Ellie, my Ellie

It has been so refreshing to have our Ellie back to her spunky,
happy self. Whatever yucky virus she caught a couple of weeks
ago seemed to really take it out of her... and make her somewhat
unpleasant to be around. But we have our Ellie whole again...
so we are thrilled.

She's been cheesing it up for some photos lately... which I love.
Here she is showing how gentle and loving she is with her Tank.

Prayer skills.... she does so well during prayer time...
usually. She folds her arms, and will often even bow her
head for the whole thing. Such a good little girl.

Despite her toughness and love for cars and balls, she
is definitely still a girl. She loves to carry purses... they have
to be on her shoulder like Mama and Grandma.

Sadly, I cutoff her baby's head in the picture, but I still
thought it was cute that she was walking around, adjusting
her purse and holding her baby. She loves loves loves babies,
especially real ones when she gets the chance to be around them

Ellie also loves to cuddle with her Dad. She gives him
the longest hugs sometimes when he gets home from school.
We love our Dada.

So I wasn't kidding about the highchair thing in the last post.
Ever since she spent 2 weeks with cousins who don't use them,
she has refused to even be put in it. So we got this cheap booster
seat for Ellie to sit at the big table, in the big chairs... and she loves
it. She actually asks to be in it.... hopefully it will last a while.

Ellie also loves to hang out by the water cooler. She
finds a cup and puts it on the tray then asks me to fill
it up for her. I'm just happy it gets her to drink water.

Yesterday, I was doing dishes and listening to music while Ellie
played around, of course pulling out all the pizza pans and things
that she always plays with.... then I looked down after a while to
find her laying down calmly next to Tucker on the floor... of course
she got out of the cute position when she saw the camera, but I liked
it anyway.

Another adorable cheesy grin as she enjoyed one of
her favorite snacks... rice krispy treats.... yum!
Hurray for a fun and happy girl.