Elly's Top 10

You want me to do what?
















OH! Smile!

















Pretty summer flowers


















I love you.



















Do you like my bow?













As I enter Week 7, I would now like to post the Top 1o things you need to know about me, David Letterman style.

#10) I *HATE* tummy time. Like don't even *try* to make me do it. I will either scream at you or I will decide to flip over, because I don't want to be on my stomach. What would make you think that I want to lay on my tummy that is full of air and stare at my blanket? Not cool!

#9) My swing is the best invention ever made. I love to nap in it, play in it, eat in it, poo in it, pretty much anything I can do, I like to do in my swing. My mom is already dreading the day that I don't fit into it anymore because I like it so much. Best feature of the swing? The little mirror globe where I can stare at the baby looking back at me to my heart's content.

#8) There is a little red frog that is out to get me. My mom puts me in this bouncy seat and as soon as she turns it on, there it is, looking at me, mocking me. I try to reach for him but I can't quite get him. Why is torturing me so? What does he keep looking at? One of these days, he *will* be mine!

#7) If you want to me to sleep, you better have my pink fuzzy blanket around. Don't try to lay me down without it covering me. I like my blanky and it needs to be with me when I sleep.


#6) I don't like bottles. My mom keeps thinking that I need to try one but I don't really those things. Who wants a hard, cold plastic thing shoved in their mouth? Yuck. No thanks. I'm pretty stubborn on this one. Keep trying Mom!

#5) I hate baths. Why must I take them? I don't play in the dirt. I don't splash food all over my face? I'm quite the little lady. I don't think I need them and I will let you know that I don't appreciate them when you try to make me take one.

#4) I love my stroller. Take me for a walk. I might cry for a minute but only because I really don't like being in my car seat but once I realize that we are outside and I'm in my stroller, I love it. I appreciate new scenery.

#3) My brother is the best! He loves me so much and I love having him around. I try to show my appreciation for him by giving him lots of smiles. He is always cuddling me and kissing me and trying to get me to do new things. I'm sure he'll think I'm a big pain in the butt once I start crawling around and getting into his things, but for now he thinks I'm pretty great.

#2) You MUST, I repeat, you MUST wear a burp cloth around me at all times. Sorry, I can't help it. Don't think I *like* spitting up. It's just part of my nature right now. I have to do it and it's really not my fault if you are not prepared. Now, I gave you fair warning, so make sure you use this.

And the #1 thing you need to know about me....

Talk to me! My favorite thing is to look at people's faces. People make all kinds of crazy faces at babies and I am easily amused by them. I really, really want to talk myself but getting out my voice is hard sometimes. However, if you talk to me, I work extra hard to talk back to you and give you some smiles.

Happy Father's Day!

So sweet.














Pulling up my dress :)







Father's Day 2008











Daddy, Aidan and Ellyse





Our Family












Can you believe that I am 6 weeks old today?! How is it possible that 6 weeks have gone by already?

We celebrated Father's Day this week. It was my daddy's first Father's Day and we tried to make him feel very special all day. The morning started with gifts. Aidan made him some coasters out of ceramic with his handprint painted on them. I gave my daddy a frame that says "Daddy and Me" with my daddy's favorite picture of us together in it. We have one more surprise for him but it didn't make it in the mail in time.

Then we headed over to Grandma Jan's house. She made us all lunch and we also had cake to celebrate my daddy's birthday which is this next Sunday. It was such a beautiful day that we spent a lot of time sitting out on the deck, talking. A lot of the pictures you see this time are taken there.


The most notable thing I am doing this week that is catching lots of attention is that I am rolling over from my tummy to my back. We mentioned that I had done this in the doctor's office at my one week checkup. Well, Mommy decided to show Grandma what I do when I lay on my tummy, so I decided to show off for her as well and I did it again. I guess it causes lots of excitement. I don't know what everyone is so excited for, I just don't like laying on my tummy!


I am also doing a lot more smiling this week. Mommy keeps trying to catch pictures of me doing it but I like to pretend I don't know what I'm doing by the time she snaps the pictures. :)

C'mon and ride the rollercoaster

I love my brother











I'm kicking my feet!





Whaddya looking at?

















I'd like to give a shout out to my Grandmas.


















Ahh, this is the life.








I save all my smiles for my brother.


















This week has been the week of ups and downs as I get to know this thing called life.

The highs of week 4 included my first smile. I gave my mom a real smile on my one month birthday--June 6th. I guess that is a momentus occasion as my mom ran to grab the camera and proceed to make all kinds of silly phases and talk like a crazy person to me to make me do it again. I decided I didn't feel like it anymore. I think I like torturing her. :)

The other thing I am really doing this week is kicking my legs. I think I've discovered how wiggly I can really be and I like getting all my muscles moving.

The lows came most recently when my mom had to take me into the doctor to determine why I was always spitting up all the time. My mom was really wishing I could talk and tell her what was wrong with me when I decided to scream for over an hour one night but the doctor decided that I have reflux, so we are trying out some medicine to see if that helps me out.

The update from the doctor is that I now weigh 11 pounds and 8 oz. and I am 21 3/4 inches long! I've already gained almost 3 pounds and grew 2 inches in just 5 weeks!

This life really is a rollercoaster ride!

Introducing Miss Personality!

I'm sticking my tongue out at you






















Oh wait! You caught me!

Chillin' outside with Daddy













How long you gonna make me sit here?

Cheezing up the camera with Mommy









So by now, most or all of you have received a photo announcement of my arrival. I'd like to tell you a little bit about why this photo of me was chosen since my mom has gotten the full spectrum of comments about it. Such as "she has a pained look on her face" or "she looks like she is about to cry" or the nice "oh, what a cute face!".

This picture was chosen because it contains exactly what my mom was hoping to capture in a picture of me. I refer to it as my "signature look", my mom refers to it as my "Scooby Doo look" and my dad refers to it as my "Whatchu talkin' about Willis" face.

The reason my mom calls it my Scooby Doo look is because she says when she sees me making it, she's reminded of Scooby Doo and his "Ruh?" look. I call it my signature look because I like to make it a lot. It basically means that I am pondering the meaning of life as a gaze into faces of my parents and other people making all kinds of crazy faces in hopes of cracking some kind of face from *me*. Well, this is my look. That's all you are getting right now people!

So in close, *this* is why that picture of me of was chosen. I hope you enjoy it! Now here are some more pictures of me as I enter Week 4.