Ella's Early Birthday

Practicing her walking

(FYI: This outfit does have little white shorts that go with it but they seem to have disappeared under the top with all of the crawling and walking that was going on.)

Ella telling Auntie Janet how old she is turning! I think this is the cutest thing ever, but she only does it for me when she feels like it.

We celebrated Ella's first birthday a little early with Bernie's parents and Auntie Janet and Uncle Bill since they will all be in Chelan for her actual party. They really did it up big and had decorations, cupcakes and presents to celebrate the occasion. Ella was a little shy at first with all the eyes on her but quickly warmed up to the idea of a party once she got her hands on that cupcake. I can not believe that my baby is going to be one year old is less than a week, where does the time go?

Father's Day

We started Father's Day bright and early and got up at 5:30am to drive up to Seattle so Bernie could golf with my dad. After golf we spent some time with my dad before we headed back down to UP to BBQ with Bernie's dad and the family. It was a full day for all of us but we were glad we got to see both sides of the family. Happy first Father's Day Bernie, Ella and I are both so lucky to have you!

A day in the life of Ella

We spent today doing some of Ella's favorite things around the house...Finding the remote Getting Apollo's toys... and throwing them at him. Climbing Apollo Grabbing things that mommy tells her not to, and smiling while she does it! And my all time favorite... putting her hands all over the doors and windows! Man, being a 11 1/2 month old must be exhausting!

Lovin' the Sun

Duck Daze

Every year University Place celebrates Duck Daze and has a parade down Bridgeport. So my friend Kari and I took Ella and Miranda to the parade. The weather didn't cooperate with us but we made the most of it! The girls had a good time, Miranda had a huge bag of candy and toys at the end and Ella got to see horses and clowns so she was entertained. And to top it off our friends the Costanti's were in the parade so that was a lot of fun to see some familiar faces!

Good Friends

This June has been the best I can remember, so we have been taking full advantage of it. Bernie's parents were so nice to take Ella for ther afternoon so Bernie and I could head out on the Sound with our friends Jared and Wendy. We had so much fun cruising around and enjoying the unbelievable June weather! We had dinner at the Tides Tavern and had more laughs that I could handle! Wendy and I always have a good time and as you can see from the picture she is always loads of fun :) Thanks for the great day Jared and Wendy!

On the Move..

I have been meaning to post some video of Ella on the move since it took her over 10 months to crawl. She did the army crawl for awhile but finally made the transition to the regular crawl in the last few weeks. I was so nervous that she was never going to get there but she went from 0 to 100 in a couple of days and now I can't take my eyes off her. I now wonder what I was so worried about!