July...so far

Well, HEY THERE! Howdy folks!

Sorry I haven’t been so good at updating the blog. My good friend Jamie warned me that as soon as Ellie became mobile I would no longer be posting as often… She was certainly right! But, I must say I chalk a lot of it up to our recent life changes. Which, by the way are going good!

So what have we been up to? Here’s a bunch of random thoughts….

We have been busy busy busy every weekend… visiting w/ family and friends. Craig and I have gone out TWICE w/ friends and no kids and had a blast. Things seem to be working out pretty well w/ the living situation aside from the fact that Grandma Jan has a hard time going up and down the stairs to the basement. Last week Ellie B came down w/ a stomach virus… that was not fun! We had the middle of the night vomiting and all. Poor girl! She is all better now though. We had our first Dr. appt w/ her new pediatrician who we LOVE. Ellie has 2 teeth already and now is cutting seriously like 3-4 more, so that does tend to effect her mood now and then! And rightfully so! Ellie is staying home w/ Grandma on Mondays and Fridays and going to Emily’s on Tues, Wed & Thurs. That is working out SO good. She loves Emmy, Aidan (especially Aidan), Izzy & Ethie (ok and Andy, too). She gets good QT w/ Grandma, but then gets to go get her playtime on! My commute pretty much stinks (30+ min), but really isn’t worse than AZ… and now I am working 7-4 so that helps w/ traffic. OH! And I just got a promotion! Pretty good for being here less than 2 months J I was really just in the right place at the right time, but it’s going to be good. Craig’s job is going good at Pepsi. He is on his own route now out of training, so THAT’S GOOD. We just bought a new car last night—a white Prius, for him to drive for work. He gets a car allowance, so we now own THREE cars. At least one is hybrid, right?!!!? We recycle!!! And have an organic garden!!! Seriously though, my garden is not doing too well… we are getting some tomatoes and the lettuce did good, but all the peppers, onions & cucumbers don’t seem to be doing too well. It may have something to do w/ the fact that we have NO idea what we are doing.

So since most of you probably check the blog to see how Ellie is doing, let’s get some stats here…

· 11 months & 1 week old
· 2 teeth (front bottom 2)
· 25 lbs
· Hair is still strawberry blond
· HUGE birthmark on her left arm that looks like the state of California. Gets darker every time we are outside.
· Crawling everywhere
· Pulling up
· Walking & climbing steps—with fingers of WHOMEVER WILL WALK W/ HER – She would do that 24/7!!

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