Photo Session....

As most people know, my brother-in-law is a pretty talented photographer.... I really wanted to get some pictures of Ella and Brady so Dave was kind enough to snap a few shot for me. Here a just a couple of my favorites!

New York!

Excited to be on the train!

Arriving in New York.
Helping make Birthday Cake and licking the spoon!

Happy Birthday Aunt Brady!

Austyn got to benefit from the stoller too!

Waiting for the train to head home...

We have had a busy month so far... First we headed to New York to see Brady and Dave. We decided to not to attempt an 8 hour car ride with Ella so we opted for the train. Ella LOVED the train and we LOVED it too!!

We celebrated Brady's 27th birthday and got to see a lot of the area where they live. It is a very nice area with nice quaint towns and lots of old Victorian houses.

We had a great long weekend and were sad to leave except that we got to ride the train again... which helped Ella not have a fit when we had to say to goodbye to her Aunt Brady and Uncle Dave!

Pigtails!!

Ella does NOT like having her hair done... so I usually only get to do a ponytail and that doesn't stay in long before the hairbow mysteriously "falls out!" So, you can imagine my surprise when Ella asked me to put her hair in pigtails this morning for church! And then she actually sat still and let me do it!!! So of course I had to take some pictures! Here she is with pigtails... and she left them in ALL day long!

Ella's Puppy...

Ella loves her puppy Lexi. Well, Lexi isn't really a puppy... she is a 5 year old poddle mix and very tolerant of Ella! However, she does know that if she gets under our bed in the very middle that that is the ONLY place where Ella can't get to her!! We find her hiding there quite often! Ella wanted me to take some pictures of her with her puppy this morning... so here they are.

Our Little Entertainer!!!

This weekend Ella decided that the fireplace was her stage! She could not perform without her chef's hat and apron on though! She would sing... and sing... and sing... and then clap for herself! Yay Ella... and if you didn't clap too she would remind you to clap and say.... "Yay Ella!" She is turning into quite the 'ham.'

The Many HATS of Ella...

Fourth of July!

Playing in the water with Nonna and Papa

On the way to see Fireworks!

Fireworks over the Lake

We spent a long weekend at the lake for the Fourth of July. We had very nice weather the first couple of days so we spent a lot of time out in the sunshine. We went to see fireworks by boat (we thought Ella would really enjoy it!), but she quickly fell asleep and missed them all.