Ellie is having a great summer!!! How can you beat ice cream right out of the container?!! Fed to you by your awesome Daddy no less. Can't get any better!
But wait, it does get better! An amusement park with endless turns on this adorable boat ride! Ellie had a ball...she realllly got into pulling on the rope to ring the bells!!! She did awesome tolerating the heat and was incredibly flexible given the circumstances of running around here and there to meet everyone's needs at the park.
Weeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!! She loved this whale ride - up and down!!!
Ellie loves to be held by Daddy.
We hit some balls at a baseball field and Ellie watched some...
but then of course she wanted in on the fun!!!
We have a few more fun things planned for the summer but some time at home relaxing too. Some of her medical stuff will take place this week including her sleep study and eye exam.
I had to squeeze in this picture for memory sake. This cup Ellie is drinking from - it has been in the family for a looooong time. It was given to Jacob at a nursing support group when the lactation consultant brought a stash back from a conference. It said "Milk is from my Mommy, Juice is from my Cup". Jacob loved that cup. Xavier used it. Julia used it. Ellie uses it...exclusively. That is HER cup. Her one cup. Her only cup. I fear for loosing it. She is really into it.
It has a pointed spout so the funniest thing is when she walks around the house with it in her mouth "hands free". Cracks us up!
I hope this is not foreshadowing in any way shape or form but I felt a need to document the cup's existence. By the way, the words are completely worn off. That happened a couple kids ago :).
And one other note - Ellie said what was really her first "two word sentence" the other day. We were travelling home from vacation and stopped at a sandwich shop. I was filling water cups at the drink machine and Jeff had Ellie towards the front. The other kids all wanted to help get straws, etc. and Ellie wanted to join us too! She pointed to her chest and said "Meeeee, Ma?" She says "me" for herself and "Ma" for Mommy. It is the cutest thing!!!! She wanted to come to me!! When I come into a room she says "Hi Ma" or "Hi Da" for Jeff. But being able to express she wanted to go help me was super exciting. It's the little things!
Hope you are well and having a great summer! "Hi" from Ellie"!
