Pool Party!

Daddy with kids in the pool

My future news reporter. She loves to talk to the camera. :)

This is what a lot of my pictures look like these days.

Strong daddy!

She is loving the pool!

Summer 2009 pictures Part 2

Inspecting the bushes

She loves to run up and down the little "ramp" to our building

Hmmmm, what's this?

Don't bug me Mom, I'm busy.

How I found Elly on this particular morning. She had Aidan's crayons EVERYWHERE.

Summer 2009 pictures

Elly's first donut!

She actually *did* really like it. She was just really tired. :)

Adventures in Macaroni and Cheese!

Yum. This stuff is good! So good, I think I should wear it.

Bubbles!

Elly's Big Girl Carseat

So this summer has kept us VERY busy and I'm way behind on posting this. I wanted to make sure I made record of this little story because it was so funny and I'm sure that as Elly gets older, I'll forget. Just like it seems I've forgotten so many stories of Aidan as he's grown up.

So, this picture was taken of Elly just after she turned one year old and we turned her carseat to forward-facing. We were so excited that she was finally a "big girl" and could actually look around and see things. We made a big deal of it as we got her in the seat and she looked around wide-eyed and excited.

Well, then the car moved.

We made the mistake of having the first trip in the carseat being a longer one that included going down the interstate. I think the combination of going a faster speed, being able to really *see* everything and then hitting the bumps in the road terrified the poor girl. She started screaming in terror like she was on a roller coaster that just wouldn't stop.

What would stop her from crying? Food. Yep, this girl loves her food. The instant I broke out the snacks she stopped crying and started looking around. Thankfully it was just that one instance and she absolutely loves riding in the car now, but we were a little worried for a minute.