July!

Happy July! Summer is flying by! Ellison's two favorite things right now are the movie Monsters, Inc and taking care of her baby doll. She wants to watch the movie from the time she wakes up until she goes to bed. She points at the TV and will bring us the remotes hoping we turn the movie on. Before we hid it, she would also carry the DVD case around. It has been hard to get her to do anything but watch that movie, but she does like when we read her the book, too!

Watching Monsters, Inc.

When Ellison is not watching Monsters, Inc, she plays with her baby Belle doll. She cleans her with wipes, tries to wrap her in her "blanket" (which is a Christmas hand towel), puts her in the sink of her little grill and gives her a bath, tries to share her milk/snacks with her, and just carries her around. She has some little diapers that she wants us to put on the doll, but she always takes them off right away. "Baby" is one of Ellison's newest words, too! She has also been saying more ("ma"), eyes, keys, and "uck" when she picks a fuzz or crumb up off the ground.

We just got back from a few days up north at the cabin. The weather wasn't the best but Ells did get to spend some time outside! Ellison liked playing with all of big cousin Isabella's toys, but she was a little apprehensive about baby Olivia this time. Sometimes she seemed to like her (she gave her a big goodbye kiss and tried to help her with her pacifier) and other times she seemed a little nervous that Olivia might attack her!

Wish I had one where you could see Ellison and Isabella's faces...they are practically twins!

Lawnmower ride with Daddy

 

Next trip up north is at the end of July, right before we close on our house! Yes, we found one!!! It is a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath Cape Cod with a big yard in the Lyons Park neighborhood of Milwaukee. Lots of parks in the area and very close to work for Jay. We are excited that we found such a great place. We were the first ones to look at it and put in an offer immediately. I'm a little less excited about the actual moving process. Jay is convinced that we don't need movers, so it should be interesting. We have a few more big pieces of furniture than we did the last time we moved, but since I'm not the one who will be carrying those I guess I can't complain too much!

Hope everyone enjoys their 4th of July! I have to work on the 4th and Jay works the weekend, so Ellison will be hanging out with Gramma and Grampa. I'm sure they will have her all dolled up in red, white and blue, so stay tuned for those pics!

Organizing her snacks!

Making a burger

Coloring!!!