wordless wednesday.

wordless wednesday.

16 month well exam.

Yesterday, I took Miss El in for her 16 month well exam.  She did awesome!  Her pediatrician was so impressed on how well she handled his poking and prodding!  She is such a good girl and he was so good with her.  She is perfectly "normal" in every aspect.  Here are her stats:

Weight: 23 pounds - (45.21 percentile for her age)
Height: 30.5 inches - (39.74 percentile for her age)
Head Circumference: 47 cm (18.5 inches) - (75.31 percentile for her age)

Since she finally has some teeth they were able to give her a fluoride treatment.  She didn't mind it at all.  She loves to brush her teeth....I'm hoping it stays like that! : )
We ended the appointment with 4 shots.  3 of the standard vaccines and then a flu shot.  Poor girl did so awesome!  She barely cried and as soon as the nurse brought out the sticker basket all her tears were gone!  Amazing what a sparkly sticker will do!! : ) 
Her pediatrician said she doesn't have to go back until she's 2.  We do have to go back next month so she can get a 2nd flu shot.  I guess they have to do it to build up her immunities.  Not looking forward to that visit!

I'm so thankful we have a healthy 16 month old!!

chocolate chip pancakes.

This morning we made chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast.  Ellee chowed down on them while saying, "yum, yum, yum".  Of course when I grabbed the video camera she stopped eating, but I still got some pretty cute footage of her. : )

wordless wednesday.

wordless wednesday.

our dancing giraffe.

After trick or treating we went to our church for Trunk or Treating.  Ellee had a blast. They had a bunch of cars all decked out with Halloween scariness. And they gave out a TON of candy!  They also had a DJ and Ellee had so much fun dancing with her Auntie to the music.  I caught her on video shortly before we left.  So funny and cute!!! : )

Side note: At the end of the video Ellee's hat fell off.  I thought it was so funny because she was acting all concerned that it had fallen off her head, when earlier all she wanted to do is take it off.  Silly girl!

Oh, and all that dancing must have really tired her out because she was fast asleep minutes after pulling out of the church parking lot.  She went to bed in her giraffe costume.  I was told, you should never wake a sleeping baby! : )



trick or treat!

Halloween was so much fun this year!  My Mom, Greg, Sarah and I took Ellee trick or treating.  She didn't know exactly what she was doing, but she had fun!  It was so fun to see all the different costumes!  The first 2 pieces of candy Ellee got she held onto the whole time.  And she even carried her candy basket around. I'm so excited for next year!  Here are a few photos from our trick or treating adventure:

The cutest little giraffe EVER!!! : )

Walking with Grandpa

Mmmmm, Candy!!

We found her friend Lily the Kitty!

Posing with the Panda, Ellee didn't like him to much!

If you want to see the rest of the photos from our trick or treating click HERE!

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pumpkin patches.

If you remember last year Ellee and I attended a Mom's/Playgroup called Sprouts. Well this year's first outing with Sprouts (10/15/10) was to a local private farm called Silverbow.  Ellee was so much more fun to take this year!  She loved looking at all the animals.  We saw pigs, horses, mules and chickens.  She even got to pet a chicken!  It was so much fun to see her interact with the animals.
After playing with the animals we went over to the pumpkin patch and Ellee picked out her very own pumpkin!  She had so much fun!

Our pumpkin patch adventures continue!  That same weekend we made a trip down to Vancouver to see some friends.  We went to a local pumpkin patch down there and we had fun on the hay ride, playing in the hay and picking out a pumpkin!  Ellee had so much fun running around!

the wheels on the bus...

Go round and round!!!  Ellee loves to watch Baby Genius OnDemand.  The Wheels on the Bus is one of her favorite songs.  I caught her going Round and Round for the first time!  She is so much fun and she catches onto things so quick!!!

wordless wednesday.

wordless wednesday.

I'm going to try this out.  I've seen wordless wednesday on other blogs and really like the idea.  It is a fun way to post a picture with out any captions.  I may not make it every Wednesday, but it will be fun trying! : )

doin' the puyallup 2010.

I heart the Puyallup Fair! : )  This year was more fun than last because Ellee knew what was going on!  She loved looking at all the animals.  She also enjoyed her first taste of the famous EarthQuake Burgers and Curly Fries.  We went with my friend Julie and we had a blast! : )

I think it has become tradition for Ellee and me to get our photo taken next to the big draft horse. : )

To see last years photo click HERE..

Eating her EarthQuake burger and Curly Fries!

Checking out the HUGE punkins! 

Lovin' lookin' at those animals! 

She wasn't really diggin' the Chiquita Banana hat. : ) 

Doin' the Puyallup photo strips

Julie, Ellee & Mommy! : )

So much fun! 

play a latte.

A couple of weeks ago we had a play date with Lily at Play A Latte. Play A Latte is a fun, safe place to take your kids.  They have a TON of fun toys to play with and a bounce house for the older kiddos!  And, while the kiddos are playing Mom (or Dad) can sip on a yummy latte (my favorite part!) : )

It was much fun watching them run around!  Now that they can walk they are all over the place! : )

Driving the ambulance!

Lily wants a ride too! 

Concentrating on the wheel! 

Peeking out the port hole in the Pirate Ship 

Peek a boo 

go seahawks!!

We are big Seahawk's fans in this house!  Here is Miss Ellee in her Seahawks gear! :)

10/26/10 Seahawks vs San Diego Chargers

We WON!!! :)

 10/3/10 Seahawks vs St Louis Rams

We Lost. :(



sleepover at Eva's.

Last Saturday we dropped Miss Ellee off at our friends Jeremy and Amy's.  They have a little girl named Eva who is 2 months older than Ellee.   This was the first time we have had Ellee stay overnight with someone other than family.  I was a bit nervous.  Not because I was leaving her with Jeremy and Amy but, because I wasn't sure how Ellee would react.  Apparently I had no reason to be nervous because Ellee did great!  She had a lot of fun playing with Eva and she got along great with Jeremy and Amy.  Amy said that every time Jeremy would leave the room Ellee would tell him "bye-bye".
The only problem they had with Miss El was that she didn't want to sleep in the Pack n Play in their spare room.  Amy ended up sleeping on the couch with her.  It is so nice to have great friends we can trust with our little girl!

Here are the cell phone pics Amy sent to me:

Amy said that Ellee gave her and Jeremy lots of hug!

Yum, Yum - Eating some snacks!

Ellee and Eva watching Mickey Mouse Club

Ellee found a new playhouse

While Ellee was having a great time playing with Eva, Shayne and I were hiking Mt St Helens.  Despite it being the hardest thing we have ever done it was well worth it and a lot of fun.  It was nice to have a short break from parenting but, we were so happy to pick up Miss El.  We missed her so much!  The look on her face when we walked through the door was priceless!  A combination of excitement/I'm going to cry/Is it really you??!!!  If you can imagine that. LOL! : )

The AMAZING view from the top of Mt St Helens

(Click on the photo to see all the rest of photos from our hike!)

Toutle 2010.

This was Ellee's second year (our fourth) at the Toutle for the annual Labor Day weekend "camping" trip.  Camping is in quotes because if you remember last year our version of camping was spending all day down at the river with Shayne's family and then staying the night in a hotel not far from the camp site. : ) 
We got there Friday and spent the evening around the campfire.  Saturday, we spent most of the day by the river.  Ellee loved playing in the sand.  One of Shayne's cousins has twin boys who are about a month younger than Ellee and they had so much fun playing together.  I floated the river with Shayne's Aunt and his cousins.  I tried to convince Shayne to float with us too but, he wasn't interested.  Even though the weather was a bit chilly the water wasn't really that cold.  Ellee had so much fun running around and sitting by the fire in her pink camping chair!  It was a good weekend!

Click on the photo to see the rest of our weekend!

Sunday, we drove to Oregon to go to Greg's family picnic.  We had a lot of fun chatting with his family and riding the zip line.  Ellee had fun running around with all the other kids!  Greg got some great photos on his camera so I will have to upload those later! : )

tooth number 5.

Tooth number 5 is making its way through as we speak and we have proof!  Not only can you see and feel it but, you can also tell by the REALLY bad rash on Miss Ellee's bum!  Poor girl!  I have tried our usual (bacitracin and Desitin Extra Strength) to get it under control, no success.  I then tried just plain old corn starch, which has also worked in the past and still no luck.  Last night we let Ellee soak in the tub with her Aveeno Baby bath soap and then she was diaper free for the remainder of the night.  I can't wait for her to be potty trained!  Let's just say we had a few "accidents".   After layering her crib with a few towels we put her to bed with out her diaper.  Her rash was still there but, seemed to be much better this morning.  And, thank goodness she only went #1 while sleeping and not #2. : )  We plan to let her go diaperless tonight also.  I'm hoping this helps, otherwise we are off the the store tomorrow to try some suggestions given to us by friends!
At least she hasn't been complaining of the tooth being painful.  She is a trooper!

Ellee now has her 2 front top teeth, 2 front bottom tooth and the top left eye tooth.  It is still kind of weird to see her with teeth!  I've been trying to get a good pic of them but, haven't been successful.  I will be sure to post one when I do!

I'm gonna get you game.