Sweet Summer Time

At the end of June, Esteban and I took Ellie on her 2nd flight, but 1st trip to California! Ellie did great on the flights to and from Arizona in March, but she is 3 months older now...so we didn't know what to expect. After a little crying and trying to get comfy, Ellie slept the entire flight!

Esteban was a groomsmen in a friend's wedding in his hometown so we were able to spend time with his family as well. Esteban's brother, Nick, flew down from Berkley to meet Ellie for the first time! Speaking of Arizona, we were able to squeeze in dinner and fellowship with Aaron and Amber Anderson. It was a very, very busy weekend with a few unexpected events, but we had a good time and Ellie did great with the time change and new environment. It really wasn't until we got home that it really hit her, but she is almost back to her normal self.

Ellie 7 1/2 months

Ellie with her Grandpa Lopez

Ellie-aka "Scooch"

Ellie is officially "scooching" everywhere...not quiet crawling yet, but for sure has her eyes on EVERYTHING and seems to find a way to get her hands on it, too. Ellie is such a low-key and happy baby, most of the time. She has a habit of letting out this ear-pierching squeal when she is bored, which is usually when we are out to eat or do something else in public and she is not getting our undivided attention. As soon as you look at her, she smiles- probably knowing how much she is hurting our ears. Thankfully, most people around Ellie when she squeals are understanding...but we are working on this...somehow :)

Since the beginning we knew Ellie would be a talker...she is starting to "babble" much more now. Some days it sounds like she is saying "ma ma ma" or "da da da" but who knows if she really knows what she is saying just yet. Lately, on our walks at the park, Ellie "talks" almost the whole way. If she isn't talking herself she is listening to mommy and her walking partner chat...the days of sleeping during the walks have stopped for now...but she usually takes a long nap when we get home which I love even more!

This past weekend was Esteban's 26th birthday and his 1st Father's Day! Since he has been working so much he just wanted to relax and hang out at home with "his girls." Esteban, Ellie and I went to lunch at Jim and Nick's BBQ for Father's Day and Ellie was babbling and starting saying "da da" more and more- still not sure if she really means to say it yet, but still pretty cute timing on her part :)

I tried to put some videos on here of Ellie scooching, but it won't work for some reason so I will have to try again later!

Have a lovely day!

Jenn

miss personality- love it!

As you can probably tell by the pictures I have posted, Miss Elizabeth is already full of personality! Esteban and I can't wait to hear what she has to say when she starts talking because her facial expressions already say so much!

Here is Ellie's newest smile!

7 months old @ pool

6 1/2 Months...1st Time in the Pool

I am officially on summer break, home with Ellie EVERYDAY and LOVING it! She is my personal wake up call, bright and early, but I don't mind one bit! Today, we had breakfast, I did a yoga video, laundry, and a shower before 8:00am!

My grandparents (dad's side) live in Virginia and after seeing Krissy's Prom pics and newer pictures of Ellie decided they missed everyone and wanted to come down for a visit! After a 9 hour car ride, they arrived full of positive energy and ready to love on everyone. Ellie had a little fever so we weren't around as much over the weekend, but it was still great to visit with them. The last night there were there we had a HUGE rain storm. No thunder or lightning, just super heavy rain. Krissy, Dan and I went on my parent's front porch to watch the rain and then I dared Dan to run out in the middle of the street...being a 10 year old boy, he jumped on that dare...and Krissy shortly joined him. Below is a picture of the girls in the family after all that fun... my mom, grandma, Krissy, Ellie, and I.

Ellie is such a HAPPY baby! We are SO BLESSED!

Ellie is sitting up more, but wobbles over pretty quickly. She loves to be able to see everything...and always eying what to get her hands and MOUTH on next!

On Monday, Ellie went to the pool for the 1st time! She loves the bath, so I assumed she would enjoy the pool as well. She ate lunch in her Bumbo seat...here she is relaxing and loving life.

We have a foam set of the ABCs and 123s for bath time...Ellie loves to play with them and teeth on them...it's funny because they are made by the company, Sassy, but the only letter that says "Sassy" on them happens to be the "E" ... here is Ellie with her Sassy E! (Sassy Ellie)

She likes to take off the sunglasses a little more now then a few months ago...

Hanging out in her stroller and checking out the ducky on her towel.

Always got a smile on her face!

Big shot in the pool!

Swimming with my little cousin, Teagan.

Chilling out in her float with a football and passy...she stayed like this for a long time!

Ellie was so comfy in her float, she almost fell asleep... unfortunately, we had to take her out and change her so she didn't take a nap in the wet diaper...but she quickly fell asleep and took a nice pool side nap in her stroller.