Work Out

I try to work out three times a week at least. A friend comes over and we leave from my house and power walk through the neighborhood. We stop and let Elly swing at the park while we do some exercises with resistance bands. The other day after my work out, Elly decided that she wanted a little work out herself. She mimicked me a little, but mostly just tried to chew through the band. These were some cute pix that I got throughout the process. The last one (my favorite) is in response to my request for a kiss.

Sleepy Elly

The other day Elly took her nap much later than usual. She could barely stay awake to eat her pizza.

Christmas!!!

On Christmas Eve, we spent the night at Brandon's parent's house to be closer to the family and so that we didn't have to go all the way home when Elly needed to go to bed and miss out on all the fun. It was fun, too! I especially liked the Canasta and the non-stop snacking on whatever treats were currently on the kitchen counter (it was like magic, when some got eaten, they were replaced with different ones almost immediately).

Elly got these two awesome gifts from her parents and Santa Claus- a shopping cart with play food and a play vacuum.


For some reason, she wanted to play with both at the same time. She was doing a pretty good job handling them both when a cousin came and took the vacuum...


Then, she had this face for a while:


Actually, in the end- she didn't mind sharing at all. It was an excellent Christmas!

Catch up!

I haven't posted pictures of Elly for a while...and I've definitely taken some, so I'm just going to post a bunch of random ones from the last few months. Enjoy!
This is the most awesome face; you have to see it in person!

This is Elly on Aunt Keri's shoulders. She came to visit us at the beginning of December. Elly loved her!

Her hair is getting so long. This is right after a bath.

One day, when we were walking we spotted this huge leaf!

This one is our Family Picture, many of you saw it because it was our Christmas Card this year.