Sickness and Bouncing

I can hardly even believe that Ellie is approaching her very first
birthday, but so she is. We've had a little bit of a rough couple
of weeks, as she has been sick, and, therefore, extra cranky and
irrational. She ran fevers for a few days last week, then it all just
turned into a runny nose, then an added cough, then some wheezy
breathing. So, I took her to the Doc today, who said that she
appears to have allergies. So we got our Zyrtec prescription
and she was feeling better already tonight. YAY!

And for those who have the time and interest, we have a
couple of cute videos posted on youtube.
Ellie was cracking up the other night at
Grandpa Garner's sneezing : CLICK HERE
Then there is one of Ellie showing off some of
the phrases she likes to say : CLICK HERE

We tried lots of things to keep her happy during our rough week.
Ellie always loves to be outside. Here she is smiling through the
phlegm on a trip to the park with me and Tucker.

So happy together... they had fun playing fetch.

Our big ol' pup, Major Tucker

I think this look describes a lot of last week.

Another attempt to keep her happy. How about
a cowboy cookie for each hand???

SUCCESS!!!

The Watchdogs.

Showing off the cute little funny curls her hair
always does in the back.

She did enjoy some spaghetti while she was sick. It seems
the Italian blood in her needed that comfort food.

We had a couple of good projects this Labor Day weekend.
One was the shed you see in the corner, the other is the
gigantimous trampoline that Adam was enjoying.

Ellie had a lot of fun playing around on the new, giant toy.
She got nervous a couple of times, but we can tell she's
already growing to love it as she always wants us to take
her to the backyard and play.

She liked bouncing on my lap.

Adam said this was the face she was making
as I would bounce up and down with her.

She thought it was pretty cool.

Learning to jump with Daddy.