SNOW........

We got POUNDED with snow last weekend. It was a little
ridiculous. I think it ended up right around 2 feet... kinda
crazy. Below, you will find our car... somewhere in that
mass of white.

I took Ellie out to the deck for a little while
when it stopped coming down... but just ended up
taking silly pictures... she wasn't that interested
in playing with the snow yet.

But she did look cute in her coat.

The snow was WAY tall next to her.

Our winter wonderland...

The mountain of snow that was our yard after some shoveling.

Ellie likes to sit at the big table. This time she was holding
baby and decided to share her cheetoes. In the picture, she is
making smacking noises with her lips while the baby eats.

Just playing around in her room.

She was in the recliner with her head resting like this on the
armrest, watching (as always), Madagascar 2.

Looking cute in her little dress coat before church
a couple of weeks ago. She's too adorable.

This picture is a bit out of order. Here she is enjoying
Grandpa's birthday cake from a few weeks ago.

She had to be with him in the candle action.

She gave him lots of love for his birthday, as she
always does. She's a little Grandpa addict.
We had a wonderful time celebrating with him.

Just sittin' in the window. She looks so big
to me in this photo. Can't believe how grown
up she gets all the time. Such a fun girl.
She did have a doctor's appointment on the 11th, and
weighed over 27.5 lbs! She is good and healthy and
keeps us working hard. Her latest this is prayers.
She folds her little arms and bows her head... but
still says "all done" instead of amen... then claps
when we're done. She's a funny one.

My Daughter, The Bully

I am afraid that Ellie is still a little inept at playing with other
toddlers thus far. She does pretty well playing with kids who
are a little older than her, but the little ones at church usually
just end up getting bullied. She was just casually walking by one
little boy and just yanked him down to the floor by his sweater
and kept walking. Poor little kid. Then she made another boy
cry by forcing his pacifier out of his mouth, just to toss it away.
Those two moments were within about 2 minutes of each other.
Needless to say, I didn't get to stay in that Relief Society class.
Our little wild child needs to learn to be gentle. I try to teach her
all the time, but no matter what method I use to teach her, she
always laughs like it's a joke and just keeps being as rough as
she always is.... we are in for it (or at least the other toddlers
at church are)... yikes! But anyway.....

I just thought Ellie looked really cute in this little Bolivian hat.
Holding her baby, who she also abuses frequently,
in between the hugs.

"Oh... what a convenient and comfy place to......

.... GO INSANE!!!!"
(She threw herself around like that nonstop for like 5 minutes.)

The usual morning kisses from her buddy, Tex.

I don't think I would survive if there were 3 Ellies.

Ellie and Tucker both love to cuddle with Adam when they
get the opportunity.

Yes, a tree fell on our house. There was a bad storm last weekend,
a big crash in the night that shook the house, and this is what
we found... along with a chandelier hanging from the ceiling by
its electrical wires.

We discovered that Ellie LOVES pears. She scarfed
this one down pretty fast.

This is how I got ready for church yesterday. I sat
Ellie on the recliner, with her absolute favorite movie
showing... Madagascar 2.... she was there for about 45
minutes, watching intently as I got things ready. It was nice.

She's also recently discovered the joy of little portable
dvd players. She likes to touch it and point at things while
she watches (some Penguins of Madagascar episodes, of course).

Which leads to Ellie's favorite kind of reading... Madagascar
movie cases. She doesn't like to sit and listen to people
read books for more than a minute... but she will search
through numerous dvd's until she finds a Madagascar case and
then studies it for long, long periods of time... flips it over,
and even opens it to look inside.
She's such a little weirdo. We love her!