Cousins!

Regina, Emma, and Isabella posed here with Ellie when everyone came over for Nonna's birthday. We had a great time and Nonna loved having her 3 girls together. This is one of their first pics together as a group. I'm sure we'll get better over time of getting everyone to smile & look at the same time!

Lil Feet and a Bath

Ellie's getting so big! She's a little over 11lbs now and she LAUGHED for the first time on Monday (Nov 9). This was the day after her 3 month birthday. She hasn't laughed again since then, but we're anxiously awaiting her next one!

Sleeping baby. I walked in to check on her and I couldn't resist taking a pic of these cute pics coming out of her swaddle.

Fortunately Flip Flop and Giraffe were there to help keep her warm since her feet were poking out.

Dad & Ellie after bath....she's getting so big!

And she still loves bath time...yay!

Fun Zoo Times!

Ellie and I drove to Asheboro, NC on Tuesday to head to the NC Zoo to meet cousins Hannah and Wes. We had a great time meeting Hannah. Two precious cousins meeting each other...they're only two months apart!

Here's Hannah with her Mommy Hillary and Aunt Myra with Ellie

"Hello."                      "Hello."                   " I love you."                "I love you, too!"

"Well this has been fun, Hannah! See you at Christmas. Bring your toys and

I'll bring mine, too!"

See the gorilla in the background!?  Neither does Ellie.

She enjoyed a short nap in between bouts of fussiness. I'm not sure if she was scared of the animals or just unhappy that they were behind glass and she couldn't play with them. Either way, it'll be a few more months before we head back to the zoo! Oh well, at least I had fun playing and visting with the Eggerts!

More Play Time

Ellie has really taken to her hands. She hasn't started looking at them yet, just chewing. But she loves them and doesn't discriminate between right and left! She has a cute brown bow in, but it looks more so like a clump of matted hair in this pic.

Mmm mmm good.

Ellie was playing on the floor on her little activity mat when Moose came sauntering over. He layed down right in front of the mat and just enjoyed the view. It wasn't until at least 5 mintues later when I decided to take a pic. He loves Ellie and can't wait for her to play with him! He's also her protector...he gets up and lays in the hallway when she's napping in front of her door and lifts his head up to find me when she starts to cry.

Here's a better angle of Moose. You can tell from where he decided to lay that he just wants to be near her and make sure she's ok. Kaya came over a few minutes later to check it out too. She sometimes "checks" Moose when he sniffs Ellie. Kaya likes to take the one-foot-away approach. I think it's just because she's more sensitive to getting in trouble when we warn them both to "be gentle" with the baby. We're thankful to have good pups around the little one! Let's just hope the trend continues when Little Miss begins walking, pulling hair & tails, and jumping!

Underwater Adventures

Well she's not exactly "underwater" yet, but getting closer! She's here with her fish friends on the bouncy chair and her coral reef pals on her onesie. Too cute!

Happy Halloween!

Ellie had a great time on her first Halloween. She went in a little cat suit and loved it until it got too HOT! We went Trick-or-Treating with cousins Isabella and Emma and Ellie slept for most of it in the stroller. But it was fun nonetheless!

Here's Miss Emma in her Rosetta Fairy outfit. Rosetta is a fairy from the new Tinkerbell movie. Emma was the perfect fairy and had a great time Trick-or-Treating.

At the end of the night, Nonna gave Ellie her nighttime bottle. Night Night!

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