Seattle Vacation

I'm working my way through our pictures from the last few months to get everyone caught up - so a heads up that my posts will be out of order but I wanted everyone to see some of Ellie's recent highlights.



At the end of August we took a trip to Seattle to visit Jeff's brother Mike and his wife Jamie. Here are some pictures.

At the airport in Des Moines.

Once we got to Seattle Ellie was pretty worn out.

Our first full day, Ellie at the doctors office for pink eye and a cold...bummer.

Ellie really liked meeting and spending time with her Uncle Mike and Aunt Jamie, they spoiled the heck out of her and were great while we took over their home.

Here's Ellie when she doesn't get her way - she must get that from her dad.

I'm guessing the cuteness will start to wear off soon.

Ellie was such a big girl while we traveled, we pushed her to the limits and she did really well.

Here she is at Deception Pass sitting on a rock :)

Mike and Jeff's nephew lives out there while he's in the military, we meet up with him one day for lunch.  Jeff hadn't seen him in almost 20 years.

I'll end it with our family picture at Mt. Rainier - as you can see Ellie was taking it all in!

Ellie's First Post!

Ellie had her six month pictures last week...have I mentioned Ellie is somewhat stubborn? I'm not sure who she gets it from but she was having nothing to do with smiling. Here are some of the pictures.

The family...Ellie thought Jeff needed some help holding his chin up.


Someone wanted NOTHING to do with her mom kissing her...

Goofy but darn cute.

Still no smile...

Work is hard...

Friday's are generally mommy/daughter day with me and Ellie but I had to work for a few hours today - Ellie got the pleasure of going in with me.  She played with papers for awhile and then went into her jumper - she decided this work stuff is really hard and makes a person tired.  I do have to admit she was an excellent little helper.