0t04lycrjP7JafzzrHXRUJDUIw11N0hh-D7YhIUR1hBgUzXhZpNSdOVAoj1-FOmsZ7va3K1DgMjaP29xzgVOQ6US8AKFl7WmK1OCIWZv0g/s320/IMG_0295.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457460090864483858" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Running in the sunshine at The Grove.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbhh3bB877O5jkkG8YFEMkjAPMA5IYVSZfDPDZyyMla6d1lq5BOohALuk3VGgdfGH0xmAu1k864G0V7DmOAEsD1HdaDSknzJcRkStDENNytk_taaZs9uL2XUADHlwJU6lmcryb1TugXE/s1600/IMG_0304.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbhh3bB877O5jkkG8YFEMkjAPMA5IYVSZfDPDZyyMla6d1lq5BOohALuk3VGgdfGH0xmAu1k864G0V7DmOAEsD1HdaDSknzJcRkStDENNytk_taaZs9uL2XUADHlwJU6lmcryb1TugXE/s320/IMG_0304.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457460082423075922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Bubbles at The Grove</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEQ2TPpQLpyvssVPzlCRWzdPjilKrMdonFZmIMAM1kxr_2CJscWf3JfCjecs-jVwFgAhcZ67ml5s7S4uewTpE90MhJRCOxsjzVpY83siCQZfggH5YLdQ-GAcQOodJH_-TqD0rhMoY6QU0/s1600/IMG_0305.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEQ2TPpQLpyvssVPzlCRWzdPjilKrMdonFZmIMAM1kxr_2CJscWf3JfCjecs-jVwFgAhcZ67ml5s7S4uewTpE90MhJRCOxsjzVpY83siCQZfggH5YLdQ-GAcQOodJH_-TqD0rhMoY6QU0/s320/IMG_0305.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457460079289858674" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Doesn't she look so grown up? Chilling in the lobby of my brother's apartment.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXAgh7kypR4tJCJic1OyFazk22Tq96hKS-Ru0TgQMGPddXHqo-C3OX6o26DIeHiwuP8dEruAZWINduUd27msqM73FwTgWww2093yLGitWxWhVvUsrbpxrEqCAA8PvclUQ4-XRC02BY7mY/s1600/IMG_0330.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXAgh7kypR4tJCJic1OyFazk22Tq96hKS-Ru0TgQMGPddXHqo-C3OX6o26DIeHiwuP8dEruAZWINduUd27msqM73FwTgWww2093yLGitWxWhVvUsrbpxrEqCAA8PvclUQ4-XRC02BY7mY/s320/IMG_0330.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457460073600484546" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">On the roof of Erick's apartment, downtown L.A.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPxYA1iCH33EkNfkCD7u5-Sl0qKjlDxDVMkV50CnHTdkFClqTHWmQLtsQl7Oux-FiEM3JlkzdrlWiYDP0j2iZrXrDKX5eic6Q_KCGKD_vjggfSQ56H42wVdKfiYIEuv9Mh7bE1dkQHQ4/s1600/IMG_0343.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPxYA1iCH33EkNfkCD7u5-Sl0qKjlDxDVMkV50CnHTdkFClqTHWmQLtsQl7Oux-FiEM3JlkzdrlWiYDP0j2iZrXrDKX5eic6Q_KCGKD_vjggfSQ56H42wVdKfiYIEuv9Mh7bE1dkQHQ4/s320/IMG_0343.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457459769279446210" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">More roof. It was gorgeous up there...and HOT!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4F-MC5r4Es5uKQGa3YFx63BKBnodnYbxg9gD41LTLYjaiQIEIjUvOAsF2UbkMrgViRiOhyphenhyphenFz5KKjRn2HsvFWYKxan7Fa1YPkhq62LaFnevgJbRQfOuro1QYgsAtpWRHtxuLzClugLFFc/s1600/IMG_0339.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4F-MC5r4Es5uKQGa3YFx63BKBnodnYbxg9gD41LTLYjaiQIEIjUvOAsF2UbkMrgViRiOhyphenhyphenFz5KKjRn2HsvFWYKxan7Fa1YPkhq62LaFnevgJbRQfOuro1QYgsAtpWRHtxuLzClugLFFc/s320/IMG_0339.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457459757295639922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Nonna, Einstein and Ellis at The Griffith Observatory</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-8y54wxOw7bGjE48PItygk5sPl9zhmzzm8lVkyh3X9mU1N4DqdXSJeI2g9rrTzC1VhBW-vX9ZXiGN71AutQS2aNuY-POTELTLHnjHkzrijDqpCCclmNBXMi_WXrUnUCelGpNsIDs-uE/s1600/IMG_3450_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-8y54wxOw7bGjE48PItygk5sPl9zhmzzm8lVkyh3X9mU1N4DqdXSJeI2g9rrTzC1VhBW-vX9ZXiGN71AutQS2aNuY-POTELTLHnjHkzrijDqpCCclmNBXMi_WXrUnUCelGpNsIDs-uE/s320/IMG_3450_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457459756700394594" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Checking out the view from the Griffith with Danielle and Erick</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr88sTSA7fqMvZM9PkV1nbIzK0fTOMPoNHVHbcki3a1D1edxPxGinIrfQpICniAEqnc3XSXykIY3DbjsjyCFjmvOsWeulv_n40QG7BO4M_iSwYPTqIuEt2YPjxjqq3E0F5VHID-DNmCPI/s1600/IMG_3477.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr88sTSA7fqMvZM9PkV1nbIzK0fTOMPoNHVHbcki3a1D1edxPxGinIrfQpICniAEqnc3XSXykIY3DbjsjyCFjmvOsWeulv_n40QG7BO4M_iSwYPTqIuEt2YPjxjqq3E0F5VHID-DNmCPI/s320/IMG_3477.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457459741854473890" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Cole heads.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIx0LoonT-blCCVKfe4oaFsHTQKJvrRhABfGgFrXw2QQSWQMH_DUfSdEKS8l4uCaFZcTiVPffvyBoJfyb6db7bZA2_4liSWX3GczXYOC0s_MRbTO6P3C-wIUgOeUOFcZHhvTUVmgPz1E/s1600/IMG_3479.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIx0LoonT-blCCVKfe4oaFsHTQKJvrRhABfGgFrXw2QQSWQMH_DUfSdEKS8l4uCaFZcTiVPffvyBoJfyb6db7bZA2_4liSWX3GczXYOC0s_MRbTO6P3C-wIUgOeUOFcZHhvTUVmgPz1E/s320/IMG_3479.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457459739540150146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Love, love, love this picture. Ellis + Uncle Bro</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmF0OT-8jn0GHcD5QTmcv1qlclAc7majJiXPk2ok5_mjh-uwsOBtxVqJ9g6gm7yEdgpNovdiR3xqmgFuZQ_rupsSdEH4VSvDI0xIsbnd6mwRDVU-7rCPzMUUF6iMLoxRIbJTpTOANSOIk/s1600/IMG_3482.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmF0OT-8jn0GHcD5QTmcv1qlclAc7majJiXPk2ok5_mjh-uwsOBtxVqJ9g6gm7yEdgpNovdiR3xqmgFuZQ_rupsSdEH4VSvDI0xIsbnd6mwRDVU-7rCPzMUUF6iMLoxRIbJTpTOANSOIk/s320/IMG_3482.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457459345031995138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The Griffith Observatory</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMAoSn420WSd-QgoPfXelq8VC8j_rdlk1YtPlqCgkdhBCetbue1pkUT8B2zRlDGdCRd3gZQpWqkDqAwlZNUgAYxNYJWUyb2ZsWaGs-eVPVsELtyPCNnvjDeV5AW0-yWj1IoW_0Fre5CPA/s1600/IMG_3501.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMAoSn420WSd-QgoPfXelq8VC8j_rdlk1YtPlqCgkdhBCetbue1pkUT8B2zRlDGdCRd3gZQpWqkDqAwlZNUgAYxNYJWUyb2ZsWaGs-eVPVsELtyPCNnvjDeV5AW0-yWj1IoW_0Fre5CPA/s320/IMG_3501.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457459347502586434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Running at the Griffith.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXI5KSDUYL92GMyAKNrN1fW-B62tnd8IMAx7BXq4uWI_P4LO6rMBCV-QIBLvezGOwIZk73a4X1mdzxY-ezanVjwlEbInWfpAY-0z71asGh94BEcozlNKSk_K7jfDI3BOS02PqZcJwSjU4/s1600/IMG_3509.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXI5KSDUYL92GMyAKNrN1fW-B62tnd8IMAx7BXq4uWI_P4LO6rMBCV-QIBLvezGOwIZk73a4X1mdzxY-ezanVjwlEbInWfpAY-0z71asGh94BEcozlNKSk_K7jfDI3BOS02PqZcJwSjU4/s320/IMG_3509.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457459337589427554" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mommy and Ellis at the beach in Santa Monica</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi689MFtiHjB7JTkli8O2eposwVRNUFY66lxknumyEml2SM7_geRJ3ovfIrbClIO6ZYcyK0f0b6Nrxk0OmOixACHNe5eFISopcunCj_TcGcKFnkZLi87DGubhZkIPj4Np64aJ_U1zqxrbc/s1600/IMG_3521.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi689MFtiHjB7JTkli8O2eposwVRNUFY66lxknumyEml2SM7_geRJ3ovfIrbClIO6ZYcyK0f0b6Nrxk0OmOixACHNe5eFISopcunCj_TcGcKFnkZLi87DGubhZkIPj4Np64aJ_U1zqxrbc/s320/IMG_3521.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457459332114799122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">How cute is she in that swimsuit?!?</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixP6qvWc8WlMpNt_kwsxVjDUajVdpUiT-HO8XFJB1qv9pnckKxeCltf03XoaYMKLRkMjpgxiNJKjMZc772xI6gzHa1a4g_wPLTvBbHWdSU6c-wsNnrii0aqTsjjCB5Y7MLu24D01IO0aI/s1600/IMG_3528.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixP6qvWc8WlMpNt_kwsxVjDUajVdpUiT-HO8XFJB1qv9pnckKxeCltf03XoaYMKLRkMjpgxiNJKjMZc772xI6gzHa1a4g_wPLTvBbHWdSU6c-wsNnrii0aqTsjjCB5Y7MLu24D01IO0aI/s320/IMG_3528.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457459330723755186" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Going to check out the Pacific with daddy</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-WT-4avnzHUbUgiVK2RXzWVmVcqylSkZ5nFd80RNZ2ayuymbUqfnnSk9sxAWxY3eJ3B8Ndy3SPwI-up9nrGWr4iif4A24DqISxR_dswU8qaiAb1I4zH5nJATxorohOEA1Ou3XdkNpIU/s1600/IMG_3531.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-WT-4avnzHUbUgiVK2RXzWVmVcqylSkZ5nFd80RNZ2ayuymbUqfnnSk9sxAWxY3eJ3B8Ndy3SPwI-up9nrGWr4iif4A24DqISxR_dswU8qaiAb1I4zH5nJATxorohOEA1Ou3XdkNpIU/s320/IMG_3531.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457458993559217090" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Nonna is laughing at her because she's trying to get the sand out from between her toes. She tried for a while!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDK2Sk4fhrcXj96iwmWW81GduthWZOwlseS00n_rZ9T1thL_RFWBrgqn3gndexFKh65UCrJtlsJVSrTDo2dCmeY0qvhAGos6bnQIojDErn6QTwYxjX3s_hv92tV1EXpxfDe4vbut9Iww/s1600/IMG_3561.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDK2Sk4fhrcXj96iwmWW81GduthWZOwlseS00n_rZ9T1thL_RFWBrgqn3gndexFKh65UCrJtlsJVSrTDo2dCmeY0qvhAGos6bnQIojDErn6QTwYxjX3s_hv92tV1EXpxfDe4vbut9Iww/s320/IMG_3561.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457458987203351314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">More cleaning between her toes</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNbFSmK73_WaRYyVCEg5mQ7zAQ-9E4outZm_DY8zuls4_CFC2NdFairf_zMaxUd1F287C9GKM0z89h8YfwPeGwpSuVjv3RM2Tvj3jK8f0ZgtviNrPL3VIpy7Yu5_EAfS9SeHFfAB-BoQ/s1600/IMG_3562.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNbFSmK73_WaRYyVCEg5mQ7zAQ-9E4outZm_DY8zuls4_CFC2NdFairf_zMaxUd1F287C9GKM0z89h8YfwPeGwpSuVjv3RM2Tvj3jK8f0ZgtviNrPL3VIpy7Yu5_EAfS9SeHFfAB-BoQ/s320/IMG_3562.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457458983786908530" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">E & C (our friends 3 yr old son) on the steps of our rented house.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_ZG_080UUPgU2_KvqkQFxjlYC6d52ZCXBx7NLAX3r98IK-1XqrSOPlVGXxY__y9Ecbu0GtpXSlPMF396a4mJLoptaRDbtzqHibYf_u5lbhb0m0-9QLbGrsMOHHTm9OKC2W_Ra89OMRs/s1600/IMG_3579.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_ZG_080UUPgU2_KvqkQFxjlYC6d52ZCXBx7NLAX3r98IK-1XqrSOPlVGXxY__y9Ecbu0GtpXSlPMF396a4mJLoptaRDbtzqHibYf_u5lbhb0m0-9QLbGrsMOHHTm9OKC2W_Ra89OMRs/s320/IMG_3579.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457458968468515538" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Pool of our rented house. It was in the Hollywood Hills. It was gorgeous!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO0XOIzHzDOEpDPqN92zNaBQpjvS0TE9wuXZauqc-3lAd982YvebCYwqXtm738owxCj9XYFsxmLeVGcLhNTFXlP18VkGE0Uro47NpciCFIha-QlfuBQtXROALl1wPOow4_314hXq0rLP0/s1600/IMG_3595.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO0XOIzHzDOEpDPqN92zNaBQpjvS0TE9wuXZauqc-3lAd982YvebCYwqXtm738owxCj9XYFsxmLeVGcLhNTFXlP18VkGE0Uro47NpciCFIha-QlfuBQtXROALl1wPOow4_314hXq0rLP0/s320/IMG_3595.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457458965304754834" /></a>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-51707436677784732472010-03-31T13:13:00.002-04:002010-03-31T13:36:44.623-04:00Potty Training...<div>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 ;)</div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwBexICjIlbdjTLs4plV66Op7RblAAZeEHKbJZl6Ybx_wLVm9rdhYGq-ZyXxUG6iLNJkploDejZ6ylWdMg0sQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-79702594125399676792010-03-06T22:10:00.008-05:002010-03-06T22:32:48.949-05:00Family Photos<div>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. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Going for a ride</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi51EiR0Ng-ncHsouQjWnxyzT1WAfnJPcT0OpnJyz2XYNjkyYWRGXYtuYMDDRw4ypFqzUTnsRf7440TpQx8mLIhv9fPgJAhAI-GH3lpAsYrBHE-9SCV97I0zJGJo1rzDKM7HFmiQ-GH0s0/s1600-h/ellis-6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi51EiR0Ng-ncHsouQjWnxyzT1WAfnJPcT0OpnJyz2XYNjkyYWRGXYtuYMDDRw4ypFqzUTnsRf7440TpQx8mLIhv9fPgJAhAI-GH3lpAsYrBHE-9SCV97I0zJGJo1rzDKM7HFmiQ-GH0s0/s320/ellis-6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445725906058892082" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Celebrating her victory</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVzfwZHg1STxBoJZMlPw6SZzy4KJoLVVwxJwkv5UdhB6gkSXUtQyQS3elxYqaGwMTCQ38JdmutVzjKzZra0TE5uurjhvXK2oALK5c2ltUHUBVz-1PEPer2jZjbUFoeYOgt-F2XZ4hDok/s1600-h/ellis-10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVzfwZHg1STxBoJZMlPw6SZzy4KJoLVVwxJwkv5UdhB6gkSXUtQyQS3elxYqaGwMTCQ38JdmutVzjKzZra0TE5uurjhvXK2oALK5c2ltUHUBVz-1PEPer2jZjbUFoeYOgt-F2XZ4hDok/s320/ellis-10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445725899855143458" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Party hat</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOn4C4jXLwdUFOF3Ssqp0yvUzP9HkBfqK6S_i765UbZV3PtaRO1uQbipsAiAEELthkxC_gXSUilLDsMq-6LHB4i8huC66g_BFW_Hcw-ISv87h39baofdqQJKlIfUIa6zW4ojBpVdLUZts/s1600-h/ellis-18.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOn4C4jXLwdUFOF3Ssqp0yvUzP9HkBfqK6S_i765UbZV3PtaRO1uQbipsAiAEELthkxC_gXSUilLDsMq-6LHB4i8huC66g_BFW_Hcw-ISv87h39baofdqQJKlIfUIa6zW4ojBpVdLUZts/s320/ellis-18.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445725887390630802" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Washing up after her victory</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-7xO-E6GpY7pkr2ywFe8rlIRP9QQj7rxvakxXRUKVva8z3DpeSZml0TNXvG7oZ02kZ-9t4EWjk-_rSapAfYdVbPsazBBkZmGUZed41zqxvNgigqbnWpzsAqi8-C_agsnG5_h5A2GDR8g/s1600-h/ellis-27.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-7xO-E6GpY7pkr2ywFe8rlIRP9QQj7rxvakxXRUKVva8z3DpeSZml0TNXvG7oZ02kZ-9t4EWjk-_rSapAfYdVbPsazBBkZmGUZed41zqxvNgigqbnWpzsAqi8-C_agsnG5_h5A2GDR8g/s320/ellis-27.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445725880930911618" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She was soaked...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgohl4qaR9-E5YdQk4TPx4pJWBff_3Cw5ybkUvE7_zVwxzIaTC5u9tgstdqushq395GgRrJRh9hAbEuBZk4AVQUoqmFi45-pK7uLyCEDVcZ4BjLGcbFqKCB_v0nMipWqXQXovt_ivzLkNg/s1600-h/ellis-31.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgohl4qaR9-E5YdQk4TPx4pJWBff_3Cw5ybkUvE7_zVwxzIaTC5u9tgstdqushq395GgRrJRh9hAbEuBZk4AVQUoqmFi45-pK7uLyCEDVcZ4BjLGcbFqKCB_v0nMipWqXQXovt_ivzLkNg/s320/ellis-31.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445725879916548562" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...but happy!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL7nLwsCO_kSO5jtRZM4JWckF7U6AoMsvaURYC3mhUdub_wz5XNSfqoWYk9klO8LblKAmkYsScBl7Ew1rgQTRrV0CXiYht8bnVzkYDfUg-Pqt3JsXaBRAq11iNRWigkTU2bL27xQwgw-Q/s1600-h/ellis-33.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL7nLwsCO_kSO5jtRZM4JWckF7U6AoMsvaURYC3mhUdub_wz5XNSfqoWYk9klO8LblKAmkYsScBl7Ew1rgQTRrV0CXiYht8bnVzkYDfUg-Pqt3JsXaBRAq11iNRWigkTU2bL27xQwgw-Q/s320/ellis-33.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445725570404289794" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Drying her hands</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi33LC665IBHF1H_fqliHTIkpu2P2Xzx7QN8pZT1e6QREFH3RkuaAJK6Vd4KkPbRBLfJa0iXC05edJM1PxkgppzEvkR0HflHUCyKO7txBmbhtxh3KSJaOuSePq45zubDgfqpF0oiPJk3Jc/s1600-h/ellis-35.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi33LC665IBHF1H_fqliHTIkpu2P2Xzx7QN8pZT1e6QREFH3RkuaAJK6Vd4KkPbRBLfJa0iXC05edJM1PxkgppzEvkR0HflHUCyKO7txBmbhtxh3KSJaOuSePq45zubDgfqpF0oiPJk3Jc/s320/ellis-35.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445725565099115266" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My favorite "face" picture.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLa3evV_NOn0lazCfAYsFJCV1qY-a3NqmhaggshnkrlDn2FFIf_pMngIy4G2gxFzgBcqKmqgMZsdJDTQfgH4cr8sBzu0rV77CwOzThfRYYxldvNmUgxvGaz_vAvA0Jwk6npBpTL8HJnsM/s1600-h/ellis-36.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLa3evV_NOn0lazCfAYsFJCV1qY-a3NqmhaggshnkrlDn2FFIf_pMngIy4G2gxFzgBcqKmqgMZsdJDTQfgH4cr8sBzu0rV77CwOzThfRYYxldvNmUgxvGaz_vAvA0Jwk6npBpTL8HJnsM/s320/ellis-36.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445725560429757634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Playing with her letters</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gATbOAiQTemodmoTLZfCqARG0vQzzPO1UnBmN0keTcb-_EjfD_xp4QkTvO1hddjbGSiPBYjhMg5DzPQFfpielssBAqlCC4p0Tm4q7uvL67azXumXzz2QBR7e4WCgGWK2giUQdwB_9PE/s1600-h/ellis-49.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gATbOAiQTemodmoTLZfCqARG0vQzzPO1UnBmN0keTcb-_EjfD_xp4QkTvO1hddjbGSiPBYjhMg5DzPQFfpielssBAqlCC4p0Tm4q7uvL67azXumXzz2QBR7e4WCgGWK2giUQdwB_9PE/s320/ellis-49.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445725555503852882" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daddy hugs</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1rhkd61ZAWi5XILy7NAIgb25kBEN7HyHgt_Hl6EFDRVmiA1gdHhzHa-Nxn9O5cCzoHVMkAs4RKTuczyHG8ciRZX1zdAP9hIuZtYGsqq7pZahUVEcCfLFS6s3YnHFZMcRBszPcw9kDbok/s1600-h/ellis-52.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1rhkd61ZAWi5XILy7NAIgb25kBEN7HyHgt_Hl6EFDRVmiA1gdHhzHa-Nxn9O5cCzoHVMkAs4RKTuczyHG8ciRZX1zdAP9hIuZtYGsqq7pZahUVEcCfLFS6s3YnHFZMcRBszPcw9kDbok/s320/ellis-52.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445725551157695890" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mommy hugs</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRhkBsMwit5w5l8yi37Qq_sPzyuX8lKimeDx0_-zxInlKsDHVBfSxJUrba4mBMChNKWCkffPSX1wWNmMehuTBYRi34WWD1jOCnmfKZ9b8NKREarfOcjbfidpTsmnWt92uSNzkq29fkWTE/s1600-h/ellis-56.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRhkBsMwit5w5l8yi37Qq_sPzyuX8lKimeDx0_-zxInlKsDHVBfSxJUrba4mBMChNKWCkffPSX1wWNmMehuTBYRi34WWD1jOCnmfKZ9b8NKREarfOcjbfidpTsmnWt92uSNzkq29fkWTE/s320/ellis-56.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445725341232460338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Family pose</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_oL6zUc2wk65JcT2oxngwxOvQUpQkkYREJmpY7LApD7GkbLv7uvlXcRxN5ClZwTcNUg8q-5M3MevCU46w7mlI9sM6VAqf5ojK-hJ5P-8Y-T0GF6dyyOp9Z_uoH0GKIQbTlMMiiGLfrA/s1600-h/ellis-65.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_oL6zUc2wk65JcT2oxngwxOvQUpQkkYREJmpY7LApD7GkbLv7uvlXcRxN5ClZwTcNUg8q-5M3MevCU46w7mlI9sM6VAqf5ojK-hJ5P-8Y-T0GF6dyyOp9Z_uoH0GKIQbTlMMiiGLfrA/s320/ellis-65.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445725331498889922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Storytime</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYW1uyslIz4UTe46frstofG7mGZEjf-CYBL4Xjm7yzv7N7G9ng7YYu40VJ2DEx8D4I8GF2-iIrVQ-1zIXlrLemjmoOzYVD77fRvlj1R5MsqReyOIu1YfDRre1-VE9dxcOwDWF7IeFh7K8/s1600-h/ellis-71.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYW1uyslIz4UTe46frstofG7mGZEjf-CYBL4Xjm7yzv7N7G9ng7YYu40VJ2DEx8D4I8GF2-iIrVQ-1zIXlrLemjmoOzYVD77fRvlj1R5MsqReyOIu1YfDRre1-VE9dxcOwDWF7IeFh7K8/s320/ellis-71.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445725331635024994" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Glasses</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIRqRIZtNh1wVX3-mgbB6qXm8WRuO9bg6uC4i-_H4LWBLuapgjC3BIl4uEuP9dTOsDmt9xNu7grd3FMQc6DFbxTC2eTUvYPcaXc04SkLbALyyALnUHpfh0VTSKojEL-N62akgWStqEnU/s1600-h/ellis-78.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIRqRIZtNh1wVX3-mgbB6qXm8WRuO9bg6uC4i-_H4LWBLuapgjC3BIl4uEuP9dTOsDmt9xNu7grd3FMQc6DFbxTC2eTUvYPcaXc04SkLbALyyALnUHpfh0VTSKojEL-N62akgWStqEnU/s320/ellis-78.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445725330301517362" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I love this picture. She's pointing to her heel here because I asked her where it was.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XZqaHn1k4TrFUYs57Sbgmhhq0xJkMxnwgrU6jBXMml3cNe4VWuMxUpsi2JC6_k7wbOWVMQCIekc_1tbq9xnycZuGm-cKWlB6w037kT6WjwM-Uqf4bJVLEO-oHC-Gbs1MU0RfEERo0wI/s1600-h/ellis-95.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XZqaHn1k4TrFUYs57Sbgmhhq0xJkMxnwgrU6jBXMml3cNe4VWuMxUpsi2JC6_k7wbOWVMQCIekc_1tbq9xnycZuGm-cKWlB6w037kT6WjwM-Uqf4bJVLEO-oHC-Gbs1MU0RfEERo0wI/s320/ellis-95.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445725323295434210" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mommy kisses</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik9j7ofcpYOJcZuVgLQ1OZxww74qySoQ8CYfmGeWafkGgKZrkTwU6AqA4mim6pnobS6_5lTSu8mjVMeBzUr3-cQOHZKFc0QKqwd-Bn7l9_LDRvliAw6kF3v9Y9ZE1hyU5H9GaKxbvr084/s1600-h/ellis-116.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik9j7ofcpYOJcZuVgLQ1OZxww74qySoQ8CYfmGeWafkGgKZrkTwU6AqA4mim6pnobS6_5lTSu8mjVMeBzUr3-cQOHZKFc0QKqwd-Bn7l9_LDRvliAw6kF3v9Y9ZE1hyU5H9GaKxbvr084/s320/ellis-116.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445725087345611362" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">"Da Bee" made the photo shoot again this year.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWr6wwJecGKoa9nwQ3RBWiegZrzYkPy5BuJc-kZCNvy60cUKyjZwcbaAuo_A_K-5BYD8995PGGD-nPkncmesktgzrTKLVbTay1ZycRPqjhKJIRvh4CJHA8qUANsPC8rETyKUUj8BVwFyo/s1600-h/ellis-97.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWr6wwJecGKoa9nwQ3RBWiegZrzYkPy5BuJc-kZCNvy60cUKyjZwcbaAuo_A_K-5BYD8995PGGD-nPkncmesktgzrTKLVbTay1ZycRPqjhKJIRvh4CJHA8qUANsPC8rETyKUUj8BVwFyo/s320/ellis-97.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445725103492101714" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My sweet girl</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAaECf3-GRqltVhLwEU6y4X-h1dVVyWV_wLwotIDebuwH56cq0o-OHz0tcwqs4CVQyH2kU_p69tK1Pv-a03yJwNCUgjuFgocJSGaEXEBqmnBac9I7UHIJjP6Ix6j_K3lqeHQ5c-IN3jQ/s1600-h/ellis-102.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAaECf3-GRqltVhLwEU6y4X-h1dVVyWV_wLwotIDebuwH56cq0o-OHz0tcwqs4CVQyH2kU_p69tK1Pv-a03yJwNCUgjuFgocJSGaEXEBqmnBac9I7UHIJjP6Ix6j_K3lqeHQ5c-IN3jQ/s320/ellis-102.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445725101753464930" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Snuggling with "bee" and going night-night.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMI6knzD-OxDN_9tt-KTZdiQ4JCLe-nZRmPbrqC1Wdi61cJv9_IOAzFlRU0wPyB-p-NXv0oisDsw8ZOIjhx6GE8lFvE3YYqSLfMhpxra5tjHjsezXa9GJZT5NuUYm_FoMQeAOxdh7Axs/s1600-h/ellis-104.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMI6knzD-OxDN_9tt-KTZdiQ4JCLe-nZRmPbrqC1Wdi61cJv9_IOAzFlRU0wPyB-p-NXv0oisDsw8ZOIjhx6GE8lFvE3YYqSLfMhpxra5tjHjsezXa9GJZT5NuUYm_FoMQeAOxdh7Axs/s320/ellis-104.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445725095049496402" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Checking out how much she's grown</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikRhBnawA_w91RcnTBvtT6tA5auWBcNSt-L6O4jZN_FUgugVq5cWGkvsOKQIH7jNuqgo0oJmiDc2RPoVUxJqdEls-Ny9XuUYS2QBDQLW7DmZcOvpayHW_QYQZgRjqwh54cCfMa7raJEmI/s1600-h/ellis-107.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikRhBnawA_w91RcnTBvtT6tA5auWBcNSt-L6O4jZN_FUgugVq5cWGkvsOKQIH7jNuqgo0oJmiDc2RPoVUxJqdEls-Ny9XuUYS2QBDQLW7DmZcOvpayHW_QYQZgRjqwh54cCfMa7raJEmI/s320/ellis-107.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445725093864156274" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daddy kisses</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8hb2Dc2ABk9SL2bnrxqsbOLgOIE0xdyztodezZj6R11aGjulZ0xw5QTz8zUjvy4hKqxUKuvv6B8zv9eVfIOA-eIzjhPfo6gJ6sixaaAETpPB7vcUWUwoDaf7lCcdQsgo34i57AaeZY4/s1600-h/ellis-117.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8hb2Dc2ABk9SL2bnrxqsbOLgOIE0xdyztodezZj6R11aGjulZ0xw5QTz8zUjvy4hKqxUKuvv6B8zv9eVfIOA-eIzjhPfo6gJ6sixaaAETpPB7vcUWUwoDaf7lCcdQsgo34i57AaeZY4/s320/ellis-117.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445724850366305986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She was happy to be heading to the park.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXQn5q-AVfCfwsImo1vrmjiSnJFWmsuLsBIwzx_HV7wCYmj7oHR9xUNN3HlTaX5bT1RrmBPlEzLWe_5r0QRRg1KNQUSa-FoxjIR8mTM1WDewekky1VAcWPVJuMbFy_pASCcp1iotC5zo/s1600-h/ellis-125.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXQn5q-AVfCfwsImo1vrmjiSnJFWmsuLsBIwzx_HV7wCYmj7oHR9xUNN3HlTaX5bT1RrmBPlEzLWe_5r0QRRg1KNQUSa-FoxjIR8mTM1WDewekky1VAcWPVJuMbFy_pASCcp1iotC5zo/s320/ellis-125.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445724847479938834" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Family walk</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1XCW28UAdgF9UxUdR0obgpB9AMhxlrIN3IH-qkOaFijw71plGaEzxMJ4Spgxo3JQvurG6UJdlN8EssS0loBUQFFckxFPFK4ktWzbXmpWlTuuabOA43bOpEGl1r7A0KMdzPIXSWIS89o/s1600-h/ellis-128.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1XCW28UAdgF9UxUdR0obgpB9AMhxlrIN3IH-qkOaFijw71plGaEzxMJ4Spgxo3JQvurG6UJdlN8EssS0loBUQFFckxFPFK4ktWzbXmpWlTuuabOA43bOpEGl1r7A0KMdzPIXSWIS89o/s320/ellis-128.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445724842432524466" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">"Wheeeee"</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipybCVJIo4n91L-VUYSwiwblu1EF-bsg0THapq31FH_rREz1UGyBaS9V_JQGsycIbLVB7B5Gw8PQnUXU6UVkzvoLXfZm3wPIki20yMNwrCXzDzUEzt0h_snmnMu6Nk7R6kHwCdNjypOy8/s1600-h/ellis-131.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipybCVJIo4n91L-VUYSwiwblu1EF-bsg0THapq31FH_rREz1UGyBaS9V_JQGsycIbLVB7B5Gw8PQnUXU6UVkzvoLXfZm3wPIki20yMNwrCXzDzUEzt0h_snmnMu6Nk7R6kHwCdNjypOy8/s320/ellis-131.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445724836845351842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Holding daddy's hand</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcg3JJRqI1qhH-jVpJjgqq2-Pbu2tTZlspmM5i3LE2A2WNS0luz-A1Cgs3KOrctxx7hBhXpU0AbUd9IzSySttj8W29wbjQVQ7dcBlMaSLLi6rLuQ_DJDLJhXzsdvzoMji126Vg1_AKPuU/s1600-h/ellis-140.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcg3JJRqI1qhH-jVpJjgqq2-Pbu2tTZlspmM5i3LE2A2WNS0luz-A1Cgs3KOrctxx7hBhXpU0AbUd9IzSySttj8W29wbjQVQ7dcBlMaSLLi6rLuQ_DJDLJhXzsdvzoMji126Vg1_AKPuU/s320/ellis-140.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445724608865883026" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Big slide</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBhmOZs-kIBhXPoHBx12rNMYrXRxmgy8DUeJ2xeQRhrK2ORgGMXpVCaluayc_MSIb_MotaSuFaDMDbE15e4i3O_KI_6BHa8uTSqrDSdCSizkK9ow38UXmMBNnulR_DJ_AmT8TUnSd1qo/s1600-h/ellis-150.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBhmOZs-kIBhXPoHBx12rNMYrXRxmgy8DUeJ2xeQRhrK2ORgGMXpVCaluayc_MSIb_MotaSuFaDMDbE15e4i3O_KI_6BHa8uTSqrDSdCSizkK9ow38UXmMBNnulR_DJ_AmT8TUnSd1qo/s320/ellis-150.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445724584915011874" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Looking for "airpeens"</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYqghX2YqUv1OiVV719KuxT4mwY1OrZWTRKrOMqTVjgwiQVB8tufBkhR_cg_eVtWoitVVSdZgDExunZ-HIobdaB7c_T8OKknmm15nEQ9Rgk8TkQ644geFTJOl2eYHgYDkpLnlLj0aa6g/s1600-h/ellis-154.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYqghX2YqUv1OiVV719KuxT4mwY1OrZWTRKrOMqTVjgwiQVB8tufBkhR_cg_eVtWoitVVSdZgDExunZ-HIobdaB7c_T8OKknmm15nEQ9Rgk8TkQ644geFTJOl2eYHgYDkpLnlLj0aa6g/s320/ellis-154.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445724579639383538" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She loves to swing.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7AFA2lQtjZoBMBUKwJmfJeDHyA8c_rBwIqxf5mkrPKmnwBjZQkWm2NclY4A-UN60pbCqj_NUntXicL-jLybGgG8Q2XTyb6PTfrNN_xj1iJsSDg1FqYCISkiYJBL7gAFxVDpqvvvHrKzc/s1600-h/ellis-163.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7AFA2lQtjZoBMBUKwJmfJeDHyA8c_rBwIqxf5mkrPKmnwBjZQkWm2NclY4A-UN60pbCqj_NUntXicL-jLybGgG8Q2XTyb6PTfrNN_xj1iJsSDg1FqYCISkiYJBL7gAFxVDpqvvvHrKzc/s320/ellis-163.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445724574473903922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I think this one just about captures our family.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_oDUcPgyRJSxsuuwYZUUUpqD3tleXIWcs6xGeAjNETZzuLWnJoxY_P6fxfcweSOIvXRjWzjy6819iNd3gfth4PUXlE4l12knsIlPTE7tigkoi1gzRtquz_avShfWVqgyw5PzTAxHjL0/s1600-h/ellis-166.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_oDUcPgyRJSxsuuwYZUUUpqD3tleXIWcs6xGeAjNETZzuLWnJoxY_P6fxfcweSOIvXRjWzjy6819iNd3gfth4PUXlE4l12knsIlPTE7tigkoi1gzRtquz_avShfWVqgyw5PzTAxHjL0/s320/ellis-166.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445724572236218642" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Family conference</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSBohoyooc-5O_Z-E0I9hpVZ2owxRqQ_hhiVYWIsgGgMuQOwlEXRwBDi75nXtjHgexTSkm_mc6UTrM4pMa4dKVjnkXtFYrqTDo0Lxmb8xzU78u0dL0y6HniFNBoPBoVXSPhfuOZk_r8mk/s1600-h/ellis-170.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSBohoyooc-5O_Z-E0I9hpVZ2owxRqQ_hhiVYWIsgGgMuQOwlEXRwBDi75nXtjHgexTSkm_mc6UTrM4pMa4dKVjnkXtFYrqTDo0Lxmb8xzU78u0dL0y6HniFNBoPBoVXSPhfuOZk_r8mk/s320/ellis-170.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445724297625422658" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She's still so cautious. This is how she sits down for the slide.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwk-3fcjtD7ewbdquG5MsEjKvwJIUox3eUXzoibx_9qUJ3ocJOSmyZAcGwm8jbcQR-Np7LX4WuVrOuwdt5VTtQYVvlJHOGs5eyL-gKhiCGbHyfmREvpfiMSVE-RIH18RB2XcpO4kzilGM/s1600-h/ellis-175.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwk-3fcjtD7ewbdquG5MsEjKvwJIUox3eUXzoibx_9qUJ3ocJOSmyZAcGwm8jbcQR-Np7LX4WuVrOuwdt5VTtQYVvlJHOGs5eyL-gKhiCGbHyfmREvpfiMSVE-RIH18RB2XcpO4kzilGM/s320/ellis-175.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445724292746574386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Happy girl</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddoKTQE433WMCYnPrTPZijwjkj5Gj5Byq8I2QUE84K2sJrFRO41w3BxG0OKUUEEMrchLtorxfduRkdhmk9e3ANbXTMwiboPX8AjdVxwR3QafxRQqhs0ftZpNEZQ7_zuuW-TCXV-FA1uQ/s1600-h/ellis-177.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddoKTQE433WMCYnPrTPZijwjkj5Gj5Byq8I2QUE84K2sJrFRO41w3BxG0OKUUEEMrchLtorxfduRkdhmk9e3ANbXTMwiboPX8AjdVxwR3QafxRQqhs0ftZpNEZQ7_zuuW-TCXV-FA1uQ/s320/ellis-177.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445724288907629186" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The first and only family portrait that I really like.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWckAVF11TdIokI7hyJHPr_s-1RVCcc9XskLPfjuLEwgHxaExspag8OgelpfH3B01lJrrPAfwGo5Z3DcIUuBJn1xFWp67PAgu959rS6_hS9xxe8-kSKrz76FpckwbdA3zLJX5R6PGEPc/s1600-h/ellis-181.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWckAVF11TdIokI7hyJHPr_s-1RVCcc9XskLPfjuLEwgHxaExspag8OgelpfH3B01lJrrPAfwGo5Z3DcIUuBJn1xFWp67PAgu959rS6_hS9xxe8-kSKrz76FpckwbdA3zLJX5R6PGEPc/s320/ellis-181.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445724287018054530" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Heading home</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGGJq_11AJ33fULSRGM0lgBcM8DX83Uffvdop9jEfYpW7ZQqY1puoF-ACx-6HskKooLSpWW8xyjtB1Lu31IKkgwYDipxk19tg_7_-oBucWk9JMLsJkPeQe6LKVtWcRNrDfcNwYrj6-2k/s1600-h/ellis-187.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGGJq_11AJ33fULSRGM0lgBcM8DX83Uffvdop9jEfYpW7ZQqY1puoF-ACx-6HskKooLSpWW8xyjtB1Lu31IKkgwYDipxk19tg_7_-oBucWk9JMLsJkPeQe6LKVtWcRNrDfcNwYrj6-2k/s320/ellis-187.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445724279575298866" /></a>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-7002993573672898632010-02-28T08:44:00.002-05:002010-02-28T08:57:28.894-05:00Some long, lost Christmas videos...So I've finally given up on the video option at Blogspot and decided to use You Tube instead. So here are some videos that I've been trying to post since Christmas.<br /><br />Tea Party with Nonna. This is pretty much how my mom and Ellis spent every single morning that we were in Nashville. Ellis still talks about it now. She wakes up some mornings saying, "Want a tea party with Nonna." And I think it's so sweet how she says "Sugar."<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EAwr0QVAFwM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EAwr0QVAFwM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />"The Ants Go Marching." Obviously, Ellis has our entire family wrapped around her little finger. In fact, we still march around the house on an almost nightly basis to this song. Oh the things you do when you have kids.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/v02XRYugH7M&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/v02XRYugH7M&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />This video needs a little explanation. When we were in Nashville over the summer, Ellis fell in love with this garden bunny that my mom keeps outside. So while we were there over Christmas, Ellis kept staring out the door and mourning that she couldn't play with the bunny. My mom decided to bring it inside and this was her reaction..<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZUgmy1-0SfU&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZUgmy1-0SfU&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Ellis went on a carousel ride with Bah. I think the funniest part is my ongoing commentary. And, for the record, I was talking to my mom not some random stranger or the camera. Try not to get too dizzy on this one...<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2q-NPNxs7QQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2q-NPNxs7QQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-66672513445198695012010-02-27T15:23:00.007-05:002010-02-27T18:26:58.588-05:00New York or Bust--Or a Little Bit of Both<div style="text-align: center;">Taxi Ride. In NYC, you can put kids in taxis without car seats. So strange, but Ellis loved it. Just look out that window at the snow coming down.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEida7wlvfrjsrWbNDriaBRpD_u7nGlr56hrGOBQItMHOW5jAfcnF1pHALIoc6jxR3UDLwDRh1APqMkp675952DR1YbKwRV3TXyjQccA40eQ1N701axgm4HIXLSnzxYyQr12jB5BJMViyEY/s1600-h/IMG_0250.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEida7wlvfrjsrWbNDriaBRpD_u7nGlr56hrGOBQItMHOW5jAfcnF1pHALIoc6jxR3UDLwDRh1APqMkp675952DR1YbKwRV3TXyjQccA40eQ1N701axgm4HIXLSnzxYyQr12jB5BJMViyEY/s320/IMG_0250.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443023235277427330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">One guess at who took this picture.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitLJgVULys2pDaYkU5btHyhdSV7mudV91TT6OlmBkyNWche0tZH3rmPVj0Y_xzrzUxrVteOjSkcrOCO326n6tJNJepsZiPNZ-ChECPckoPHV6Fu39v6Zy6QUzrnijZALlEzVcGBZY4JOs/s1600-h/IMG_0252.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitLJgVULys2pDaYkU5btHyhdSV7mudV91TT6OlmBkyNWche0tZH3rmPVj0Y_xzrzUxrVteOjSkcrOCO326n6tJNJepsZiPNZ-ChECPckoPHV6Fu39v6Zy6QUzrnijZALlEzVcGBZY4JOs/s320/IMG_0252.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443023232564783346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">At the American Museum of Natural History. I wanted Ellis to pose with the elephants but, as you can see, that didn't happen.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1sRsCY2kJvT-DW2okC5J5EgNDFipoFtTGM3ZtC6kyib6lfx8IQzbCShLl3IR_kRN5bQDyJ4atP9oUH5LNZLBgeFb2_g1IL5i_uiknXgLGxF0ih8LbSoJNfYYqmeUBxr5LL8YPkmiTdjM/s1600-h/IMG_0254.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1sRsCY2kJvT-DW2okC5J5EgNDFipoFtTGM3ZtC6kyib6lfx8IQzbCShLl3IR_kRN5bQDyJ4atP9oUH5LNZLBgeFb2_g1IL5i_uiknXgLGxF0ih8LbSoJNfYYqmeUBxr5LL8YPkmiTdjM/s320/IMG_0254.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443023227941329202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She was smitten by the penguins though.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWmDPSAdB3LytGhorcPJnRJexxDbCWo7yrR-9Lx_DCwTFQq0-jRcie3xOnaKzC0MR50X47pmlh62z1hfSljb8Aw-yb6dVPYoStPQRGCqvszTnH1FGGZLhXK4lVOowUg7LAKrNuqmCpZA/s1600-h/IMG_0256.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWmDPSAdB3LytGhorcPJnRJexxDbCWo7yrR-9Lx_DCwTFQq0-jRcie3xOnaKzC0MR50X47pmlh62z1hfSljb8Aw-yb6dVPYoStPQRGCqvszTnH1FGGZLhXK4lVOowUg7LAKrNuqmCpZA/s320/IMG_0256.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443023217032981346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Snack time. Can I just say, again, how much I love not carrying sippy cups everywhere anymore.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjemHSgJ3U2lYw-2b-S9bVqbr_uCwDq_NGVhWTkahcQhZfIgjItz6wZPx0Xq4BtyAEzk4OnnfI_uZAMd7eyA3Vz33wXoSBsylXjhWl2HV8tZ0ga_VBFMUcSoNeZpq3DwNGW1Ej-pirDr0c/s1600-h/IMG_0259.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjemHSgJ3U2lYw-2b-S9bVqbr_uCwDq_NGVhWTkahcQhZfIgjItz6wZPx0Xq4BtyAEzk4OnnfI_uZAMd7eyA3Vz33wXoSBsylXjhWl2HV8tZ0ga_VBFMUcSoNeZpq3DwNGW1Ej-pirDr0c/s320/IMG_0259.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443022843941461122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">An archeological dig at the discovery center inside the Museum of Natural History.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwtGGsHVxehljnZ2Xk3wEF0htBtOBR2xtVvCfyM0u7WAvWS8mADPLjppzEeRmQ8IDpDSxkbSuQDQ6hZwQ9lj9n6BfgQyim7BNfquDx9KPzxDyMfiYZBUsye5ymjKDfcxN7P4_Ck2wU4Mo/s1600-h/IMG_0260.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwtGGsHVxehljnZ2Xk3wEF0htBtOBR2xtVvCfyM0u7WAvWS8mADPLjppzEeRmQ8IDpDSxkbSuQDQ6hZwQ9lj9n6BfgQyim7BNfquDx9KPzxDyMfiYZBUsye5ymjKDfcxN7P4_Ck2wU4Mo/s320/IMG_0260.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443022842129315170" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I can't quite figure out why, but I love this picture. I think it's the intense concentration in her face. (She's looking at dinosaur bones).</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFyMMd6cA801Y3eVGdohofsvlE_OruCCuzE-y_Q6zNf94pwypXXXSDG_LAIujXxRnq4cIn_jZnRcmMpKRORcDZ_zbOoGa6EAV_0ep6YXppVffKbQpimIQbfjDK_ei4XIF93mBTqvd1meo/s1600-h/IMG_0263.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFyMMd6cA801Y3eVGdohofsvlE_OruCCuzE-y_Q6zNf94pwypXXXSDG_LAIujXxRnq4cIn_jZnRcmMpKRORcDZ_zbOoGa6EAV_0ep6YXppVffKbQpimIQbfjDK_ei4XIF93mBTqvd1meo/s320/IMG_0263.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443022833383356546" /></a><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And then back to more excavation...</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51iUWQFTpj4_YA-HB90UdFrBaODe-yt5NJ-vmO8At2Rqa4Z3_vuIh37orPVR6mVRsZ-CEQLsw3dx4IRLIUzLiRqivb8gvCyfEU8GTdzoqO98oC1F2yt4gyUGJ08kW6tsBHfRFI547BA/s320/IMG_0262.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443022828973632098" /><div style="text-align: center;">Checking out the dinosaur teeth</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheGtW8Q9fn-0izIDnoHhpC8RWCjlzr6T4E6oIbFFcX55GN6nSSOyy8jNgS3EnySr5tqFxioaCzvlKke0k_T0RT7ewMDqvLoDL-vM1KUUZtVIYqVHbLXlhdW91sLGsgr7D0XQ-xwTBIuEs/s1600-h/IMG_0264.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheGtW8Q9fn-0izIDnoHhpC8RWCjlzr6T4E6oIbFFcX55GN6nSSOyy8jNgS3EnySr5tqFxioaCzvlKke0k_T0RT7ewMDqvLoDL-vM1KUUZtVIYqVHbLXlhdW91sLGsgr7D0XQ-xwTBIuEs/s320/IMG_0264.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443022823621481858" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The next morning in Manhattan was a big, snowy mess.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFZBmgh1_EMJVX-RSou9h3QxMYcKlqWcTfd6I0u5VzKstoiGbc2G_wqBAJuHOwByGsUk_IdlaJ4kSZFqvGnxGTe-Lu6Bi7PygVsxzQHiYzeos5ngbnFz4p1NU-e8Mc_rtAEDECJuseKo/s1600-h/IMG_0270.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFZBmgh1_EMJVX-RSou9h3QxMYcKlqWcTfd6I0u5VzKstoiGbc2G_wqBAJuHOwByGsUk_IdlaJ4kSZFqvGnxGTe-Lu6Bi7PygVsxzQHiYzeos5ngbnFz4p1NU-e8Mc_rtAEDECJuseKo/s320/IMG_0270.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443022145286841570" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">More big snowy mess.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEp5g_FiLP42tmV0jVDUGeJBL44sfxsSEcZAuIPY_Ixm7J4ug9L8a0NzvyGJLd3a6Fy7V-RlsEAVEzsKh03qBsEIobVUXZVvlKDhzre7Op3hfaQcBnJyuyXthg5pe-9thuhdVZHezXskM/s1600-h/IMG_0272.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEp5g_FiLP42tmV0jVDUGeJBL44sfxsSEcZAuIPY_Ixm7J4ug9L8a0NzvyGJLd3a6Fy7V-RlsEAVEzsKh03qBsEIobVUXZVvlKDhzre7Op3hfaQcBnJyuyXthg5pe-9thuhdVZHezXskM/s320/IMG_0272.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443022140838189682" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">So--I took Ellis to the Time Warner Center and to the bookstore. This picture cracks me up. If you haven't been to the Time Warner center, there are these giant Japanese bronze statues that are completely nude. Ellis just stood there and stared at this one for a while. The whole rest of the time we were in the building she kept asking to see the "satue".</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLo8sHDn8g43qU1uACpLPVPw0lorSclRzYxVKFNtccE4Loet-_yGzBaafUPVm-LCM3RqgapWjLDzblnXnf8F-sZUFiuJWAA1KTzFyl_uqYKFoqPGFze3Sn1Vu0aoVTffTesiYU6-UtP-8/s1600-h/IMG_0274.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLo8sHDn8g43qU1uACpLPVPw0lorSclRzYxVKFNtccE4Loet-_yGzBaafUPVm-LCM3RqgapWjLDzblnXnf8F-sZUFiuJWAA1KTzFyl_uqYKFoqPGFze3Sn1Vu0aoVTffTesiYU6-UtP-8/s320/IMG_0274.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443022137498151714" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Given the big snowy mess, we went home a day early. Thank God for trains. And guess what, Boston hadn't seen an inch of snow. Just a little spring rain. Crazy.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15JXs92p2v81DD0LZFmD-l7M0Eme_2EHcd54j2lL_ayiMaWa6W52znbRrjYhnAjI0D0MycaM7kO_o4-jrPmjLEJ6EQZyAlc2xIdCnC85vU2BUzxkmAPfC8haJUZl9o21ZRj0LAFBxdpg/s1600-h/IMG_0276.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15JXs92p2v81DD0LZFmD-l7M0Eme_2EHcd54j2lL_ayiMaWa6W52znbRrjYhnAjI0D0MycaM7kO_o4-jrPmjLEJ6EQZyAlc2xIdCnC85vU2BUzxkmAPfC8haJUZl9o21ZRj0LAFBxdpg/s320/IMG_0276.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443022124387951138" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>All in all, I'd say we had fun in New York. There were definitely some disappointing moments such as when the Children's Museum of Manhattan closed because of the snow and we couldn't go in, or when we stood outside in the snow for 15 minutes trying to hail a cab. In fact, I heard Mayor Bloomberg say on the radio that Manhattan schools had only closed 3 times in eight years and we just happened to be there on one of those days. But, Ellis did love riding in the taxis, the Museum of Natural History, the train, and watching the snow fall. So I'll just try to focus on those things instead.</div><div><br /></div><div>I also have to say, not bragging but just out of gratefulness, that Ellis has such a sweet and happy spirit. She didn't cry or throw a fit once, which I can't honestly say about myself. I'm not, of course, saying that she's perfect. But her gentleness surprises me daily. Such a blessing...</div><div><br /></div><br /><br />This is a video of Ellis brushing her teeth. We are trying to teach her to spit out the toothpaste rather than swallow it, but as you can tell from the video, she doesn't quite understand the concept yet. I think it's hilarious how much she "spits" right after swallowing the toothpaste. And yes, for the record, Vimal is always that thorough with the tooth brushing.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zfEtPwRmNLU&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zfEtPwRmNLU&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-85068108066070568652010-02-22T08:17:00.000-05:002010-02-22T08:19:04.515-05:00A Medley of SongsHere is a video of Ellis singing a variety of song. I think she's doing quite well with her ABC's. And just look at how long her hair is! Crazy. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1tak_DEJ9D0&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1tak_DEJ9D0&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-43943127872977394502010-02-21T22:40:00.003-05:002010-02-21T23:05:54.068-05:00More Indoor Wintery Days<div style="text-align: center;">Playing in the race car at the mall. She's her daddy's daughter. Just look how focused she is. Focus + Love of cars = Daddy</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRdM92Cua-jTim6hAuoU2lK6-cdvvlZemR9cVLdd9jIgQlqh25ZqZAWG7F8SVSLrCacd7Q8svZy7OdC-UekpN7jTJCbe2pT1W_uDseHnEmHoHNpMmSzVdeblYyDH8Qs5YWaaoNBTl4ko/s1600-h/IMG_0222.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRdM92Cua-jTim6hAuoU2lK6-cdvvlZemR9cVLdd9jIgQlqh25ZqZAWG7F8SVSLrCacd7Q8svZy7OdC-UekpN7jTJCbe2pT1W_uDseHnEmHoHNpMmSzVdeblYyDH8Qs5YWaaoNBTl4ko/s320/IMG_0222.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440909682908293842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A little fun in the mall photo booth. Mommy and Ellis took a strip of pictures together. They were hilarious!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLF7BUZgl9wgRSw5dMBgsBaDiA547c2i1LdIhif0fWFik4MqlRAHMmklO7KKr8bXVHJCskZiTiOj7_Jo0D92Rzpmgt4BRK95Gv1FWYchNCT3LSi_r_cP4Yo0HR2QN42riWC13PTHjRGMw/s1600-h/IMG_0225.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLF7BUZgl9wgRSw5dMBgsBaDiA547c2i1LdIhif0fWFik4MqlRAHMmklO7KKr8bXVHJCskZiTiOj7_Jo0D92Rzpmgt4BRK95Gv1FWYchNCT3LSi_r_cP4Yo0HR2QN42riWC13PTHjRGMw/s320/IMG_0225.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440909678362837138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mid-conversation. She really had some things to say.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo2GYqNdDXfFdhWlCdL2hnqQpevmpoE_AoHT_LPLBYvU2GAhKdss-CiytK_BaevwtF26miRWskdEbN6lb2C34JPHlfbDb3f7PtPF60MrexvzYVj1cWoQc6pnlMWct0QnC2UDyiaZEYsbA/s1600-h/IMG_0229.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo2GYqNdDXfFdhWlCdL2hnqQpevmpoE_AoHT_LPLBYvU2GAhKdss-CiytK_BaevwtF26miRWskdEbN6lb2C34JPHlfbDb3f7PtPF60MrexvzYVj1cWoQc6pnlMWct0QnC2UDyiaZEYsbA/s320/IMG_0229.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440909675151588930" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I love this face too much.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8gr_6ndb2f53ZRKcxfJLm3kpBVXBpcU6ttPMpDXEJ0rltAyEsXDVtPADe7nSmDnLAWtyzGP1oDSw5ltMqSWs7SIPRLt7zSwNGXF3L6qp2EVvICXkz-eQVmgx_8XQ2ADhlLWWvCgv3LI/s1600-h/IMG_0230.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8gr_6ndb2f53ZRKcxfJLm3kpBVXBpcU6ttPMpDXEJ0rltAyEsXDVtPADe7nSmDnLAWtyzGP1oDSw5ltMqSWs7SIPRLt7zSwNGXF3L6qp2EVvICXkz-eQVmgx_8XQ2ADhlLWWvCgv3LI/s320/IMG_0230.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440909297634419154" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Breakfast with our friend Diane.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQgyyTd6aaytlEPRNvj1z6Gk9iuFeiX7f9Rnfbwrh8oPUnFqgo4CvYuo19FAkOgqX6cYtiboHX1JVhyekGOy5RCdV5hASbBRDYiL5hmF6bLvUHZr_okxFCn-iO3JBY6Tb2xA2SNAEs-Q/s1600-h/IMG_0232.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQgyyTd6aaytlEPRNvj1z6Gk9iuFeiX7f9Rnfbwrh8oPUnFqgo4CvYuo19FAkOgqX6cYtiboHX1JVhyekGOy5RCdV5hASbBRDYiL5hmF6bLvUHZr_okxFCn-iO3JBY6Tb2xA2SNAEs-Q/s320/IMG_0232.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440909290259543938" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Drinking water from a glass. She's mastered this now. Bye-bye sippy-cups.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-jMxlNpK4b3N8wZObHjBnDz6z5ViWbiS2Hdeji9iJF7ui4XvnClUmUbK-37HqA3dbNOv7m8MxoPFfohyJn96S0k00lsfEI5iRfY2G_n61SdpCo25gmOHaB5DatF6i8lZRfjn3IAkMCI/s1600-h/IMG_0234.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-jMxlNpK4b3N8wZObHjBnDz6z5ViWbiS2Hdeji9iJF7ui4XvnClUmUbK-37HqA3dbNOv7m8MxoPFfohyJn96S0k00lsfEI5iRfY2G_n61SdpCo25gmOHaB5DatF6i8lZRfjn3IAkMCI/s320/IMG_0234.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440909289334916386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This is the face Ellis makes if I ask her to say "Cheese."</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhreawHAoHYjFYe2Q4cnbyCGU3mpH7LYGfxfNSeTYOMLy7DYhuHBRG6xl4v-kRPmWY7ayRQQpGAoruf0mGizAcFfDpYo5VtJBAVbqcQcGaE0m4U1v30Xlx48Z6f-z2EsZeNS3R1KA5Y0KY/s1600-h/IMG_0238.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhreawHAoHYjFYe2Q4cnbyCGU3mpH7LYGfxfNSeTYOMLy7DYhuHBRG6xl4v-kRPmWY7ayRQQpGAoruf0mGizAcFfDpYo5VtJBAVbqcQcGaE0m4U1v30Xlx48Z6f-z2EsZeNS3R1KA5Y0KY/s320/IMG_0238.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440909281579679026" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This is the face that Claire makes when I ask her to say "Cheese." I love how Ellis is looking at her here.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjrTTWtZ1ZrgVpgq2mpL5SaotjUHY_uPFc7e8HP_ak1CXS1JewUxB_mWWTZfE0Q3U10DcpDldyFXZVy_Mp3FHKnJSlaJwjJachdEjrFRcsTZ1jvPktX7UV1mXm38lQB-YN4_VEAQGYJs/s1600-h/IMG_0239.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjrTTWtZ1ZrgVpgq2mpL5SaotjUHY_uPFc7e8HP_ak1CXS1JewUxB_mWWTZfE0Q3U10DcpDldyFXZVy_Mp3FHKnJSlaJwjJachdEjrFRcsTZ1jvPktX7UV1mXm38lQB-YN4_VEAQGYJs/s320/IMG_0239.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440909278602396274" /></a><br /><div>Just a few pictures from this past week. As you can tell, we've been making fun wherever we go. This week we're going to accompany daddy on a business trip to NYC. Can't wait to show Ellis the Central Park Zoo and the Children's Museum there. So excited!</div>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-47141467770808629942010-02-12T14:22:00.007-05:002010-02-12T15:01:18.773-05:00Wintery Indoor Activities<div style="text-align: center;">She got these glasses for her birthday as part of a doctor kit. She loves them.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7fQ5dKNmMVMY8_HodfoKzhqfY436uvWO2N7w4lCeWqn3xyYSDpOBLf8otXXrBKJV9V-bRCIq3xQG06bNzcee3Z4FcKBRH1pNSy763ZJrGu4HItx7AtFOzWAcLMxGTwXB-Ue6qdnlWzM/s1600-h/IMG_0153.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7fQ5dKNmMVMY8_HodfoKzhqfY436uvWO2N7w4lCeWqn3xyYSDpOBLf8otXXrBKJV9V-bRCIq3xQG06bNzcee3Z4FcKBRH1pNSy763ZJrGu4HItx7AtFOzWAcLMxGTwXB-Ue6qdnlWzM/s320/IMG_0153.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437441222522986450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Checking out her glasses in the mirror</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW19HnU9muhUlWxdWGD2u_gMSDXDaZy6mIMtyKO55DBDLFDBGfvPpIVq1Xp2X1hyphenhyphenzKLjTniyOsES2LPz76XIV9idDxQBf1EwKd9B58S9zIFQ6bAjTK9wFV7HlhBQjpj3QmhdxJrx7rifw/s1600-h/IMG_0154.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW19HnU9muhUlWxdWGD2u_gMSDXDaZy6mIMtyKO55DBDLFDBGfvPpIVq1Xp2X1hyphenhyphenzKLjTniyOsES2LPz76XIV9idDxQBf1EwKd9B58S9zIFQ6bAjTK9wFV7HlhBQjpj3QmhdxJrx7rifw/s320/IMG_0154.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437441220791295250" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ellis always asks me for the lemon out of my water. I finally decided to give it to her and see what she did with it...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGAJuJC3PF5MOg-7HIImtnPYh5KUSr4bGXXTdwxHnS2nr3IEhu_UEHbBfwFU2O6D5N9pW6tZPzM0LQ7lwHh-d6KHhZmS7GFww5eZUKiC6L2DZXOuNTXTYugZkO80S28pfXBlq5yTdsxPg/s1600-h/IMG_0162.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGAJuJC3PF5MOg-7HIImtnPYh5KUSr4bGXXTdwxHnS2nr3IEhu_UEHbBfwFU2O6D5N9pW6tZPzM0LQ7lwHh-d6KHhZmS7GFww5eZUKiC6L2DZXOuNTXTYugZkO80S28pfXBlq5yTdsxPg/s320/IMG_0162.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437441215780765506" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...and this is what she did with it.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wVhdSHG-EQOIDC_Ak8mZNnZEEDVRLEC65iEwMTKFGPWHSxi5figQwv3dDntJp0VnGvtKPu1jW9CfK7qSR35gMCwZxu69rYi0M4A0FAj3y6vsFarKBNo0p2jd_LeRwuTLdzhA81gFQHo/s1600-h/IMG_0163.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wVhdSHG-EQOIDC_Ak8mZNnZEEDVRLEC65iEwMTKFGPWHSxi5figQwv3dDntJp0VnGvtKPu1jW9CfK7qSR35gMCwZxu69rYi0M4A0FAj3y6vsFarKBNo0p2jd_LeRwuTLdzhA81gFQHo/s320/IMG_0163.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437441211862221666" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Then she made this face...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_GhdY2oyzJpRi525FXxDxFv8jcVfz2Ar4xU5clK-04Iexj_uz3Y5C_oVwfQrotPVhdQAPtgUH7M1S6Fw0hctDhvIS2J7VezttfRjRhNEaQRcxMs-FyUb_stGsvKFuKH1x9EJoYozulSE/s1600-h/IMG_0171.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_GhdY2oyzJpRi525FXxDxFv8jcVfz2Ar4xU5clK-04Iexj_uz3Y5C_oVwfQrotPVhdQAPtgUH7M1S6Fw0hctDhvIS2J7VezttfRjRhNEaQRcxMs-FyUb_stGsvKFuKH1x9EJoYozulSE/s320/IMG_0171.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437440999558226450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...went back for more while making this face...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8Per5tGgM9rwAZGNnFhuaNRW6hRV6H1Lsdd-EH4mZZyIFukxhdVu9da0Uuxi8CgU3GMXwCl1H3Gbt5eobMYxt62bqUl7Bc27MeZOHZJz6zRuLBKn5pCXI9YVQ_ZEU2Lf1ALLAFiP4-M/s1600-h/IMG_0172.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8Per5tGgM9rwAZGNnFhuaNRW6hRV6H1Lsdd-EH4mZZyIFukxhdVu9da0Uuxi8CgU3GMXwCl1H3Gbt5eobMYxt62bqUl7Bc27MeZOHZJz6zRuLBKn5pCXI9YVQ_ZEU2Lf1ALLAFiP4-M/s320/IMG_0172.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437440993244633570" /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">...and finally made this face while devouring the whole wedge, rind and all.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ABYjZnoBlnezzmtlZn7v64uHmVahnvppmT0iF1zoTVE5NP5ChRou4rNxomjF-cZ8NrrGgfv5_UcGO2Ip2f5YRtZUZl6t71W4IyWCxeU6B7HNw2r-6e-bYxSMUhHA9Wab4qELJPdTvaY/s1600-h/IMG_0165.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ABYjZnoBlnezzmtlZn7v64uHmVahnvppmT0iF1zoTVE5NP5ChRou4rNxomjF-cZ8NrrGgfv5_UcGO2Ip2f5YRtZUZl6t71W4IyWCxeU6B7HNw2r-6e-bYxSMUhHA9Wab4qELJPdTvaY/s320/IMG_0165.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437443052628150738" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; ">When I asked Ellis why she put these boots on her hands, she told me that her hands were cold. She's always making me laugh out loud. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIMXipnxhl058drXgo3tMHXz7lyOICsiHDWpo2eoUOtlWfY-IAkSOYTga3Jz0ozRjebJRj5V-DP__BTbO9IQBot_eaZLjDiM4FeSpTML1qSO58U-ZEN5z8LTfs5KqPOMfqIaUeB5mSxHk/s1600-h/IMG_0165.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIMXipnxhl058drXgo3tMHXz7lyOICsiHDWpo2eoUOtlWfY-IAkSOYTga3Jz0ozRjebJRj5V-DP__BTbO9IQBot_eaZLjDiM4FeSpTML1qSO58U-ZEN5z8LTfs5KqPOMfqIaUeB5mSxHk/s1600-h/IMG_0165.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIMXipnxhl058drXgo3tMHXz7lyOICsiHDWpo2eoUOtlWfY-IAkSOYTga3Jz0ozRjebJRj5V-DP__BTbO9IQBot_eaZLjDiM4FeSpTML1qSO58U-ZEN5z8LTfs5KqPOMfqIaUeB5mSxHk/s1600-h/IMG_0165.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCi0JIBxPjTNW6hYs8YPGEjTpfdohZ-wnQ6ThyOdMJJO0pMoH-9Sq_GS8sl7VW80k0mObwZO3kVHt1iTHPaVFjOjIxmxqS7edLXUHXkW7pH-W9TH8Zjr-PcbvSTsD1pC_UG1YkqLyzo_k/s1600-h/IMG_0174.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCi0JIBxPjTNW6hYs8YPGEjTpfdohZ-wnQ6ThyOdMJJO0pMoH-9Sq_GS8sl7VW80k0mObwZO3kVHt1iTHPaVFjOjIxmxqS7edLXUHXkW7pH-W9TH8Zjr-PcbvSTsD1pC_UG1YkqLyzo_k/s320/IMG_0174.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437440989869048242" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Apparently, she's very proud of herself for finding a solution to the cold hands problem.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwH0spSyXcGaNVFBSzkckMJHOZm5kV-ikK-hCu755etJhxXuhuCn2lRXR-QJTaEYrGqTUzOdrSUrlfKUMNP2GYwqHHDWTDvNdhvkBb6MO0wBwTm2v_F8itEK7q4tLtWcjxO-zvJryfloI/s1600-h/IMG_0176.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwH0spSyXcGaNVFBSzkckMJHOZm5kV-ikK-hCu755etJhxXuhuCn2lRXR-QJTaEYrGqTUzOdrSUrlfKUMNP2GYwqHHDWTDvNdhvkBb6MO0wBwTm2v_F8itEK7q4tLtWcjxO-zvJryfloI/s320/IMG_0176.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437440987529975250" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She randomly started playing with this little girl at the indoor playground.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEXzForPI0PiyVHtkfLCg897O2Rfqff1e1d1rH77vYzIAUFA7IEO2yuJ3JY1Y5hYnCk8Elf3PDQmiIZrv0TndjKslL3DuVl9lLpdJRfFPcWq7HOKPfDX9J0xtBb5r8kXicw7l5oYH1wk/s1600-h/IMG_0177.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEXzForPI0PiyVHtkfLCg897O2Rfqff1e1d1rH77vYzIAUFA7IEO2yuJ3JY1Y5hYnCk8Elf3PDQmiIZrv0TndjKslL3DuVl9lLpdJRfFPcWq7HOKPfDX9J0xtBb5r8kXicw7l5oYH1wk/s320/IMG_0177.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437440652891658466" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">They were carrying on a full conversation with each other and really seemed to understand what the other was saying.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmOuMofgaRSgaKbHz4VlAncuy59cB6WKYSDyxSSXPum_lTujeoYGu5E78crIYY6lqCxiDyfIarTeIOwIT4vsgYjAqTQ3sVyIPvUMlXiq0m46V0o7Gln_WL9IPOmSnde9Buj1FDtDQ5Vw/s1600-h/IMG_0178.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmOuMofgaRSgaKbHz4VlAncuy59cB6WKYSDyxSSXPum_lTujeoYGu5E78crIYY6lqCxiDyfIarTeIOwIT4vsgYjAqTQ3sVyIPvUMlXiq0m46V0o7Gln_WL9IPOmSnde9Buj1FDtDQ5Vw/s320/IMG_0178.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437440649204517026" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">They were pretending to have a store and "selling" food to each other.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOEfABS24LZLsHdvUWYy86eoCAkSBLaRx4bZseJaJVD5lX3ZmpRiPkdXv9KiPBW_TgOp8p8ScEz0M2p-7-DtMBNKmeBigpFl5OUfNWLtfk99Lzq8y5xo5scHctG5TeoB4Sz2NYdxTW6Zc/s1600-h/IMG_0180.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOEfABS24LZLsHdvUWYy86eoCAkSBLaRx4bZseJaJVD5lX3ZmpRiPkdXv9KiPBW_TgOp8p8ScEz0M2p-7-DtMBNKmeBigpFl5OUfNWLtfk99Lzq8y5xo5scHctG5TeoB4Sz2NYdxTW6Zc/s320/IMG_0180.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437440645482767714" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Then they decided that working at the store was exhausting and decided to take a nap.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFOo6t7c1S4scz6YPBntyaM4bfoaiTe2r5BwAoC5HhUi7SJqWV-6l7cEDOgomBbx8AY9xs_V5c32XvdThhdz4kNKrKMVr-ORj8jlu9I-YU7hxkjonH9wgoufIXtopK-Yl0Y_slBXYH5Bo/s1600-h/IMG_0182.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFOo6t7c1S4scz6YPBntyaM4bfoaiTe2r5BwAoC5HhUi7SJqWV-6l7cEDOgomBbx8AY9xs_V5c32XvdThhdz4kNKrKMVr-ORj8jlu9I-YU7hxkjonH9wgoufIXtopK-Yl0Y_slBXYH5Bo/s320/IMG_0182.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437440640719136210" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Getting hearts painted on her hand at our church's winter carnival.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcPUdsdiF_B7t7PqTrdiNNSODadsYn-L3woCAYIvJd9qtfb8rPQBUbzUOPn_4HJY-XnAUE7-vRGRWfQH8pUljs2jUCtvfG_4y9MaZb7yN8eYGYIJg4pHYUMDdceW3agKRd0cZiCTtlxA/s1600-h/IMG_0183.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcPUdsdiF_B7t7PqTrdiNNSODadsYn-L3woCAYIvJd9qtfb8rPQBUbzUOPn_4HJY-XnAUE7-vRGRWfQH8pUljs2jUCtvfG_4y9MaZb7yN8eYGYIJg4pHYUMDdceW3agKRd0cZiCTtlxA/s320/IMG_0183.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437440636148713522" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She sat perfectly still until her entire hand was covered in hearts.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9bW-f8EpSF4Tf1kHIY1InATL20NK24LjLgejBO3BW2c7l2ybjRHx1SLny6Km_PzPbtZj3YK3Ziea7abWV7vUqjnUmZwi-T3TkE6zid-W97BeXh83GGHTPCj6tUW8Pl9CjP4QxmSdGq-k/s1600-h/IMG_0185.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9bW-f8EpSF4Tf1kHIY1InATL20NK24LjLgejBO3BW2c7l2ybjRHx1SLny6Km_PzPbtZj3YK3Ziea7abWV7vUqjnUmZwi-T3TkE6zid-W97BeXh83GGHTPCj6tUW8Pl9CjP4QxmSdGq-k/s320/IMG_0185.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437440353988925490" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I LOVE this picture. Such insight into our little girl's personality. She loves music so much that once this band started playing (at our church) she took a seat right in front of them. There was NO ONE else sitting there but she wanted to sit and listen to them play. And she couldn't care less if anyone else joined her. So sweet.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7lZQZDVHXMxb7HXVYsfD_o-EXykUslclCGnTPmJdZtZXOQaFywOtnPfXc2h_CDUEiudmDx9_ZC7EsyDcMlLy7hirC-FZZmbdIiUsIC-BxRDjpp6NPDClU_COMy_yRBetFCYjeXQ85jc/s1600-h/IMG_0186.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7lZQZDVHXMxb7HXVYsfD_o-EXykUslclCGnTPmJdZtZXOQaFywOtnPfXc2h_CDUEiudmDx9_ZC7EsyDcMlLy7hirC-FZZmbdIiUsIC-BxRDjpp6NPDClU_COMy_yRBetFCYjeXQ85jc/s320/IMG_0186.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437440341077635314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, I am still the TV police but a few months ago we started letting Ellis watch one 30 minute PBS show a day. As a result, she loves "George-a-monkey" so I decided to take her to this special 'Curious George' exhibit at The Children's Museum. Ellis was talking to "the man with the yellow hat" like he was real.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSWc5jOtZWFk8MZrgiHMo23qVWA5SsDLj4KQDuiMpTnkZVlYr_jfE70D4rTUDd5Jy97bHNC8LqZ-X-4cxJB0XzcL7X8W4kNtQMYAbY_LXtBX7InSXF9R1PLZziu6SJPXibKTfdoaj2y_Q/s1600-h/IMG_0193.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSWc5jOtZWFk8MZrgiHMo23qVWA5SsDLj4KQDuiMpTnkZVlYr_jfE70D4rTUDd5Jy97bHNC8LqZ-X-4cxJB0XzcL7X8W4kNtQMYAbY_LXtBX7InSXF9R1PLZziu6SJPXibKTfdoaj2y_Q/s320/IMG_0193.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437440335435997890" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Then she found George and she stood like this with him for about two minutes saying "Hi George."</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWG0I6K1o3RSpu2jMJDZ9wm-3EGNfPnIb0KMsuhOvvfc2Ac6Sjzt13wZ4YYEu8onwG5VOyN4K0hzPg7WDBI_n11vM7HKByfjV1KYNPn1rbj9zWy2uicE_H7viMSAGM1S8e3dU2iCfA0DY/s1600-h/IMG_0201.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWG0I6K1o3RSpu2jMJDZ9wm-3EGNfPnIb0KMsuhOvvfc2Ac6Sjzt13wZ4YYEu8onwG5VOyN4K0hzPg7WDBI_n11vM7HKByfjV1KYNPn1rbj9zWy2uicE_H7viMSAGM1S8e3dU2iCfA0DY/s320/IMG_0201.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437440328817126914" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Then she gave him about 10 hugs.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNiQ4eC8KjoVtkNwosCBBqg8r6mzlg_p6k-9ibY_RPl9SzZLLzvqA1HV8AQ5Oin12BdV3gxlOGD1odO8Ggm2APa5S6kLZGRg8GOIhbP1nLDS2hKhVs2TawXo7SvlaqxtWCTUwaR8rK38M/s1600-h/IMG_0202.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNiQ4eC8KjoVtkNwosCBBqg8r6mzlg_p6k-9ibY_RPl9SzZLLzvqA1HV8AQ5Oin12BdV3gxlOGD1odO8Ggm2APa5S6kLZGRg8GOIhbP1nLDS2hKhVs2TawXo7SvlaqxtWCTUwaR8rK38M/s320/IMG_0202.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437440327011901586" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Kate, Claire and Ellis. Can you tell that Ellis was all done with my photo shoot?</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnk3nLxj5RbwwDaCmF4MANOXgqX-uduw3juJwV-kvKiCggqcU4rX3fDXu9CWQ7mBzqhZo3t0xLFYMG66H6ViO2PmD1P-C46jiBZIx7HRx-ZgeJLqJ4dSxnNCEgHo2La75-0blPPvZKKSY/s1600-h/IMG_0210.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnk3nLxj5RbwwDaCmF4MANOXgqX-uduw3juJwV-kvKiCggqcU4rX3fDXu9CWQ7mBzqhZo3t0xLFYMG66H6ViO2PmD1P-C46jiBZIx7HRx-ZgeJLqJ4dSxnNCEgHo2La75-0blPPvZKKSY/s320/IMG_0210.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437439942110291954" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I was shocked that Ellis knew all the Curious George character names. She saw this mural and ran over to it yelling "Charkie, Charkie!" like he was her long lost friend.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpViKXgxhWe8mWTAlg3yM2mGD0zg3oa9PKXA-wVSk23M1tPRLVGBTGlzrC2Kl_pHivl9oqoTMzMaCpE015Y36ENARLjWY_pnMmPnPKXkYFL6FEJ98k2zMTs7Lh1i-5HJQzca0dDcBqSg/s1600-h/IMG_0211.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpViKXgxhWe8mWTAlg3yM2mGD0zg3oa9PKXA-wVSk23M1tPRLVGBTGlzrC2Kl_pHivl9oqoTMzMaCpE015Y36ENARLjWY_pnMmPnPKXkYFL6FEJ98k2zMTs7Lh1i-5HJQzca0dDcBqSg/s320/IMG_0211.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437439927184065506" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">In the water room at The Children's Museum, carefully pouring the water into her measuring cup.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm87RRTzCe6Fj0l1QnH9VWJ4r-n1i-s5BIo1ngU5VAtiYRYC0r4gQwOkvknbOtJGPMgtkuPQ2KSqNQTSxFfKfps4o3OTtfkxqcHnS3ezb2sLJk5oidXBsKAA88prWEEq81TdsPgoCYuGY/s1600-h/IMG_0216.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm87RRTzCe6Fj0l1QnH9VWJ4r-n1i-s5BIo1ngU5VAtiYRYC0r4gQwOkvknbOtJGPMgtkuPQ2KSqNQTSxFfKfps4o3OTtfkxqcHnS3ezb2sLJk5oidXBsKAA88prWEEq81TdsPgoCYuGY/s320/IMG_0216.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437439917927143858" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Still focusing...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMx-AIQn2OgyHUbZoeoCjZcU7SmhkbLzmZtVcjhuZQhkXd6X4b3PES1KKIjI93Nj5ifqKpuQ3_OLZiomLHkl68cIsdXWR0-ZpH1R4dXQH1OGfSeusKk9ttg1dV1I8jzWAKPl06DBXqw0/s1600-h/IMG_0213.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMx-AIQn2OgyHUbZoeoCjZcU7SmhkbLzmZtVcjhuZQhkXd6X4b3PES1KKIjI93Nj5ifqKpuQ3_OLZiomLHkl68cIsdXWR0-ZpH1R4dXQH1OGfSeusKk9ttg1dV1I8jzWAKPl06DBXqw0/s320/IMG_0213.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437439925602211826" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...SUCCESS! (And very proud of herself)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwRrxwroyUbUZC2MLOEp2x8f1q9oHRACxrhiocrUY6FFU4CLqDyMzgiUItPWa8bQBL3MiStNbzLjoWv0BqVAkUQsmR8CjV-1EYTyLwfeDk1TwO3P1-ZqjhMmjPO-l5dxP3bbaFerHVXk/s1600-h/IMG_0214.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwRrxwroyUbUZC2MLOEp2x8f1q9oHRACxrhiocrUY6FFU4CLqDyMzgiUItPWa8bQBL3MiStNbzLjoWv0BqVAkUQsmR8CjV-1EYTyLwfeDk1TwO3P1-ZqjhMmjPO-l5dxP3bbaFerHVXk/s320/IMG_0214.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437439921845634642" /></a><br /><div>Well, as I'm sure you can tell from these photos, the last few weeks have been a lot of fun here in Boston. We've been having cold but precipitationless (yes, I made up that word) weather so I've been finding indoor things for us to do. I have to admit that I usually hate winter but this one has been so mild and fun that I really can't say that.</div><div><br /></div><div>We also had the same photographer that took pictures for Ellis' first birthday come back again. I can't wait to get those pictures in hand so that I can post them on here. They really are beautiful. Will post them as soon as I can. </div>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-57969060082894442782010-01-19T15:30:00.006-05:002010-01-19T15:59:57.448-05:00Ellis turns 2!!!<div style="text-align: center;">She looked so cute in her party hat...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeUFhaAgt39c_1GvPgBTA1Ue0KG0gZmT_tPz0nNTQWrqSaCV5XErb-QT7p09iqIUu7GMLLYFy-VcIvkRvV59ARzNxqhIwNXZRKQWc9Q3BiDIqNmDCsTHreXC7ogByNaYtT-S9O4ixg8Ek/s1600-h/IMG_3359.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeUFhaAgt39c_1GvPgBTA1Ue0KG0gZmT_tPz0nNTQWrqSaCV5XErb-QT7p09iqIUu7GMLLYFy-VcIvkRvV59ARzNxqhIwNXZRKQWc9Q3BiDIqNmDCsTHreXC7ogByNaYtT-S9O4ixg8Ek/s320/IMG_3359.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428551893334925170" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...for a few seconds</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumSjThS-bese5XRqvhvi8mpHDo6OHZDJyN5-4bogwMuPSZWE9_6i0R3jAQFC-CFak8yA-ycFpmz6Jrv4bc6eAhYURw5Islw9_YpD294D1MTdIYPSxWYHLqO-C-1UFv5pZEvkeygnSDbA/s1600-h/IMG_3363.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumSjThS-bese5XRqvhvi8mpHDo6OHZDJyN5-4bogwMuPSZWE9_6i0R3jAQFC-CFak8yA-ycFpmz6Jrv4bc6eAhYURw5Islw9_YpD294D1MTdIYPSxWYHLqO-C-1UFv5pZEvkeygnSDbA/s320/IMG_3363.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428551898224052146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Half the spread</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4yn5vKiAbt2fMuCCmSQLJ92KXgaiGjksto1qb7ofLMQHgAWCbODUnCjCwn7jGuXbefve0wPZ0xlVwGC1I-Sr8-HbZP7LaIZePRejJbCYGtycQW-sDLjUFM_Wr2R-eRoZjx9_ChI8nNo/s1600-h/IMG_3351.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4yn5vKiAbt2fMuCCmSQLJ92KXgaiGjksto1qb7ofLMQHgAWCbODUnCjCwn7jGuXbefve0wPZ0xlVwGC1I-Sr8-HbZP7LaIZePRejJbCYGtycQW-sDLjUFM_Wr2R-eRoZjx9_ChI8nNo/s320/IMG_3351.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428551884851981234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Balloons (Hello Kitty) and food</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Uv_LHLAWfo9C5dlAeFuZyLiJxsUIV77W2zqbJLM5233A6COEz_pfpT4iwm5ZsadkS5IVifr7v1vQETdzxt55tS0bQgV3ZnIF4GzlfF8cnW6CNMGJVz7ExrO7m10VEuPJtFXqTIqLCPs/s1600-h/IMG_3349.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Uv_LHLAWfo9C5dlAeFuZyLiJxsUIV77W2zqbJLM5233A6COEz_pfpT4iwm5ZsadkS5IVifr7v1vQETdzxt55tS0bQgV3ZnIF4GzlfF8cnW6CNMGJVz7ExrO7m10VEuPJtFXqTIqLCPs/s320/IMG_3349.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428551579169916914" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Birthday cake (carrot) made by our friend Becca</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqRHxGYATQ32N4W4w7oyCq5bBH08HcLad9ZqVBNFpPpOJuTu5iZK4acnKOeTiGVgWAazXfBez7cLrQ99m1B4OdFElvfLnW5A-uwITkt0YIX59CbdWPhvdOOwHLwrrtqEyd2ulD5ASNLB0/s1600-h/IMG_3367.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqRHxGYATQ32N4W4w7oyCq5bBH08HcLad9ZqVBNFpPpOJuTu5iZK4acnKOeTiGVgWAazXfBez7cLrQ99m1B4OdFElvfLnW5A-uwITkt0YIX59CbdWPhvdOOwHLwrrtqEyd2ulD5ASNLB0/s320/IMG_3367.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428552217126638418" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Getting ready to blow out her candle with mommy</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT221l5Ec0JMQgOpgis6naFJCFjcD-T5mMKwwhw8sxjE9rudcCVvBdSkEhBjhl2I1TIKJVL7s5I0_7re2f2iRj9WdMw22uCW49b21M2t_lZPLYiBSYLJf88wfSw5qzo9CJyW6709xwnL4/s1600-h/IMG_3372.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT221l5Ec0JMQgOpgis6naFJCFjcD-T5mMKwwhw8sxjE9rudcCVvBdSkEhBjhl2I1TIKJVL7s5I0_7re2f2iRj9WdMw22uCW49b21M2t_lZPLYiBSYLJf88wfSw5qzo9CJyW6709xwnL4/s320/IMG_3372.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428552218027210738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She was more interested in all the people singing than she was in blowing out her candle.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEIYviupLKhceBp5c_ioHG_YXpT_YoXeoQxiYMJTtFpbT05himSWYBuEuyJB4xCY_NpdEVyEKNcF_Q9JoY2nCdMSqUdRjT8wJCcpT-NOKPA_SP8-wL-yyDHeQj-odPSH5xhyphenhyphendRU2Qvug/s1600-h/IMG_3373.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEIYviupLKhceBp5c_ioHG_YXpT_YoXeoQxiYMJTtFpbT05himSWYBuEuyJB4xCY_NpdEVyEKNcF_Q9JoY2nCdMSqUdRjT8wJCcpT-NOKPA_SP8-wL-yyDHeQj-odPSH5xhyphenhyphendRU2Qvug/s320/IMG_3373.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428552226361358450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">All the kids loved playing in her new big girl chair</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOW91VktY4Pvg2Qk-6wnvvegl-KYV0po7m-uwP6tmgk5bBbqvM_ew0CNH_LcrEPpOnjF6fLkxJuh0-TI9yYjUQW_g18m5i5Ckw9eJzvWOQNVoCJW_7efjFnn-jUNEizhSovwbJ5s3Bps/s1600-h/IMG_3387.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOW91VktY4Pvg2Qk-6wnvvegl-KYV0po7m-uwP6tmgk5bBbqvM_ew0CNH_LcrEPpOnjF6fLkxJuh0-TI9yYjUQW_g18m5i5Ckw9eJzvWOQNVoCJW_7efjFnn-jUNEizhSovwbJ5s3Bps/s320/IMG_3387.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428552484292170722" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A few of the guests. I love how it looks like Ellis is "working the room" in this picture.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCDlPWba6EXfcshlF8OMJ3URBbd5ZdrdjV4boYr1N69DDEuXa811pBYGloMEgP-z8ThN0hiLeukgEzYBDvVUyZB3XI3YpqdwA81E9C2z-rrYXc7i40dAnO5jVRyuNWhn7GQamkWOJLnA/s1600-h/IMG_3385.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCDlPWba6EXfcshlF8OMJ3URBbd5ZdrdjV4boYr1N69DDEuXa811pBYGloMEgP-z8ThN0hiLeukgEzYBDvVUyZB3XI3YpqdwA81E9C2z-rrYXc7i40dAnO5jVRyuNWhn7GQamkWOJLnA/s320/IMG_3385.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428552482010282930" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ellis talks about Naima constantly. She just adores her little friend.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWoalV-vu68iulWF_tJcfzSzn_QgUB3WMXcw9uPC-LLU8ENV0t-v8EYdogjF3yttr3UMxqqzofFf3QFb8l4gud5ihInOrJkDHgzNI1ByLP____aoF8SjysqsMVETJe3bdKibX_iEPdPug/s1600-h/IMG_3381.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWoalV-vu68iulWF_tJcfzSzn_QgUB3WMXcw9uPC-LLU8ENV0t-v8EYdogjF3yttr3UMxqqzofFf3QFb8l4gud5ihInOrJkDHgzNI1ByLP____aoF8SjysqsMVETJe3bdKibX_iEPdPug/s320/IMG_3381.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428552233611979714" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Emma and her mommy</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4yd1RGipfRmy5wm5pG8K_O-ioX5j7Valh7vpF2O8b8lEiwU9xgKfESBpQDZRsH_PIJiDtWnCI4deEAlTnTnhpGE1kEeExU2_wowBtS5Vo7mLSrooOb13qRsJssBbLYqzB70OKdMFzJQI/s1600-h/IMG_3377.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4yd1RGipfRmy5wm5pG8K_O-ioX5j7Valh7vpF2O8b8lEiwU9xgKfESBpQDZRsH_PIJiDtWnCI4deEAlTnTnhpGE1kEeExU2_wowBtS5Vo7mLSrooOb13qRsJssBbLYqzB70OKdMFzJQI/s320/IMG_3377.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428552227782544274" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ellis helped feed Hudson (One of the 5 month old twins that lives downstairs from us.)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKYmiZxgbEPQUGLMY56-Fz3EEw93NP-l7wopL5KzADgdm2GmYaMVQmxgg4S0X_IRcOoZJNVWXo_s0zsfk5EFP-OG0ilgN-DbBpVITQ5UDVh1ElPVsqwNBEl6bLS8sjkqHMfKpf_ewOPGg/s1600-h/IMG_3364.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKYmiZxgbEPQUGLMY56-Fz3EEw93NP-l7wopL5KzADgdm2GmYaMVQmxgg4S0X_IRcOoZJNVWXo_s0zsfk5EFP-OG0ilgN-DbBpVITQ5UDVh1ElPVsqwNBEl6bLS8sjkqHMfKpf_ewOPGg/s320/IMG_3364.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428551900758185298" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ellis LOVES Becca (Our downstairs neighbor who found time to make a carrot cake while caring for her 5 month old twins--she's my hero!)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi66QY4J5b2GP5ph27JI4_1BKaAEVoanEO_0NEJ3dsW9BHGB__Q_v45PVXKlRssKNbVpt1A3bDjQLbR05enXagEWC2NYr-_r8X_dvK6FR3Z2ud1fKuxyakBmtBW1x8oaDtUMZPlysVI2OQ/s1600-h/IMG_3355.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi66QY4J5b2GP5ph27JI4_1BKaAEVoanEO_0NEJ3dsW9BHGB__Q_v45PVXKlRssKNbVpt1A3bDjQLbR05enXagEWC2NYr-_r8X_dvK6FR3Z2ud1fKuxyakBmtBW1x8oaDtUMZPlysVI2OQ/s320/IMG_3355.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428551887507899698" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The morning after, and her ACTUAL birthday, with her leftover balloon.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZ8xyFL-OeN_Dv8LXvUsjTCWQ9xPGe-EdJI5diCf19q2hzyRhr5pIs355xuT4zudwGl7UEvSP_f1ZkdkG0mHXQaZV-nCS3zJyJVDP1TAAP77cFHvvQ7ZPwq6o8S5XcOCe4sScj72fTYY/s1600-h/IMG_3389.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZ8xyFL-OeN_Dv8LXvUsjTCWQ9xPGe-EdJI5diCf19q2hzyRhr5pIs355xuT4zudwGl7UEvSP_f1ZkdkG0mHXQaZV-nCS3zJyJVDP1TAAP77cFHvvQ7ZPwq6o8S5XcOCe4sScj72fTYY/s320/IMG_3389.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428551569951574354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She wore her party hat all morning the next day. Playing with her new toys.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOWwh8-G75ZAUauFKYg0VDao5qyKLbBCPtAQKNKqmhzVCFNj-fSr3Bj0Ha7j4Mo0aOEN_qZcTor3loTJyeQ2w7gfIqP8Dgu6p2VhyphenhyphenibKf4yBKlAxOLsabFhiWEz0cT5jRI-pq0pcLEUE/s1600-h/IMG_3392.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOWwh8-G75ZAUauFKYg0VDao5qyKLbBCPtAQKNKqmhzVCFNj-fSr3Bj0Ha7j4Mo0aOEN_qZcTor3loTJyeQ2w7gfIqP8Dgu6p2VhyphenhyphenibKf4yBKlAxOLsabFhiWEz0cT5jRI-pq0pcLEUE/s320/IMG_3392.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428551567222208450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">At music class on her birthday. I posted this picture to show off how TALL she is.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9LhWybVA6hhwcc2yJjj_C_9oki12_O5xVLzZZodSno_Y2SnKjVFTJ1FrPOJNdKFiUR3E1DEmsABq2f_BJNtdJGe0ad_KFiUkafUqymr5JqMKCzarav6rl-6yVhI7_RKtBflMcHMIwzM/s1600-h/IMG_0145.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9LhWybVA6hhwcc2yJjj_C_9oki12_O5xVLzZZodSno_Y2SnKjVFTJ1FrPOJNdKFiUR3E1DEmsABq2f_BJNtdJGe0ad_KFiUkafUqymr5JqMKCzarav6rl-6yVhI7_RKtBflMcHMIwzM/s320/IMG_0145.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428551562100005842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Waiting, with mommy, for music class to start.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1J3LkNPxo3D4h9BEt5n29f4b68A4dmCInbgwT_O3eyKtylIdLtd-ackgTZjRmke-aYrf2dMq-wN0cCh6d2C5v5Pb1Oo08CcAgPTO5nUuY9b5GlOvF_V_2Vkd9SOVWS4jPTveBe8AM9E/s1600-h/IMG_0144.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1J3LkNPxo3D4h9BEt5n29f4b68A4dmCInbgwT_O3eyKtylIdLtd-ackgTZjRmke-aYrf2dMq-wN0cCh6d2C5v5Pb1Oo08CcAgPTO5nUuY9b5GlOvF_V_2Vkd9SOVWS4jPTveBe8AM9E/s320/IMG_0144.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428551556951780322" /></a><br /><div>If you can't tell from these pictures, we decided to throw a small birthday party for Ellis on Sunday and so we invited over some of her friends to our house. I didn't really have a "theme" for it, but I did buy a few Hello Kitty balloons and accessories. It's funny because Ellis doesn't really watch TV so she doesn't know any of the characters but she loved the "kitty cat" on the napkins so I went with that! </div><div><br /></div><div>Anyways, we had six two year olds running through our house + parents and nothing got broken. I repeat, NOTHING GOT BROKEN! I think this means that it was a successful party. Vimal and I were worried that Ellis would have a hard time letting other kids play with her toys but she did really well. I think that it helped that there were so many people here so she really didn't have time to focus on any one toy being used. </div><div><br /></div><div>I can say with certainty that Ellis's favorite part was when everyone sang "Happy Birthday" to her. She started grinning from ear to ear. In fact, the next day, she sang "Happy Birthday" to herself for an hour rather than taking her nap! Too funny. </div><div><br /></div><div>It's really hard for me to accept that my little girl is growing up so fast. I want to hold on to the baby so badly that I find myself in mourning over her latest accomplishments. Weird, I know, but it's still true. Anyways, hope you enjoyed the pictures. I think I'm finally caught up on my postings. Still working on those videos though...</div>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-61012543315553979312010-01-19T15:16:00.005-05:002010-01-19T15:30:24.266-05:00New Year's + Early January<div style="text-align: center;">The best restaurant in Atlanta.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4P1obgO_LUJbNGnf4pDb0lixC164nISDFFMqlUVCv7ABnAzvMQtST87J3CMMfCP08bnhyZX5XKRKntDnNpadtpUKRgt-3yRmqZy7kqpojHWurkep9cDEZ3S-ai5hRXe9SBsNVK1OBios/s1600-h/IMG_0124.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4P1obgO_LUJbNGnf4pDb0lixC164nISDFFMqlUVCv7ABnAzvMQtST87J3CMMfCP08bnhyZX5XKRKntDnNpadtpUKRgt-3yRmqZy7kqpojHWurkep9cDEZ3S-ai5hRXe9SBsNVK1OBios/s320/IMG_0124.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428548022925236498" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Love on New Year's Eve</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMHsAnoRhcWwy3AHWhGyCM1CmHP9Rky0QnLd9-Vx5g9lpYI0q4FA9cNf0FUsTMM7G9mqnveC35faXgoIRRTg7B-Tof7RNAyx8sSZNw_GFZPb9OC5lAMkV11fBzz3bebsHQ98H6oXTbLY/s1600-h/IMG_0127.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMHsAnoRhcWwy3AHWhGyCM1CmHP9Rky0QnLd9-Vx5g9lpYI0q4FA9cNf0FUsTMM7G9mqnveC35faXgoIRRTg7B-Tof7RNAyx8sSZNw_GFZPb9OC5lAMkV11fBzz3bebsHQ98H6oXTbLY/s320/IMG_0127.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428548028701621298" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mommy and Ellis</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9u-J7MWDLr6PeBWCvPI9KVIwbYW2VwHFBfAOu28ga_BWRzCVQ45ZcPbAWnfRdhFLlq3Eg_IviI6sNajMx-wijWx-_GzVOULnU4x3WBx_Pc5kqo-hhYdUhejZPBN924fUsPAil6MTLrg/s1600-h/IMG_0135.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9u-J7MWDLr6PeBWCvPI9KVIwbYW2VwHFBfAOu28ga_BWRzCVQ45ZcPbAWnfRdhFLlq3Eg_IviI6sNajMx-wijWx-_GzVOULnU4x3WBx_Pc5kqo-hhYdUhejZPBN924fUsPAil6MTLrg/s320/IMG_0135.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428548034625577010" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Uncle Dane comes to Boston</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiV92rSkAlpoV0-OdvZUMY7_WrOgaj8FAU55gTJMXdLibNDoep5DOeCSjbxm7298T9cjUq4i7IMdtcWX5FEzC7omVUuuSLsRJtsRE2aaxVLBFCdcHWJA8xxj3EHh91CvwV0vDUXkC-wlk/s1600-h/IMG_0131.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiV92rSkAlpoV0-OdvZUMY7_WrOgaj8FAU55gTJMXdLibNDoep5DOeCSjbxm7298T9cjUq4i7IMdtcWX5FEzC7omVUuuSLsRJtsRE2aaxVLBFCdcHWJA8xxj3EHh91CvwV0vDUXkC-wlk/s320/IMG_0131.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428548031705956882" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Chillin' in her big girl chair</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0YVyo_odyeGhm0ieZmnhOrDsciugp3K24q8vM0E3fNZV5nGFBInqqFqvmcN9DusTXfVCm5O2A9iVOfmAWVnbWR8QDpcchdd-Payd48EUCYU0I7tPPbbzzhPaueP-PNAS3_1zhExkGmm8/s1600-h/IMG_0138.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0YVyo_odyeGhm0ieZmnhOrDsciugp3K24q8vM0E3fNZV5nGFBInqqFqvmcN9DusTXfVCm5O2A9iVOfmAWVnbWR8QDpcchdd-Payd48EUCYU0I7tPPbbzzhPaueP-PNAS3_1zhExkGmm8/s320/IMG_0138.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428548040032289010" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She loves her birthday present from Nonna.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSBSIkU33s8EKlpuQT9rVSlRM8eTM887xWCCJO2F3bxBNBiqQYghi-Rm0GZKIs03t10M0PuCXvOxb6qJqX6rtkgZHUGMazf4Hgc39fHE6mbHQ-8pciOOIS-NH0DH3LA6oTZOehROj7Lw4/s1600-h/IMG_0140.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSBSIkU33s8EKlpuQT9rVSlRM8eTM887xWCCJO2F3bxBNBiqQYghi-Rm0GZKIs03t10M0PuCXvOxb6qJqX6rtkgZHUGMazf4Hgc39fHE6mbHQ-8pciOOIS-NH0DH3LA6oTZOehROj7Lw4/s320/IMG_0140.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428548707877841986" /></a><br /><div>Here are some photos from early January. Vimal and I were able to travel to Atlanta together for New Year's while my mom took care of Ellis. We went to The Woodfire Grill for dinner one night (the Executive chef was on "Top Chef" last season) and we both agree that we had the best dinner ever. It was really nice to get away for a little bit but, of course, we missed Ellis and were glad to get back to her. </div><div><br /></div><div>When we all got back to Boston, my uncle was in town and we got to spend some time with him. Ellis is funny because when she sees my uncle in pictures she thinks he is my dad (Pop), but in real life she never confuses the two of them. Okay, my next post will hopefully contain all the pictures from the big birthday party. Still trying to post videos but Blogger is giving me some grief so we'll see when that happens. More soon...</div>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-12080184697178179222010-01-18T14:02:00.007-05:002010-01-18T14:27:05.658-05:00Christmas and Beyond...<div style="text-align: left;">Well, again, I have to apologize for how late this post is. We were traveling until after New Year's, at which point I started having some computer issues. Luckily, that seems to be fixed now so I'm going to try to post a few times today. First up is our Christmas pictures and videos. We went to Nashville for the holidays, and we had a great time. Ellis was showered with so many gifts from both of our families that we ended up with an extra suitcase on our trip home!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Opening gifts at Bah's house with her daddy.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_UgQRjHR5KjSATIWHdZplawVRV6N3dRm9EGzlR7ONWHNU0tD9n4C-0GDKXSfZsm3FGHjHXp25MrZVn458VDl_4-IiX000wfbT_9TSXwt22GDeU4dpbFfqtkMi9_fKnQvTV9DkCakPds/s1600-h/IMG_0029.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_UgQRjHR5KjSATIWHdZplawVRV6N3dRm9EGzlR7ONWHNU0tD9n4C-0GDKXSfZsm3FGHjHXp25MrZVn458VDl_4-IiX000wfbT_9TSXwt22GDeU4dpbFfqtkMi9_fKnQvTV9DkCakPds/s320/IMG_0029.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428161125346539154" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">More gift opening with Bah</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEPKejZo_XVYxCKP6ExJIOGoTjJz0rNDc0uyF7ajqb6XTV7V7xgRd0_hmKZDytnufcA5Sw-hAtNuWci7oWc5p48mPwm1IJ5ENy6owSYQv_hUthTgfx9FHHBvkfJJ00Z47lKOk7ehgPUo/s1600-h/IMG_0037.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEPKejZo_XVYxCKP6ExJIOGoTjJz0rNDc0uyF7ajqb6XTV7V7xgRd0_hmKZDytnufcA5Sw-hAtNuWci7oWc5p48mPwm1IJ5ENy6owSYQv_hUthTgfx9FHHBvkfJJ00Z47lKOk7ehgPUo/s320/IMG_0037.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428161119677284466" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Bah and Ellis</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjge-dST6UR8lLWu72NZN47gywfkg5eichJwOjaPaRlOK5KkOB-TditujaRpL9q76-CwyaJ6Z9uDNAynPvYmw7nLayClD7EuCJQLvMm6q0L5SHeCBFQ1R2v5g64VusAa-KViSlspEF4YXA/s1600-h/IMG_0039.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjge-dST6UR8lLWu72NZN47gywfkg5eichJwOjaPaRlOK5KkOB-TditujaRpL9q76-CwyaJ6Z9uDNAynPvYmw7nLayClD7EuCJQLvMm6q0L5SHeCBFQ1R2v5g64VusAa-KViSlspEF4YXA/s320/IMG_0039.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428161116815780434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ellis and Daddy are checking out her new toys</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kifhmWwXBN6TB4_EuxTkFYxKHjp8wIylv2HTrtx3R6ODj5Yhxmn2W5NYBriXBVuYKbk-hMldoCUAJU5gkIB7KA3wXea6iD7r2OWJXPODlfSzKAkNKVM0YJKCjkarQxwH5RN-Te5N6wM/s1600-h/IMG_0047.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kifhmWwXBN6TB4_EuxTkFYxKHjp8wIylv2HTrtx3R6ODj5Yhxmn2W5NYBriXBVuYKbk-hMldoCUAJU5gkIB7KA3wXea6iD7r2OWJXPODlfSzKAkNKVM0YJKCjkarQxwH5RN-Te5N6wM/s320/IMG_0047.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428159861577862770" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dancing</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqTt40-tlj4L8uhOq7ZXWvpvCdduPMvjl6jsNEGL0Kv3D3Cv6ZPOmVRDHZgKx8-763euM2hjPK216lck1lZ3885ovHb4eU2rU3BaX3SThoVivXKSMmz8PI05fa3eFUVNrKke_ZvoBp5Y/s1600-h/IMG_0050.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqTt40-tlj4L8uhOq7ZXWvpvCdduPMvjl6jsNEGL0Kv3D3Cv6ZPOmVRDHZgKx8-763euM2hjPK216lck1lZ3885ovHb4eU2rU3BaX3SThoVivXKSMmz8PI05fa3eFUVNrKke_ZvoBp5Y/s320/IMG_0050.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428159860709255826" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She loves her Cousin NeNe </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1TKGs1bzeXjCsEIsdIvNk0jPCzNWxeGV6U7jgLipjYtAEc678vyICR-FTLgj2z1JHVuFtiE4-BapZ0AKBvMm0cbpBx2E8NxhkGtWaJP23SpzAnFJcyigGr3MtImbctXwvQa1UbEFXIpg/s1600-h/IMG_0064.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1TKGs1bzeXjCsEIsdIvNk0jPCzNWxeGV6U7jgLipjYtAEc678vyICR-FTLgj2z1JHVuFtiE4-BapZ0AKBvMm0cbpBx2E8NxhkGtWaJP23SpzAnFJcyigGr3MtImbctXwvQa1UbEFXIpg/s320/IMG_0064.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428159855955028610" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Getting ready to ride the carousel with Bah</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-mkRc4RfQ7PD3zeu_fEEZveaxw4PxEdgMih0Q_JhyBbL81kMwEcTG-HqrV_dUOO30UTvp0-x364HEmx0crIjl4g43RZnpUKMELoG_gezivAwVx1RahF_HqFl8qHXksnLJ-F5pDI1HtiE/s1600-h/IMG_0071.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-mkRc4RfQ7PD3zeu_fEEZveaxw4PxEdgMih0Q_JhyBbL81kMwEcTG-HqrV_dUOO30UTvp0-x364HEmx0crIjl4g43RZnpUKMELoG_gezivAwVx1RahF_HqFl8qHXksnLJ-F5pDI1HtiE/s320/IMG_0071.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428159853840327874" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Waving at Mommy and Nonna</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQfwPRNlGfpmTa0KlLEtBM7en9JGgfJxdwykM7SPsODm9uuUVe4VimLKstTZfePMX_4nwdx7zgKh3W8WZCzMOgN5oed6mpD1hLz4qTZ_AnWNVt3Xa5aCj0ZbBD0Hqx7kkoLtn7fQlk760/s1600-h/IMG_0076.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQfwPRNlGfpmTa0KlLEtBM7en9JGgfJxdwykM7SPsODm9uuUVe4VimLKstTZfePMX_4nwdx7zgKh3W8WZCzMOgN5oed6mpD1hLz4qTZ_AnWNVt3Xa5aCj0ZbBD0Hqx7kkoLtn7fQlk760/s320/IMG_0076.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428159849187776258" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Stacking her blocks with Nonna</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJspzwEtcn48Z6L8QOA_yl9SxOdKM-yLCKmh1UfmQt5qT0Er4FtU0Ae9gDhPMNuh7yLNTVVuQ_JgQcGp28qg-XM0-5-KKcV560UD1M7k0LuKZU94zR0SjYEicEX7pVQfvW7xGHKWoAyg/s1600-h/IMG_0084.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJspzwEtcn48Z6L8QOA_yl9SxOdKM-yLCKmh1UfmQt5qT0Er4FtU0Ae9gDhPMNuh7yLNTVVuQ_JgQcGp28qg-XM0-5-KKcV560UD1M7k0LuKZU94zR0SjYEicEX7pVQfvW7xGHKWoAyg/s320/IMG_0084.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428159584643599314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ellis's Great Mamaw (How cute is she!)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZj-aRSE16VPf1kLKXvP3JEWEELk4ID-dVLq3-wSsOavx5EjJrHjIUjfFDFWs56vPFOu1ezk67XOj4F0KOSGRYbWIp3BBi-qGtNyrqPqEQgRE52feFw_TxqLr7bS9t9VkoOq5vh_NN1ek/s1600-h/IMG_0099.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZj-aRSE16VPf1kLKXvP3JEWEELk4ID-dVLq3-wSsOavx5EjJrHjIUjfFDFWs56vPFOu1ezk67XOj4F0KOSGRYbWIp3BBi-qGtNyrqPqEQgRE52feFw_TxqLr7bS9t9VkoOq5vh_NN1ek/s320/IMG_0099.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428159579925357970" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Giving Great Mamaw a big hug</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXDd8doyPcFMZyfoz10WR1L5h2QJlo4OhHPZnGiyoDYkAxxPc6sdXIaPlSh2ci2bQr3TR8SKCmjwP3kTbmwUOz3ShfxxqaFBP_4z7Ip9isO6ClcT_6f3lZ5yclcswsRFHEM_njAQtxeFI/s1600-h/IMG_0104.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXDd8doyPcFMZyfoz10WR1L5h2QJlo4OhHPZnGiyoDYkAxxPc6sdXIaPlSh2ci2bQr3TR8SKCmjwP3kTbmwUOz3ShfxxqaFBP_4z7Ip9isO6ClcT_6f3lZ5yclcswsRFHEM_njAQtxeFI/s320/IMG_0104.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428159573636332082" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Skating with Uncle Bro</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOIZMkU3K6WniiDUJvfe-g2GywYxUaSUINTJsps1HHL7vNszGs-n_1Gk9lwQ0XZaX_hnoFUczfneyLwUEfgUT6J7hRJTR6pOnCwB5rFsJnm8g7eHvdRzYWFFcuGO7HuOxpy96r89Emfwc/s1600-h/IMG_0118.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOIZMkU3K6WniiDUJvfe-g2GywYxUaSUINTJsps1HHL7vNszGs-n_1Gk9lwQ0XZaX_hnoFUczfneyLwUEfgUT6J7hRJTR6pOnCwB5rFsJnm8g7eHvdRzYWFFcuGO7HuOxpy96r89Emfwc/s320/IMG_0118.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428159568582201714" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Still skating with Uncle Bro</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0kwDePcrdQwYlNyMGwUhLzn15Gxa6h_y4o2-KQO7gC1Z_tI5YO8gJVOLT24_VALUx9iqt08747nN2pPFTcOc2XpCmVi21zuEviWA7H2LpEVJuDeXnEiI5WQ1k56rWdD_4SuTOuU8zak/s1600-h/IMG_0123.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0kwDePcrdQwYlNyMGwUhLzn15Gxa6h_y4o2-KQO7gC1Z_tI5YO8gJVOLT24_VALUx9iqt08747nN2pPFTcOc2XpCmVi21zuEviWA7H2LpEVJuDeXnEiI5WQ1k56rWdD_4SuTOuU8zak/s320/IMG_0123.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428159568834317378" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas morning. This dress was mine when I was 2 years old. My mom kept it and it was so sweet to put Ellis in it too.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdGubq3g6EfspGz5X7JvhzYEZ6B5JW1sOPJXw1RrfWNj-qmKTWmfECKjg6PcQaKZFbQWBNA2dfs3yaGEQ_4rfROQrj75wyUkowtrIW1shE9qGyeqdiAwHpHQ-MCB2wX4H98w89Vlggg0/s1600-h/IMG_3306.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdGubq3g6EfspGz5X7JvhzYEZ6B5JW1sOPJXw1RrfWNj-qmKTWmfECKjg6PcQaKZFbQWBNA2dfs3yaGEQ_4rfROQrj75wyUkowtrIW1shE9qGyeqdiAwHpHQ-MCB2wX4H98w89Vlggg0/s320/IMG_3306.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428159218761107778" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Still daintily opening her gifts. I kept waiting for her to tear into them but it just never happened.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQjHn5TrQiTAbnwUKBYNEVpbQgbvfcE3KhqWn4ANtJmxvZRpoCNPKeV_FG2a3mdSeo_nPbyUKsdU582zx2gppTYEAB8egRoxYEEw5YOcI3svFJOHUf5O9gpUBy-Px1NW64EW_7q3cAvvo/s1600-h/IMG_3307.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQjHn5TrQiTAbnwUKBYNEVpbQgbvfcE3KhqWn4ANtJmxvZRpoCNPKeV_FG2a3mdSeo_nPbyUKsdU582zx2gppTYEAB8egRoxYEEw5YOcI3svFJOHUf5O9gpUBy-Px1NW64EW_7q3cAvvo/s320/IMG_3307.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428159212589087442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Nothing like a girl in a dress playing with an airplane. That's my Ellis.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-yX7fgUMui6kf9h_CApskSCUicnk8s_D1ZPDoi3FHWuIdeSywOZYOnfuYuAlHKzg4JsPB7VnuFzGL7bNgBaHegpxqWGQeqReBSai8ttOeXIIrQlkIv4NM7eCs_HiUkE0hAJ_o0a1DEI/s1600-h/IMG_3311.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-yX7fgUMui6kf9h_CApskSCUicnk8s_D1ZPDoi3FHWuIdeSywOZYOnfuYuAlHKzg4JsPB7VnuFzGL7bNgBaHegpxqWGQeqReBSai8ttOeXIIrQlkIv4NM7eCs_HiUkE0hAJ_o0a1DEI/s320/IMG_3311.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428159210383712066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mom and son. I love this picture though I'm sure neither of them will.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinFxWb71RJNVcYMRV1KYpAGKsyMXT3GYVrzucRaHRG3d5H4q84vvFQn6UQDYEvkxFVhm5IgbV4z8Bq78VD0_SKWHGScRvc_Y4gxG3RsowmkwvHrVdTlSv9Gm_GonOhX6oUP88j4YwgRJY/s1600-h/IMG_3314.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinFxWb71RJNVcYMRV1KYpAGKsyMXT3GYVrzucRaHRG3d5H4q84vvFQn6UQDYEvkxFVhm5IgbV4z8Bq78VD0_SKWHGScRvc_Y4gxG3RsowmkwvHrVdTlSv9Gm_GonOhX6oUP88j4YwgRJY/s320/IMG_3314.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428159206481955666" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Helping Uncle Bro open his gift.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIrwpHdiBpMt3kAH_SsFphxv4X6DhJvngkZZvPR6euiXbK-m0K5gHjfnj0RImxs3d0wgolkiuiw5l2aPgRuQtBtJudwyIPpxA84hpYZmyCpI3RARimgGJ4UgWqa1zDjnnVunnO8qlq3E/s1600-h/IMG_3317.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIrwpHdiBpMt3kAH_SsFphxv4X6DhJvngkZZvPR6euiXbK-m0K5gHjfnj0RImxs3d0wgolkiuiw5l2aPgRuQtBtJudwyIPpxA84hpYZmyCpI3RARimgGJ4UgWqa1zDjnnVunnO8qlq3E/s320/IMG_3317.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428159200698815554" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Talking about it.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimFwRFOXoo48gw_YZqhFcm_PeksUr9l5EOJQUxAzX8H6sgL001ewqjctR1iNMYLLwX5k7_boys72xlQOsNhpD_PX6EjCheXOmsNqg15Ieu8o8PjLeqZAejLKdmB2qiX14gbvs6rBysBh0/s1600-h/IMG_3319.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimFwRFOXoo48gw_YZqhFcm_PeksUr9l5EOJQUxAzX8H6sgL001ewqjctR1iNMYLLwX5k7_boys72xlQOsNhpD_PX6EjCheXOmsNqg15Ieu8o8PjLeqZAejLKdmB2qiX14gbvs6rBysBh0/s320/IMG_3319.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428158927447164226" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We got Erick a colander for Christmas and this is what he decided to do with it.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGrbBvoNGOIi5LkyWdIzuaf3lBFSvdX_4ou4e9M1NgNkq_Kn1PGWjCIUYiU93RWmRYjWOaWN_aiCn_vmug9fux1vjjDoajh_XTCTBr-hqygEsH7gEtWZ7jtcBdzg4JPnIKddwp5sIsHzc/s1600-h/IMG_3328.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGrbBvoNGOIi5LkyWdIzuaf3lBFSvdX_4ou4e9M1NgNkq_Kn1PGWjCIUYiU93RWmRYjWOaWN_aiCn_vmug9fux1vjjDoajh_XTCTBr-hqygEsH7gEtWZ7jtcBdzg4JPnIKddwp5sIsHzc/s320/IMG_3328.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428158923800297746" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We turned our Christmas card into a coffee mug for my mom. She loved it.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ50dEHflpa9DNvebwvNk88Nhsxc7-RtelBlXB-2C43AguwhcGrvf9JeovouiPPZkV0D7z1K82TrIvWkerbCsi3hhjZDvS1kGSTKbfFwGXtUx8_mlw9aZM01J9u-mlyUSro6yP8DgWPKU/s1600-h/IMG_3339.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ50dEHflpa9DNvebwvNk88Nhsxc7-RtelBlXB-2C43AguwhcGrvf9JeovouiPPZkV0D7z1K82TrIvWkerbCsi3hhjZDvS1kGSTKbfFwGXtUx8_mlw9aZM01J9u-mlyUSro6yP8DgWPKU/s320/IMG_3339.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428158922764352066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Showing Ellis the coffee mug.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQALIKqpikIw7L81yNJdw25PIFUtMYv2yWPVP0SMsqg1LkdlZWSzibcgEFLNCIPVs8_K2Na0cOe9iT_KS37N4hwzTlYMMWLjOpuU4nZpulK7D8PUhSrsnSOZufWMp971BFHhCh8wFlJk/s1600-h/IMG_3341.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQALIKqpikIw7L81yNJdw25PIFUtMYv2yWPVP0SMsqg1LkdlZWSzibcgEFLNCIPVs8_K2Na0cOe9iT_KS37N4hwzTlYMMWLjOpuU4nZpulK7D8PUhSrsnSOZufWMp971BFHhCh8wFlJk/s320/IMG_3341.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428158915987692802" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The 3 P's: Playing, Puzzles, Pop</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZi-1RpovpVibDO5xknaN2QFZUTQiOAh6Q0nTw5e6KRrK1pO7JfdVqE-iNh7rI58x26JdibWPzop-jgekdIDshZILslPArN9Sn2xfdTfD-Z1EaSI19PKfnVUtbVT4zoMl7z6aOkMZDPM/s1600-h/IMG_3346.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZi-1RpovpVibDO5xknaN2QFZUTQiOAh6Q0nTw5e6KRrK1pO7JfdVqE-iNh7rI58x26JdibWPzop-jgekdIDshZILslPArN9Sn2xfdTfD-Z1EaSI19PKfnVUtbVT4zoMl7z6aOkMZDPM/s320/IMG_3346.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428158912270728914" /></a>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-15758250525914222872009-12-22T14:08:00.008-05:002009-12-22T14:36:25.982-05:00A Month of Pictures<div>Obviously I have been meaning to post pictures for quite awhile. So, here they are. These include pictures of our cutting down our Christmas tree, decorating it, Ellis opening her first Christmas present, and our first real snow in Boston for the winter. Enjoy! </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The place where we went to cut down our tree had this train and Ellis loved it. She kept saying "Puff, puff, puff" because of the book "The Little Engine that Could."</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMC1hulo0PElAcEAWwLxwSgPOqB43CY3EvEoVKplPa-wljd87etdrOgoVB7CCs56eeKRvYmo42RS8NFlI2j1IOfXIR4yBbO_Pngj2JVbGRivX1TGdoDdDnpsFZcuvw2pPcm8qA2iKdP34/s1600-h/100_6115.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMC1hulo0PElAcEAWwLxwSgPOqB43CY3EvEoVKplPa-wljd87etdrOgoVB7CCs56eeKRvYmo42RS8NFlI2j1IOfXIR4yBbO_Pngj2JVbGRivX1TGdoDdDnpsFZcuvw2pPcm8qA2iKdP34/s320/100_6115.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418141300247985922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Train ride + Apple Cider Donut = The Good Life</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9GfV7f_trKJmb_iupmzw4Qhzb-yc08Htmpunr1BLQTNi0OiRKO1eQBoen4-wa1B0FUjbZNaXUfxYWD7-JpZOMld4evw4jAAM24ZS2IsUe5DyecavXpEatmuXxZV7t9R_jD1ncUjcmH18/s1600-h/100_6114.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9GfV7f_trKJmb_iupmzw4Qhzb-yc08Htmpunr1BLQTNi0OiRKO1eQBoen4-wa1B0FUjbZNaXUfxYWD7-JpZOMld4evw4jAAM24ZS2IsUe5DyecavXpEatmuXxZV7t9R_jD1ncUjcmH18/s320/100_6114.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418141440792504786" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daddy kisses</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0aKA9h-ETd0UUQbzYfAIxiqTE2sVS1Ea6XWExCAI2aTGljJ0BgEvmCT5K6JYtktn7guc587G-ucGEAz61KD5T2wQR1AglXZji4QTQVY3OO15atFl3CGg6AFjhWjK4eeHQI7q5_MIU_4c/s1600-h/100_6117.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0aKA9h-ETd0UUQbzYfAIxiqTE2sVS1Ea6XWExCAI2aTGljJ0BgEvmCT5K6JYtktn7guc587G-ucGEAz61KD5T2wQR1AglXZji4QTQVY3OO15atFl3CGg6AFjhWjK4eeHQI7q5_MIU_4c/s320/100_6117.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418141300349745490" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We found our tree</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoL9ffVFwXW5TqqmZzuXwaQI1j6pRq8ocLf_83TaNGyL_xrN4Fwa1Zmty_S2uiR21Mnf-Y5wl6fYMu3NZlRKPCdsqnYCYQCBZHB8hSgWIXsTk1b3AQaFzxtkg1jCb7G0weLoJc3pMozEQ/s1600-h/100_6123.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoL9ffVFwXW5TqqmZzuXwaQI1j6pRq8ocLf_83TaNGyL_xrN4Fwa1Zmty_S2uiR21Mnf-Y5wl6fYMu3NZlRKPCdsqnYCYQCBZHB8hSgWIXsTk1b3AQaFzxtkg1jCb7G0weLoJc3pMozEQ/s320/100_6123.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418141290726073810" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Before...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZoLn4Oit71ZJ21fk0PXfcorRZ3uwOJCEkG3pytRhxdw-6TJ0V7BJW9Lhocen9SOireDGbFYrQGHWvswVKzOLgMv5hS8MBrMdBeE4Y2wXZL8CQa327eDUhqOWlSZeChX3oVPe0Ht6Fn-s/s1600-h/100_6126.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZoLn4Oit71ZJ21fk0PXfcorRZ3uwOJCEkG3pytRhxdw-6TJ0V7BJW9Lhocen9SOireDGbFYrQGHWvswVKzOLgMv5hS8MBrMdBeE4Y2wXZL8CQa327eDUhqOWlSZeChX3oVPe0Ht6Fn-s/s320/100_6126.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418141289056221778" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">After</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9I0VeDETdX7zJ-HMdEnDYjQ9rjkqJ34qzVmn52zFGUCYptwg-xNZZUzgxblEP4_ECtFY50wP81Oh7l8MENFJdQQino6n7baH8BykYldSOs0otmhyI58a-Oyp65TTQrPmgQ_HXTkMrhJ4/s1600-h/100_6132.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9I0VeDETdX7zJ-HMdEnDYjQ9rjkqJ34qzVmn52zFGUCYptwg-xNZZUzgxblEP4_ECtFY50wP81Oh7l8MENFJdQQino6n7baH8BykYldSOs0otmhyI58a-Oyp65TTQrPmgQ_HXTkMrhJ4/s320/100_6132.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418140984800146274" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Trimming the bottom up. Ellis is helping, can't you tell!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrVAIV8wnujZIXEIH0PhxhnJkVueVWJB5FM5yq25G3a894LrKI2yj5ucJaal3nMvskMoH4opgGM71qIY6QI12JkTJmbK4mWWdU2PixOtQ-s-yk-p0qOkkLIHY4OeH4V-i37q-I2rbJGd4/s1600-h/100_6133.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrVAIV8wnujZIXEIH0PhxhnJkVueVWJB5FM5yq25G3a894LrKI2yj5ucJaal3nMvskMoH4opgGM71qIY6QI12JkTJmbK4mWWdU2PixOtQ-s-yk-p0qOkkLIHY4OeH4V-i37q-I2rbJGd4/s320/100_6133.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418140977674248434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ellis woke up from her nap and it was completely decorated.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSxelc4-vUcwyq7aKBUYf6-5BDJEqm4PkLxIstnlLCm6Rc1M9aS9ZkD61sMSWK9brAtcelZ4H3Tt3LSncGgDbgedRllp4PpOd1n2OXHlEJo9T5b_CnnFp_i3pO-yx-Af9xysc-PdK4pyM/s1600-h/IMG_3170.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSxelc4-vUcwyq7aKBUYf6-5BDJEqm4PkLxIstnlLCm6Rc1M9aS9ZkD61sMSWK9brAtcelZ4H3Tt3LSncGgDbgedRllp4PpOd1n2OXHlEJo9T5b_CnnFp_i3pO-yx-Af9xysc-PdK4pyM/s320/IMG_3170.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418140974641568290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Not sure what was so funny to her but I love this face.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlqvKQ3aH4wR4yo8vI1zphkeNtMJSG8cctiCdcJYpLbMP4eGmw5xmC5gspVcFRvHW6ATSEVCBkiQp76KISaH56QUZ1lHuQA6z2tfhUG_6bNk5nUxaDOIggl5M9n-YWq7rDXGHd6IEcofY/s1600-h/IMG_3177.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlqvKQ3aH4wR4yo8vI1zphkeNtMJSG8cctiCdcJYpLbMP4eGmw5xmC5gspVcFRvHW6ATSEVCBkiQp76KISaH56QUZ1lHuQA6z2tfhUG_6bNk5nUxaDOIggl5M9n-YWq7rDXGHd6IEcofY/s320/IMG_3177.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418140970963307362" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This is what a "child-friendly" tree looks like.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBZKiN8fvxMKtK92eOE_4vNoqOu8UKpwrQ0IkkZpJ7zOikCEdzwEj-nlhI0zBUvkU-B4LOklpRqWZE1GT9DA7gPI_LSFG7i6kh7f1_TEOfxUPrvdyh7x3bZsf6t9ZgMGxLweY8hSE6LE/s1600-h/IMG_3193.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBZKiN8fvxMKtK92eOE_4vNoqOu8UKpwrQ0IkkZpJ7zOikCEdzwEj-nlhI0zBUvkU-B4LOklpRqWZE1GT9DA7gPI_LSFG7i6kh7f1_TEOfxUPrvdyh7x3bZsf6t9ZgMGxLweY8hSE6LE/s320/IMG_3193.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418140966353369234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Our Christmas card photo. If you didn't get one, I apologize. I only bought 50 and we ran WAY short. Next year I definitely have to buy more!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-6wiQ5qx2sreoG10IujYNDPEde8dCPcj3gX2bNxhp6d3R7eHYW6lALL27HyvTr6K5cV18nNXZ4d50q_vvVmnIo8Lig4l_iHmNQHkQ9g7TX_zLSwTuQvJcQLMW5YV5yHF9pqOsSBElwk/s1600-h/IMG_3220.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-6wiQ5qx2sreoG10IujYNDPEde8dCPcj3gX2bNxhp6d3R7eHYW6lALL27HyvTr6K5cV18nNXZ4d50q_vvVmnIo8Lig4l_iHmNQHkQ9g7TX_zLSwTuQvJcQLMW5YV5yHF9pqOsSBElwk/s320/IMG_3220.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418140603164279938" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Checking out herself in her hat.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLbLO7WbYlaJXmUWviHw13XjY0CivUDKgpwhaOaeis6M6Fuk16sEup5W5XxfeeUq_15XIBr1cPj_NR8GicbLYjPQQE0xfOimeoQp3kHZ3Rx4WFUdjgKYUChhjVz5ucM3JgimVfFSCCZ8/s1600-h/IMG_3241.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLbLO7WbYlaJXmUWviHw13XjY0CivUDKgpwhaOaeis6M6Fuk16sEup5W5XxfeeUq_15XIBr1cPj_NR8GicbLYjPQQE0xfOimeoQp3kHZ3Rx4WFUdjgKYUChhjVz5ucM3JgimVfFSCCZ8/s320/IMG_3241.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418140601435008626" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Go Boston!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKNwwup8dQHBgAC2r5dXBsX-haZRmGJZWCaJNZ8qwjV15wTKWKWXFzYUDFjFLW0hxERmtB0ACSqeaLuWagz3SnPo2aj0DCp4fnCDAiCWWZtYA4vz_rw3ML2_MACTjg6gU_lGgThn93dYY/s1600-h/IMG_3247.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKNwwup8dQHBgAC2r5dXBsX-haZRmGJZWCaJNZ8qwjV15wTKWKWXFzYUDFjFLW0hxERmtB0ACSqeaLuWagz3SnPo2aj0DCp4fnCDAiCWWZtYA4vz_rw3ML2_MACTjg6gU_lGgThn93dYY/s320/IMG_3247.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418140595127247810" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Matching hats</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6aLCmruddl6rY0hJfAlbPHp8Oqiqi3JxFDt1hvAlH8LhTJwV7fJoyJ7TJMh4xknVRagKYM2BoDe9Rjp-aCXGSYvvKhdj6nLnfQHJKiZ19-0ZRayQ-c8LEmCytlNKJEWFQXIJtQx_x9A/s1600-h/IMG_3257.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6aLCmruddl6rY0hJfAlbPHp8Oqiqi3JxFDt1hvAlH8LhTJwV7fJoyJ7TJMh4xknVRagKYM2BoDe9Rjp-aCXGSYvvKhdj6nLnfQHJKiZ19-0ZRayQ-c8LEmCytlNKJEWFQXIJtQx_x9A/s320/IMG_3257.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418140593179736594" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Hats make kissing quite difficult</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuaEvd9LRAmrVjAxGjA3E_ZSzBPT33JcGnmT8WAJEf03xuAzxFmnZPezISpIaFeHKf7fwCTXfXI2-7ZUfFNxyeIZfLR0Tp0-f5UYiNFDXLCfvl9RUhCsVz-EdXzpvjjEifSked1w1VvBU/s1600-h/IMG_3258.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuaEvd9LRAmrVjAxGjA3E_ZSzBPT33JcGnmT8WAJEf03xuAzxFmnZPezISpIaFeHKf7fwCTXfXI2-7ZUfFNxyeIZfLR0Tp0-f5UYiNFDXLCfvl9RUhCsVz-EdXzpvjjEifSked1w1VvBU/s320/IMG_3258.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418140587256757634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Opening her first Christmas gift. She's very dainty so it took a while.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSuyzC3L5ArB8hBUX60GJioqp50SyoWmHUTAE9GaO1-G5PBIsQPm4rd5_46pJdnD8OrrKQYOwtFMq_SNZmDHGhpjL3k1V-HMGgtZiSEWxb6HdjreIjiMLF-QvnFg3LyUl2Xr_y4PeF0Ow/s1600-h/IMG_3264.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSuyzC3L5ArB8hBUX60GJioqp50SyoWmHUTAE9GaO1-G5PBIsQPm4rd5_46pJdnD8OrrKQYOwtFMq_SNZmDHGhpjL3k1V-HMGgtZiSEWxb6HdjreIjiMLF-QvnFg3LyUl2Xr_y4PeF0Ow/s320/IMG_3264.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418140016084093458" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">But soon enough she got into ripping the paper and starting enjoying it.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8I_zt8VPfn7XzopKK7XHwzaSVEjrP_xWtT2aH-xhhplyTH3j9AdDFuRdf_sY7N-AiGLiJZHC_sVwU6GqyFWOAY-Frw4gwW9OKAmicT97JtxGFP4aEMxywbTFI9V1D0Bj6MQSYckiwvNU/s1600-h/IMG_3272.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8I_zt8VPfn7XzopKK7XHwzaSVEjrP_xWtT2aH-xhhplyTH3j9AdDFuRdf_sY7N-AiGLiJZHC_sVwU6GqyFWOAY-Frw4gwW9OKAmicT97JtxGFP4aEMxywbTFI9V1D0Bj6MQSYckiwvNU/s320/IMG_3272.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418140013554401426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Still working</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_U4vn5NaerT_jjU3OIBdGQs-BlUilqOKeyxkqp61VW7V7fqbbmfjxLuHRNeDm7ezeAhLKaKjKBLb_9PLMYCoT5Yx4i80CG_ZVfjBuo_azEjAGAS2n3eYc8bdWXd8Twch_TEjpltpt7aA/s1600-h/IMG_3274.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_U4vn5NaerT_jjU3OIBdGQs-BlUilqOKeyxkqp61VW7V7fqbbmfjxLuHRNeDm7ezeAhLKaKjKBLb_9PLMYCoT5Yx4i80CG_ZVfjBuo_azEjAGAS2n3eYc8bdWXd8Twch_TEjpltpt7aA/s320/IMG_3274.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418140007656252658" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Yay, it's a shopping cart!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLA7k8aSUpHuhPlCGw_YdDVYzy7RnQXfVUYnqZCty24yoF3zzc8hVcIUkQR-bTE28f23ooDKGRE0fiNJnblZXrlG3lkrmYvw-rM14tjkxtOeGc1X6aj2_z_wx6dBKGyevg7moBYVdYwIU/s1600-h/IMG_3275.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLA7k8aSUpHuhPlCGw_YdDVYzy7RnQXfVUYnqZCty24yoF3zzc8hVcIUkQR-bTE28f23ooDKGRE0fiNJnblZXrlG3lkrmYvw-rM14tjkxtOeGc1X6aj2_z_wx6dBKGyevg7moBYVdYwIU/s320/IMG_3275.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418140008237437330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Playing with her new shopping cart, the next morning</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIu_ZT87XkUmwPV5tDeTzzBSCMs_9aZz_9v05wxQGIZpFM8Ulb6uh6HL7z6NYQXg5jro-ma4SwIsbVoqCz_keaJWU564wZib1NMvFi7-ynDkbW1jOK5yMidE715ZOSuihUV836VZcIuE/s1600-h/IMG_3278.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIu_ZT87XkUmwPV5tDeTzzBSCMs_9aZz_9v05wxQGIZpFM8Ulb6uh6HL7z6NYQXg5jro-ma4SwIsbVoqCz_keaJWU564wZib1NMvFi7-ynDkbW1jOK5yMidE715ZOSuihUV836VZcIuE/s320/IMG_3278.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418140003361732162" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">One guess who picked out these new car slippers--if you said Vimal, good job!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVVz0APP1PqqdYU3UKFIZa5qI2tsnXpBAFq4e3chHjTp2es6AFDAWBPV5BccM8flLt8QyX63OWewRDrUVgZ5SyXZGfiwgrnrYD0RPX4sqBWQOTfFm5MW1tgU1SjAQJfwvX1v7qePwfDJs/s1600-h/IMG_3279.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVVz0APP1PqqdYU3UKFIZa5qI2tsnXpBAFq4e3chHjTp2es6AFDAWBPV5BccM8flLt8QyX63OWewRDrUVgZ5SyXZGfiwgrnrYD0RPX4sqBWQOTfFm5MW1tgU1SjAQJfwvX1v7qePwfDJs/s320/IMG_3279.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418139724843070034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">About 8 inches of snow on the ground--a mere dusting by Boston standards.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ymBjpswkWKDQBSaRgQQqlgWGF_KUJciX-Upn56hJiB2I1rMzQ6aqgNxqm8IfOXNUAnKx02C9zCkmnZaMaZrp7krJNOkwR-eVdYqsQT4Ok6vueKDAXRAZMUnvLkM0lfYmwfmvA5fqzvI/s1600-h/IMG_3282.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ymBjpswkWKDQBSaRgQQqlgWGF_KUJciX-Upn56hJiB2I1rMzQ6aqgNxqm8IfOXNUAnKx02C9zCkmnZaMaZrp7krJNOkwR-eVdYqsQT4Ok6vueKDAXRAZMUnvLkM0lfYmwfmvA5fqzvI/s320/IMG_3282.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418139721719285810" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ellis loved staring at it and yelling "Sooooooo."</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPGX0sw5kwZFwzRe4lSU74pBXDomJzMUaWmXrYq3h2jS1oLwHAJ0BoCgW6BRbtQPw20xuw8GZVNxL2uMcVwzQ4KnA62N3k69tMQUxSROBuukxV-myD8ZAUDZ332itsarehqLIXUkLEIk/s1600-h/IMG_3286.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPGX0sw5kwZFwzRe4lSU74pBXDomJzMUaWmXrYq3h2jS1oLwHAJ0BoCgW6BRbtQPw20xuw8GZVNxL2uMcVwzQ4KnA62N3k69tMQUxSROBuukxV-myD8ZAUDZ332itsarehqLIXUkLEIk/s320/IMG_3286.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418139713390710130" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">As you can see, she did this for quite a while.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEittdqD_TTgvUQb3B29On32pdU654AMMVj9mR8MHwEwdGrNY7ZSCGqbaSJzdt_yPHh9UOGYN6dqsqCLz9IMWxm02EaxWVpDt5WuhSGp4Wh8AiIzBVp0oGmkcSN5Z7F-SQQymdWB-R-kxhI/s1600-h/IMG_3291.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEittdqD_TTgvUQb3B29On32pdU654AMMVj9mR8MHwEwdGrNY7ZSCGqbaSJzdt_yPHh9UOGYN6dqsqCLz9IMWxm02EaxWVpDt5WuhSGp4Wh8AiIzBVp0oGmkcSN5Z7F-SQQymdWB-R-kxhI/s320/IMG_3291.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418139712678262706" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mornings with daddy = cashmere sweater + car slippers + learning to put her hands in her pockets.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2oNZwrhkYjPLQJYxpYzlxUwiiN_gpJzOa_Q23xBB2nQoGSFKDoylxxcTUanFpZqFgAo5lIHWu7gRWbvFW-mC3C4mSR4KVe6V0hmTV5KOdkMJOaYRzaj7E2UXakhEYNNBzvCWItJgxkE0/s1600-h/IMG_3299.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2oNZwrhkYjPLQJYxpYzlxUwiiN_gpJzOa_Q23xBB2nQoGSFKDoylxxcTUanFpZqFgAo5lIHWu7gRWbvFW-mC3C4mSR4KVe6V0hmTV5KOdkMJOaYRzaj7E2UXakhEYNNBzvCWItJgxkE0/s320/IMG_3299.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418139706667459618" /></a><br /><div>This is a video of Ellis and daddy eating an apple cider donut on the "Puff, puff, puff."<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyoYeYyfvKEBuKGIG9Bp87MUQYXzlAvEpQiN_sRfvb75HjzDgMnxEPDwh6UHjEXuBp5xwavAIHvyNHVC0Tf1w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div><br /></div><div>Ellis trying to figure out what daddy is doing under that tree.</div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzgu1Ch4X1lXcVa868oXjwPU8e2ZKV5LWjT5hddBdKDBbpAJQCP4NLVs97T-1gy-wPVCiwYDAu8uC4fpR3vpw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-15439691878251587562009-12-08T14:38:00.003-05:002009-12-08T15:24:07.289-05:00Thanksgiving Week with Uncle Bro<div style="text-align: left;">Almost two weeks late, I'm finally getting around to posting photos from Thanksgiving. As you can see, Uncle Bro came to visit from California. He and Ellis had a great time playing together. It's sad that she is growing up so much, but it's also wonderful that she is interacting and actually playing with people now. Anyways, my school schedule has gotten really hectic these last few weeks so I'm a little behind on posting but I'll try to make it up soon. Hope everyone is enjoying this holiday season. We all definitely are.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Trying not to wake up Uncle Bro, who obviously thought he was still on Pacific Standard Time.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_GzpfPFxZr-DMalMtb0mWu7_TYuyZjDMJkKIBNLm2DFkJ8HYSbq-oXpdiIZeszmTjyOKZ2FfIxubU-GHKzKIlcaxMPii6osuVxXOzQFA57NP9W65cVk7GetMnenzA9MDovfuB4TNZuGM/s1600-h/IMG_3091.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_GzpfPFxZr-DMalMtb0mWu7_TYuyZjDMJkKIBNLm2DFkJ8HYSbq-oXpdiIZeszmTjyOKZ2FfIxubU-GHKzKIlcaxMPii6osuVxXOzQFA57NP9W65cVk7GetMnenzA9MDovfuB4TNZuGM/s320/IMG_3091.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412952951638369410" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Uncle Bro woke up enough to watch "Curious George" with her.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKHAGLkeBQY8J3W3P0WslH8fkp3b-7219rtxha0wbSlEbawn82QG2nhzZKHnFihazc5C5aCY4gE8wvCKT3GeIisL1qJOyk4UjKMRoR07EbREz59L2ZVoUQ6geGmUAWiXCegcrNjYHRxU/s1600-h/IMG_3081.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKHAGLkeBQY8J3W3P0WslH8fkp3b-7219rtxha0wbSlEbawn82QG2nhzZKHnFihazc5C5aCY4gE8wvCKT3GeIisL1qJOyk4UjKMRoR07EbREz59L2ZVoUQ6geGmUAWiXCegcrNjYHRxU/s320/IMG_3081.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412952946846798818" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Uncle Bro kisses</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBvtXX2wBet5LqhVFLrgQNGTXSQIuO943c4slP07d8u2VJ6Q7giWn7bG161rycxWTvL8j2NgPqAeHdJV4rEbxi3HhcNrMbbzFcAtmWCvOqjeSyjvvfwOg2-cZImCMud1NQHzcOMps2zcw/s1600-h/IMG_3157.jpg"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBvtXX2wBet5LqhVFLrgQNGTXSQIuO943c4slP07d8u2VJ6Q7giWn7bG161rycxWTvL8j2NgPqAeHdJV4rEbxi3HhcNrMbbzFcAtmWCvOqjeSyjvvfwOg2-cZImCMud1NQHzcOMps2zcw/s1600-h/IMG_3157.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBvtXX2wBet5LqhVFLrgQNGTXSQIuO943c4slP07d8u2VJ6Q7giWn7bG161rycxWTvL8j2NgPqAeHdJV4rEbxi3HhcNrMbbzFcAtmWCvOqjeSyjvvfwOg2-cZImCMud1NQHzcOMps2zcw/s320/IMG_3157.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412953290228439810" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Uncle Bro tickles</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-R3PYWjazi1L0SsUCSlabfhMSDNZjlx0zYJEYIQ9UJ6gPyCU8wAvORjaBxfnt655E2rGh6IJVHvknf1Aqp1rm5b_VfAQ8Z2mUNsf5m3Cr4R6HRVMHcxkQ5FCDczXDzLg7zI6E3emLld4/s1600-h/IMG_3156.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-R3PYWjazi1L0SsUCSlabfhMSDNZjlx0zYJEYIQ9UJ6gPyCU8wAvORjaBxfnt655E2rGh6IJVHvknf1Aqp1rm5b_VfAQ8Z2mUNsf5m3Cr4R6HRVMHcxkQ5FCDczXDzLg7zI6E3emLld4/s320/IMG_3156.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412953286089733570" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Skateboarding with Uncle Bro</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJ6kzg4n0trs5bkFPrEP8rZhuK98kYCdmc5etuNjqc_2ddMAKSpPVYgJ7aULPHFTc_gRgLyorMjdAro3rlT2FBpVftAU6_8jz0bTOo6z_SRmDx8Ky1T4DIHlOjFCb9NjVZ4TxjStvjJs/s1600-h/IMG_3145.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJ6kzg4n0trs5bkFPrEP8rZhuK98kYCdmc5etuNjqc_2ddMAKSpPVYgJ7aULPHFTc_gRgLyorMjdAro3rlT2FBpVftAU6_8jz0bTOo6z_SRmDx8Ky1T4DIHlOjFCb9NjVZ4TxjStvjJs/s320/IMG_3145.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412953275429715618" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Neither of them wanted to take this photo but I like it anyways.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4eAgeZj7z2pyUgJYSuXpDUN-qQ04uoHeWl4lLp5E0ECZt949p96Jq9utW_FB7pyogTOeuJBfSY0qEwZoQywxeUg6fnhqctQkEvL5TuaSlJCRaQ8ej_kVvUh3zYoMDMXHU0hUAJPKBeg/s1600-h/IMG_3121.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4eAgeZj7z2pyUgJYSuXpDUN-qQ04uoHeWl4lLp5E0ECZt949p96Jq9utW_FB7pyogTOeuJBfSY0qEwZoQywxeUg6fnhqctQkEvL5TuaSlJCRaQ8ej_kVvUh3zYoMDMXHU0hUAJPKBeg/s320/IMG_3121.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412953271584611714" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Playing with her Uncle Bro on Thanksgiving day.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz8jAd8ClA_h8D_f4gTuxQn_jYPWKxgcdagb_IzKiRTZux9PaHu3sGhyphenhyphenH3Xzm_3bjwxMEsrfUeiAsi_E43YDe95MMjHPb-LpkUCJ60fN089_dMEVdkTEP6Whq3yQ4fpKalLdplQ6_Zfsg/s1600-h/100_6106.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz8jAd8ClA_h8D_f4gTuxQn_jYPWKxgcdagb_IzKiRTZux9PaHu3sGhyphenhyphenH3Xzm_3bjwxMEsrfUeiAsi_E43YDe95MMjHPb-LpkUCJ60fN089_dMEVdkTEP6Whq3yQ4fpKalLdplQ6_Zfsg/s320/100_6106.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412952943830667106" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Chocolate ice cream ALWAYS hits the spot.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3NYUpsjtfBSgBRm-NChw5PL7wfCkNfdqAGqXwfef7ewDHFyoetDzFweKUfL7A1ded28u_dTbAXDbdSooajUJG-shwH43PXo9KWxD54mxcwOQHENB5O71kHTvS6YcQPVtRm7kA4fyZIA/s1600-h/100_6100.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3NYUpsjtfBSgBRm-NChw5PL7wfCkNfdqAGqXwfef7ewDHFyoetDzFweKUfL7A1ded28u_dTbAXDbdSooajUJG-shwH43PXo9KWxD54mxcwOQHENB5O71kHTvS6YcQPVtRm7kA4fyZIA/s320/100_6100.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412952941599311906" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1861K8I3dW4N9ML3Yv_0ypyewumasGuUPR-ol5Lr6IOy0tBWnw_RQHkGhqnG8nne9O4CusbEB9Ol8jDOWkp1VPugTPJfpiVKpR9wcnGAXvdOOJDCHoKc391sOT4GnPeMDOUXjI05-4RY/s1600-h/100_6097.jpg"></a><div style="text-align: center;">Tryptophan coma...okay, not really, more like a toy coma.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Plus, she loves "PILLOWS!!!"</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvlwNzkiKOL8WWByFZMLEVtjReFvHC6uyxt_ki9edl53GuLbSL77NmpAMl6gubCM6EPPxmEqgZNeILeVAgGZPmAtt160h0cqLZW2QEoTPGygu_aBoYMBNlBhSVKK_DsbSOh21j-nET488/s1600-h/100_6086.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvlwNzkiKOL8WWByFZMLEVtjReFvHC6uyxt_ki9edl53GuLbSL77NmpAMl6gubCM6EPPxmEqgZNeILeVAgGZPmAtt160h0cqLZW2QEoTPGygu_aBoYMBNlBhSVKK_DsbSOh21j-nET488/s320/100_6086.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412952519932206802" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Bro and Sis</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigf2AQG8AozjWd_zTvVcQsJfio6pyACzF4m3XPSgKLgi543cNBu_NCpm662gGJ7Can7Ab04K3koiQ0oDMh5CFKJ2troqpxk2t_lwiYC1WFc2psi4UHeUfyJ7HvmsoVQJdI-VBPPZHiyEg/s1600-h/100_6079.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigf2AQG8AozjWd_zTvVcQsJfio6pyACzF4m3XPSgKLgi543cNBu_NCpm662gGJ7Can7Ab04K3koiQ0oDMh5CFKJ2troqpxk2t_lwiYC1WFc2psi4UHeUfyJ7HvmsoVQJdI-VBPPZHiyEg/s320/100_6079.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412952516364135954" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This little girl, Rajina, kept picking Ellis up and carrying her around the house.</div><div style="text-align: center;">For the most part Ellis liked it--until she decided that she didn't.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMr6cu_5DV1_TbtRUg31FZ706bqt412yOSvGVqJxLrPXfzTReIG8gq5PWJVZ-NxvZzubOjbGcbgwlwgjmJ-68QBPXjQLpLtOo9WzXavg_dbMFpAlwkfeUo_BOPXNj8WFWpdhwZrEqgRo8/s1600-h/100_6074.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMr6cu_5DV1_TbtRUg31FZ706bqt412yOSvGVqJxLrPXfzTReIG8gq5PWJVZ-NxvZzubOjbGcbgwlwgjmJ-68QBPXjQLpLtOo9WzXavg_dbMFpAlwkfeUo_BOPXNj8WFWpdhwZrEqgRo8/s320/100_6074.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412952507031411122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">At the indoor playground--laughing at her Uncle Bro!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgeaRRZCGcfkSUIddOLyFv_c3ZZ5a0kJ5qKKm8-1i3HJo5SwDDfO16PD449Fm4n5IV-S-vUKVukw7ub5zNSY4wYtmSfo9WifxA2VPHBlrIArA57sGiEZM2HgIUPO-VvCI_29UoGLGKI20/s1600-h/100_6051.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgeaRRZCGcfkSUIddOLyFv_c3ZZ5a0kJ5qKKm8-1i3HJo5SwDDfO16PD449Fm4n5IV-S-vUKVukw7ub5zNSY4wYtmSfo9WifxA2VPHBlrIArA57sGiEZM2HgIUPO-VvCI_29UoGLGKI20/s320/100_6051.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412952503412815794" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This is a video of Ellis chasing mommy at the indoor playground. She's getting so fast!</div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyh3g1g3dx_kk2PmChYav32LNRy9ILIbmdbITwPBXKgVZORcVsioPbrb5wtc8sAo-3Do8wgEb579xBBTvF6Xw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div><br /></div><div>This video needs a little explanation. For the longest time, Ellis has pointed to the mole on my cheek and said "boo-boo". I have recently started correcting her by telling her that it isn't a boo-boo but that it's a mole. When Erick came to visit, she noticed that he has a few moles on his face too and she got a little focused on them. At the beginning of this video, she is holding the right side of her face and saying "moles" because that is where Erick has his. My favorite part, however, is when she notices that the camera is on her. She sighs heavily and looks away from it. So funny. </div><div>(P.S. Vimal was obviously having a phone conversation in the front seat so try to ignore that while listening to this video.) Enjoy.</div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxVVl07wWEY3A4LEfO14d0dRS0roiwfV1H-zBS-Jc_qWA3ymUnZrrV3gUiH81DAF73j1EuJgEnqsHnV2K9v9g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-81410177335144553152009-11-24T20:03:00.002-05:002009-11-24T20:22:21.259-05:00It's beginning to look a lot like "Sim-Sim"This morning I decided to put up the ceramic Christmas tree that my grandmother made back in the 1960's. I remember, as a kid, staring at this tree for hours on end and being completely mesmerized by the lights at her house. A few months ago my mom brought it up to Boston when she came to visit and I was really looking forward to putting it out. Now that it's Thanksgiving week, it finally felt like a good time. <br /><br />As you might imagine, Ellis was really excited to help put the lights on it. While we were decorating it, I told her that Mamaw (my grandmother) made it and that it was a Christmas tree. Let me just say that it's amazing to me the things she is remembering and repeating right now. This video shows how well she knows her colors now and that, after only telling her one time, she knew who had made it. Guess it really is time to start watching what I say around her...uh oh!<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dycIjBPW0XTe7BTvqrXc_cf56gz__JxrS8qHmNOK3Zb44LK5Y0rj2ObDe2ne8W5rnHF22LAADR31EssTVweNw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-13862221674914820982009-11-19T20:32:00.003-05:002009-11-19T22:23:21.161-05:00A Trip to the ZooLooking like a big girl playing at the zoo.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCw8Pf0LBOQDY0b6Cx_dc5KfWDZBChb-eRNtMaYFK2w-pvHRZtoeTATffUy3RKtXd2oL0ja1VbtGlsFdB1ANTNbil_r1TfJUwe3tRbPtK3rJbcYS0IiNuQ6qqtBWlv81KIIVHmr7Ho8uQ/s1600/100_6011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCw8Pf0LBOQDY0b6Cx_dc5KfWDZBChb-eRNtMaYFK2w-pvHRZtoeTATffUy3RKtXd2oL0ja1VbtGlsFdB1ANTNbil_r1TfJUwe3tRbPtK3rJbcYS0IiNuQ6qqtBWlv81KIIVHmr7Ho8uQ/s320/100_6011.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405995603187228962"></a><br />This is the "big cat" that stared Ellis down in the video below.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyR-vmQAzXH4YaNLPJble7Nay97FfZV2fJG5DCnU5UKDlMWfKNNFrlAdh7aTEq3_KFxPDptdZ9MwokeNyKKs_AtmRZborYQSCKsw8FUyMTgIYQzzlvSZ_MXJh5hiuMoMoYk85p5xumfY/s1600/100_6017.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyR-vmQAzXH4YaNLPJble7Nay97FfZV2fJG5DCnU5UKDlMWfKNNFrlAdh7aTEq3_KFxPDptdZ9MwokeNyKKs_AtmRZborYQSCKsw8FUyMTgIYQzzlvSZ_MXJh5hiuMoMoYk85p5xumfY/s320/100_6017.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405995610747158818"></a><br />Bear!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn64v8f8a43QQSLR13IFW8cyGOAbLkv-47kIMnCkqw3WtpUBSKFSnF4N6k3EkwTqgAs5buGyCMPQS52EXDLaRurl2IARbXu00HaInj1g_KTXkHlEiPSvFd6piYBBzDhKGKtvTVwSOIfrA/s1600/100_6014.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn64v8f8a43QQSLR13IFW8cyGOAbLkv-47kIMnCkqw3WtpUBSKFSnF4N6k3EkwTqgAs5buGyCMPQS52EXDLaRurl2IARbXu00HaInj1g_KTXkHlEiPSvFd6piYBBzDhKGKtvTVwSOIfrA/s320/100_6014.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405995606374280322"></a><br />Ellis staring at the bears. I LOVE this picture. It might make it onto our Christmas cards so don't look at it too long if you usually get a card from us.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNn4s5vThQfZ6ihWWAuEGeC8gsgUzV-etPEqj8zujTiyzelUUMlrKX7rKTO4imq3ZE6qMQ-LWcsyh2lvCBti-H_V1vxVHOe-mmdcD-byaZgKZcXaNftlRmSknIW4BpmGbJpxno1e4lMM/s1600/100_6015.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNn4s5vThQfZ6ihWWAuEGeC8gsgUzV-etPEqj8zujTiyzelUUMlrKX7rKTO4imq3ZE6qMQ-LWcsyh2lvCBti-H_V1vxVHOe-mmdcD-byaZgKZcXaNftlRmSknIW4BpmGbJpxno1e4lMM/s320/100_6015.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405995611152133474"></a><br /><br />While daddy went to NYC this past week, Ellis and I went to the zoo. Not exactly a great consolation prize for not being able to go to New York with daddy, but we had fun nevertheless. Ellis was especially fond of the bears and monkeys, though I think she got a little creeped out by the "big cat". I can't say I blame her though. That cougar was staring her down something fierce. I'll post a video of her reaction to it. It's kind of funny. Anyways, Uncle Bro arrives next week for Thanksgiving and then Christmas will be upon us. I keep asking myself where 2009 went. Good thing I have this blog to look back on or else I'd have no earthly idea.<br /><br />Ellis and the "big cat"<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwt1acY5139oHZ1i0yxIeI_GKnooZyZX0sKEVuEch9gWUD0zGTTv_D0er341W3ZWO2WO-EYkn4kPoASGzjImw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><object id="BLOG_video-FAILED" class="BLOG_video_class" width="320" height="266" contentid="FAILED"></object>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-85512834442739576092009-11-04T16:25:00.003-05:002009-11-04T21:03:58.312-05:00Video Proof that She's Growing UpHere are a few videos of Ellis's latest accomplishments and developments. <br /><br />About a week ago, she started going down the big slide all by herself. I was terrified at first but, as you can see, she is very cautious and does a good job on her own. And, c'mon, how cute is that hat!<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyIKzm-Dv3_a4tngarOFc1rnTWtMlwh2D1L5rI-Nq9oX666sHFwOiWwQB64fs2LAqWlWpghtrLh35cLV7NiAw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />This is a video of Ellis counting and naming her colors. She's really close to knowing all her colors but there are still moments when everything is 'blue' or 'purple'. And I just love the way she says 'three'.<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzzFFrWe4mpzOFTMmSM34_I-mphM9kpXCqTB77Ba4OPQSoQUvFOhWHUjD31tmPZdIF7ICNHUKpg9VB_8RVJcQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />I recently started letting Ellis drink chocolate milk in the mornings after she has her yogurt. She keeps drinking it until the cup is bone dry and she's slurping the bottom. I know that chocolate milk may not be a big deal to most of you, but I've been a bit of a stickler with Ellis where 'junk' foods are concerned. So, this is definitely a BIG treat for her. And, as you can tell, she LOVES it.<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwe0vMf1ca5g5AFak8TxHKkF8X9EdIb3cm4cXU7ezNjT3H-6CU7JcyB4U5hmYrIhbogM4C1SH-r9i6OUccdZA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-78938918702795138362009-10-31T20:01:00.003-04:002009-10-31T20:23:26.112-04:00Paging Dr. EllisDid anyone call for a Doctor here?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxwQXkmSVUUCh7g5AO0bjbOz90klx-EUwUzuNiFDvBQ6E3FVzxSLqqYcW9m67perRUisREwbCJQ33D3iE26zp9skvDJrD8-v0wuk3hyn03UarydiBGOPvYCSy1l89MCDBgrWGb4PB3yBs/s1600-h/IMG_3027.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxwQXkmSVUUCh7g5AO0bjbOz90klx-EUwUzuNiFDvBQ6E3FVzxSLqqYcW9m67perRUisREwbCJQ33D3iE26zp9skvDJrD8-v0wuk3hyn03UarydiBGOPvYCSy1l89MCDBgrWGb4PB3yBs/s320/IMG_3027.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398921673507637026" /></a><br />Her scrubs said "Dr. Ellis"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfN-T6XaJQl1TKB1TxWlRUPOJAKc0cXxZNbXZRqHHHnFvIErdu30IZ_gGDMSEupJEbGaHcS1CkgNOy57sqXkS4ERA0WJjPNYkDx_KOsx8TiScbmAxZB77zO-5K6mhp2njHKoSrek3nfM/s1600-h/IMG_3036.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfN-T6XaJQl1TKB1TxWlRUPOJAKc0cXxZNbXZRqHHHnFvIErdu30IZ_gGDMSEupJEbGaHcS1CkgNOy57sqXkS4ERA0WJjPNYkDx_KOsx8TiScbmAxZB77zO-5K6mhp2njHKoSrek3nfM/s320/IMG_3036.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398921425041218962" /></a><br />She started to get the hang of it but at first she tried to give candy out of her bag to everyone instead of taking it.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0vvBD9yPkT4Atr2ceDV4RxyGoye6033XQR9th2tAIiQ30JD_ew0XcF-BvzJqi_FXR3rdf352trDx43MJvBYxd1Ix5TNfm61CBvz1S0QgpQd9rMSEHGXCmeaemiurJ83wEuJkuWNkPIg/s1600-h/IMG_3045.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0vvBD9yPkT4Atr2ceDV4RxyGoye6033XQR9th2tAIiQ30JD_ew0XcF-BvzJqi_FXR3rdf352trDx43MJvBYxd1Ix5TNfm61CBvz1S0QgpQd9rMSEHGXCmeaemiurJ83wEuJkuWNkPIg/s320/IMG_3045.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398921416595572866" /></a><br />Letting Mommy hold her. Being a doctor is exhausting.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-k2EmHqKqpJGA5oZQQEN1KwYsW4sXsy6zuTig6D9m8q3ZjM5lg824VbuJs_E4ODmWiEMYeuZOnGmbzdVSTglpP2uAIhEV_q1zm6mBHbtWC9YrZ4pFGIg4P60RDQrrCoyZ1Q2luSpoQ0c/s1600-h/IMG_3054.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-k2EmHqKqpJGA5oZQQEN1KwYsW4sXsy6zuTig6D9m8q3ZjM5lg824VbuJs_E4ODmWiEMYeuZOnGmbzdVSTglpP2uAIhEV_q1zm6mBHbtWC9YrZ4pFGIg4P60RDQrrCoyZ1Q2luSpoQ0c/s320/IMG_3054.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398921411574152818" /></a><br /><br />Well, in case it isn't obvious, Ellis was a doctor for Halloween this year. Vimal jokingly said that since she was half-Indian she had to dress up as either a doctor or an engineer and since the costume is better for a doctor that's what we went with. I thought she looked too cute in her scrubs. Actually, Halloween is quite huge on our street and every year there are over 300 kids that come. This year was even more. I bought so much candy and still ran out well before everyone had come through! And Ellis was by far the best doctor on the street, if I must say so myself.<br /><br />Anyways, we decided to let Ellis stay up a little later since the time was changing tonight anyways. We thought she would be so distracted by all the kids that she wouldn't get as tired, but when she laid her head on my shoulder at 7:30 and didn't want to pick it back up, we gave in and let her go to bed. Hope everyone had a great Halloween.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-50684882505852173682009-10-20T07:56:00.004-04:002009-10-20T08:47:07.321-04:00Music ClassHere is a video of Ellis with her friend Claire at music class. She loves class so much and especially loves dancing and playing the drums. Enjoy.<br /><br />Dancing<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwxnZxE_v54eZXZ1Xl2rkNq9Z6JoPBycUm_HzAL0vLEnpT94looiLlAFXghMB1Ehy9SmIylnp9gmLnO0G55Xg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />Drumming<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dys3oUV2AUaYLpPJC86RC_uNB1Zkq6reTA-Oivd-uDGwYXwm6K9AaTxhlc6x9uyGqjQD8I7-qyE3o4dA_VB1w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-200940341713499382009-10-19T07:53:00.003-04:002009-10-19T09:25:06.183-04:00New ToysOkay, so I'll admit it--I hate wintertime in Boston. I love the change of seasons, don't mind being cold, even enjoy a snow fall or two and all the hot chocolate that goes with it, but here in Boston it all just lasts way too long. And since having Ellis, my dislike for this season of cold has exponentially grown each year. I don't think I'm being unreasonable. Look at the date of this post and then think about the fact that it SNOWED yesterday. Our steps were slippery, our cars were covered, and it's October. Need I say more?!?<br /><br />Anyways, in order to somewhat combat the impending doom (I'm being a little melodramatic here but did I say that it SNOWED in OCTOBER?), we have invested in some new toys for Ellis. I sold some of her old toys (sad) and we bought her a basketball goal, a table and chairs for tea parties, and Nonna got her a new kitchen. I am hoping that with the addition of these things, distractions for both of us, the fact that we can't go out to the park every day will not quite register for either of us.<br /><br />So, I'm posting some videos and pictures of Ellis playing with her new toys. She loves the basketball goal and kitchen so much and I do too. Playing with her toys is kind of like being a kid again. And who knows, maybe seeing snow and playing in it with her will feel like being a kid again too. I doubt it, but what can I do but give it a try.<br /><br />Old Kitchen<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyn24l4aIbmy2sDNukjBlBYbkuAzOjrXvmYlHFBTxHK0KAN1IW6pDMeCEUN3kRW8_8m_yscpyvpXLr43PG0AB8XDA9sAkKWO8YKGFekDTbRoed5q4wREHo4kcs5Wr79FVrdbTWqLDZQFM/s1600-h/IMG_2961.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyn24l4aIbmy2sDNukjBlBYbkuAzOjrXvmYlHFBTxHK0KAN1IW6pDMeCEUN3kRW8_8m_yscpyvpXLr43PG0AB8XDA9sAkKWO8YKGFekDTbRoed5q4wREHo4kcs5Wr79FVrdbTWqLDZQFM/s320/IMG_2961.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394300701993301234" /></a><br />View of how small the old kitchen was<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixiISdmjE9zsGavxWYF8y91x91zdJ8NNkhLtcEW7OZggWKcpMnqbcjhMHL1YXff09Z1Vs7NoC63zBtARoESWg0Wst-q5DRx9e-1MwJVQkSLs78IE1nyhTBmGtQmuzgeJSebYWWwRk7ZpM/s1600-h/IMG_2962.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixiISdmjE9zsGavxWYF8y91x91zdJ8NNkhLtcEW7OZggWKcpMnqbcjhMHL1YXff09Z1Vs7NoC63zBtARoESWg0Wst-q5DRx9e-1MwJVQkSLs78IE1nyhTBmGtQmuzgeJSebYWWwRk7ZpM/s320/IMG_2962.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394300692228604738" /></a><br />"What is happening here?"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkras89hF13Pc6Nlg8a9xQ8VjOfl_1Q8a8eOKJTQhrB9mNc2aBQj8572sUIWAHNc8uEdnGqgpbUlFpPZ9_Ao6Q9Y3nugGStYrHTlRueT-eo0VBUq26VonAuM9_blXZZZjX2nLmOvLbgzs/s1600-h/IMG_2966.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkras89hF13Pc6Nlg8a9xQ8VjOfl_1Q8a8eOKJTQhrB9mNc2aBQj8572sUIWAHNc8uEdnGqgpbUlFpPZ9_Ao6Q9Y3nugGStYrHTlRueT-eo0VBUq26VonAuM9_blXZZZjX2nLmOvLbgzs/s320/IMG_2966.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394300691076261378" /></a><br />Helping daddy put together the new kitchen<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsR2bo7O2rmC8Jgq3XwfugS5yyRLb7rs5jYmDMgpTVMSFSbKZrc28ShJkqsXfLTevRm7x_94IjvuoM_Fce3D1pOwxjAP_QVoNIz60-DlgTqKruSjxnVtGHBoI-SQ2GbdYokIOH_YLEQ8Q/s1600-h/IMG_2968.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsR2bo7O2rmC8Jgq3XwfugS5yyRLb7rs5jYmDMgpTVMSFSbKZrc28ShJkqsXfLTevRm7x_94IjvuoM_Fce3D1pOwxjAP_QVoNIz60-DlgTqKruSjxnVtGHBoI-SQ2GbdYokIOH_YLEQ8Q/s320/IMG_2968.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394300679548523682" /></a><br />More help for daddy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRg0e2Ea4L9YhHCwp3Y9kZ2sDIFQwu3juE5C8DyxWJJnrZx9f0QIrSFeik0S97bmNyoNTclc-0ELRBQ0-eTRZYBUSwK_gp-pawynY9DY7rQ3HM0Bgp95mgyxuYTXNjPlCBxlSQrsjBEiM/s1600-h/IMG_2967.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRg0e2Ea4L9YhHCwp3Y9kZ2sDIFQwu3juE5C8DyxWJJnrZx9f0QIrSFeik0S97bmNyoNTclc-0ELRBQ0-eTRZYBUSwK_gp-pawynY9DY7rQ3HM0Bgp95mgyxuYTXNjPlCBxlSQrsjBEiM/s320/IMG_2967.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394300677234914034" /></a><br /><br />Video of Ellis playing with the new kitchen<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxGUveysFw8I2BiOdFrpyHVCW2toYwyzek7yFry4_GZH15OUkWO18OlyuajHUFct5mycbQAm9SmqUSNQvjCLA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />Here is Ellis playing basketball. "I did it!"<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzRWaPPaNdjw4b9R5AyPanV_cXjcR4zHQRD7FHY3A4HJRNnWekTnwR9RvzfPjkrJsmtuPwSrlPSucCZCqJCPg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-17067258690985483592009-09-25T07:58:00.003-04:002009-09-25T08:09:49.450-04:00"Want to see the baby."This is a video of Ellis saying the words that I talk about in the next post. Her new favorite book is "The Little Engine that Could" and she knows all the toys in it. She also loves watching "the baby" (i.e. herself) in the video camera after I'm done making a video.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dydb5IbKzWzRly5VegjrEftwv9eEGM0suv_IbySYTU7xjxlaadoSUgKJ-MEnJ26wLyPrh123o7eGLOHtPkJvQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962425806824269904.post-50760966079957846732009-09-24T18:22:00.004-04:002009-09-24T19:01:14.911-04:00Ellis's ABC's "Airpeens, Bi-gulls, and Cahs"I love this face too much<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtDvLahWZhYIm-HwjJ77aFPe5PzOW6idWgfdGpqeTcDXmpK_7lbb11aTJSnLq-wrh4PHvFdYxoEqTLE43vGwerFxSH4Axejck6F793jbdlI2gxZuZXVx10B4busYmsH5z3BUityum8JBE/s1600-h/100_5941.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtDvLahWZhYIm-HwjJ77aFPe5PzOW6idWgfdGpqeTcDXmpK_7lbb11aTJSnLq-wrh4PHvFdYxoEqTLE43vGwerFxSH4Axejck6F793jbdlI2gxZuZXVx10B4busYmsH5z3BUityum8JBE/s320/100_5941.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385163203243734290"></a><br />Checking out the car. There is a video related to this down below...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkSYvP0APUQwzm8iNZ0TN-s-toEPUACCSjSCPjzoOu2p2akYSSt2v46qQ6Qtwb_0_nbAaHv9a1u8Q3sH1S6Bx8oqmGt2mXk6ohFSEDAJO4Kxm8tFwPkCgKwS4xXLN2hSt9Q97p4EBFug/s1600-h/100_5945.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkSYvP0APUQwzm8iNZ0TN-s-toEPUACCSjSCPjzoOu2p2akYSSt2v46qQ6Qtwb_0_nbAaHv9a1u8Q3sH1S6Bx8oqmGt2mXk6ohFSEDAJO4Kxm8tFwPkCgKwS4xXLN2hSt9Q97p4EBFug/s320/100_5945.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385163613101634274"></a><br />Bicycles! (a.k.a "Bi-gull")<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVrsOHy7JvVvq3dl3o8AFS4dBEHT4M5nE45vcxxIs2N2EZIPwaJCBzfhyCGWMJwnJ-y_Zv5YNWnapD0LrE-78UUw7mdI4OPZf6PxTuqAqaFF4lNhHtXt-Qgpe0oE0vChfox_QNDhgaRQ/s1600-h/100_5939.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVrsOHy7JvVvq3dl3o8AFS4dBEHT4M5nE45vcxxIs2N2EZIPwaJCBzfhyCGWMJwnJ-y_Zv5YNWnapD0LrE-78UUw7mdI4OPZf6PxTuqAqaFF4lNhHtXt-Qgpe0oE0vChfox_QNDhgaRQ/s320/100_5939.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385163207891971858"></a><br />Trying to figure out what Noah and Ollie are doing.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUNAgTGOY2L3MZO6zDJDdzq-6TZHiagaDZjEWywORVfnRvSmfZ44I3qpQxj7uFRpFqCYVQl6DJjdC10K3QnjnNHOBYrfjnHg2-Iiup4juu1V05HI6OZoJEnCou5gYpuFsIGV0IkaFqdWA/s1600-h/100_5946.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUNAgTGOY2L3MZO6zDJDdzq-6TZHiagaDZjEWywORVfnRvSmfZ44I3qpQxj7uFRpFqCYVQl6DJjdC10K3QnjnNHOBYrfjnHg2-Iiup4juu1V05HI6OZoJEnCou5gYpuFsIGV0IkaFqdWA/s320/100_5946.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385163191606830850"></a><br />Posing with the boys<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBMZGUKe8cx7VvuS-1A5JyRxhuwvzIoSaunV2Jv-arpgOxp-w_Q4E_ifLWm-NDmMNRuY605_OfZ3h-B0JzC-f9KGBj890eTDmk9yrIDUHimxQ0cY-JVS54TKCl-8HPNVaLwXOGt6iDEyc/s1600-h/100_5954.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBMZGUKe8cx7VvuS-1A5JyRxhuwvzIoSaunV2Jv-arpgOxp-w_Q4E_ifLWm-NDmMNRuY605_OfZ3h-B0JzC-f9KGBj890eTDmk9yrIDUHimxQ0cY-JVS54TKCl-8HPNVaLwXOGt6iDEyc/s320/100_5954.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385163181824332994"></a><br />Noah had this idea to pose in height order. I love kids and their ideas! Anyways, this picture makes me kind of sad because I think Ellis looks so grown up and not like my little baby.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbM5wASKpFCRcPraxKRd97d7-WwGx-i9qmK9l1qr2I7hapstL-r_YCbC7Lncn51UQ8Eqd7OkDjLQL7DdytPCajsh47tLYAG3Hoq2gjpku9j4-FEiOHax4uQVqtsk5DPnS-QNkmNVLAxnY/s1600-h/100_5948.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbM5wASKpFCRcPraxKRd97d7-WwGx-i9qmK9l1qr2I7hapstL-r_YCbC7Lncn51UQ8Eqd7OkDjLQL7DdytPCajsh47tLYAG3Hoq2gjpku9j4-FEiOHax4uQVqtsk5DPnS-QNkmNVLAxnY/s320/100_5948.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385163189289976546"></a><br /><br />Here are a few pictures of Ellis playing. She has started really interacting with other kids. Our friends Joe and Amy, who live in Seattle, came to visit and Ellis loved playing with their sons. She loves kids who are just slightly older than her, around 3 or 4, so she had a really nice time following them around and mimicking whatever they were doing (as you can tell from the pics).<br /><br />Over the last few weeks, Ellis has really started picking up tons of words and communicating more then ever. Her favorite things to talk about, by far, are modes of transportation. She cries "airpeens" every time she sees or hears one. The other morning as I was changing her diaper she started yelling "airpeen, airpeen" and I said, "No Ellis there aren't any airplanes in here" but then I realized that she was hearing one out her bedroom window. So funny! But "cahs" (yes, she has a bit of a Boston accent) are definitely her favorite. Vimal thinks it must be his genetics that make her love cars. She screams "Cah, Cah" the entire time we are on the highway, walking down the street, or playing at the playground. "Bi-gulls, Kucks (trucks), Bus" are frequently pointed out everywhere we go too. This age is definitely a lot of fun for both of us. <br /><br /><br />This is a video of Ellis playing in a "Cah" at a friend's house. I took this video too late so you can't see how excited she really was, but she loved it! We couldn't pull her off the car for about 30 minutes.<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz9eUB4em8t63_kLhpBSFwmHNbrgZcV--NjnGT5-EDYS7tMHl3N8ERiORCFcuKs8kAbKVTs1VIiAPjrYbAc' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790232574396017536noreply@blogger.com1