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?
Finding the remote
and throwing them at him.
Climbing Apollo
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!
Ernie rocking Ella to sleep
Mila driving the boat
Another beautiful day in the Pacific Northwest! We took the boat out yesterday with our friends the Lay's and had a total of five kids between our two boats. Thankfully Ella seems to be getting used to her life jacket, which is such a great thing since in the last week she has become a climber! If it weren't for her pack and play I don't know if we would have made it the whole day. She has gone from barely crawling a month ago to crawling, pulling up, walking around furniture and toady she stood on her own for the first time. This girl seemed to take her sweet time to get moving but now there seems to be no stopping her, which makes for a very tired mom and dad by the end of the day!
My mom and I took Ella to the Woodland Park Zoo today and had a fun time checking out all of the animals. I wasn't sure if she was too young to enjoy it but I thought we would try it out anyway. Turns out you are never too young to enjoy the zoo! Ella was delighted when she saw the animals, especially the giraffes. They are her favorite, she has a stuffed giraffe at home that she sometimes sleeps with. At first they moved so slow that she didn't seem to notice them but once she did she couldn't get enough. Since giraffes seem to be her favorite we took her to the giraffe feeding and she got to feed them herself. That was the highlight of the day for Ella but also for my mom and I, they really are gental giants and so beautiful. Ella also enjoyed the elephants and penguins, unfortunately the lions, tigers and bears were all napping during our visit. I am sure the zoo will get even more fun the older that Ella gets and am so glad that we have both Woodland Park and Point Defiance so close to us!
