Elly at her best!

Well...all I can say is I can't believe Christmas is just in a few weeks. Wow where has the time gone? Anyways...Elly has been doing the funniest things lately. Here are just a few.

Elly was playing in the book stand/lamp and couldn't get out it.
Still trying to get out.
Elly putting her shirt on her head.

Elly is truly obsessed with her binky. She learned how to stick both of them in her mouth at the same time.

Jason and Elly :)

This was Elly's first time playing in the snow and she LOVED it....until she face planted it and then it was time to go in.

More snow....

She finally sat in the snow and thought it was pretty cool.

All I have to say is I really hope that summer comes soon cause I don't know how much of the cold and snow I can take. Oh well :)

Halloween!

So this year for Halloween, we went to Huntington to go trick-or-treating. We had fun and we really enjoyed seeing the nieces and nephews in their costumes.

Elly and Parker playing in the Halloween bucket.
Still playing in the bucket :)

Jason and Elly smiling for a quick picture. Elly was a lady bug and Jason was a rocker with a mullet. He looked pretty dang good (and funny all at the same time).

Elly and I trying to take a pic but she wouldn't look at the camera.


Trying to run away from the camera.

She had the hardest time standing up in this costume. It was pretty freakin hilarious.

Elly and the cousins. It was impossible to get them all to take a good picture.

Getting ready to trunk-or-treat.

Jason and Elly just before we went out.

Jason and his dad were rockers and everyone thought they were girls, but no...they were just trying to be rockers.

Elly and her cousins.

Jason getting ready to rock!

The Zoo!

So last Friday, Elly and I went to the Zoo with my mom's sister and her family. Elly had so much fun! She was so interested in the animals and the sounds they made. I have NEVER seen her sit so still in my life. Here are some fun pictures of our day :)

Elly playing at the park on the giant spider. I think she was a little afraid of it because I could not get her to stay on it.
She loved the caterpillar. She kept trying to lick it's antennas. Elly playing inside of a turtle shell. She kept putting wood chips inside and then throwing them off. She had a good time.

Elly and I on the train. She won't sit still for anything to take a picture. I miss the days when she would just smile, but now there are too many things to look at.


I had to take some pictures of her face when she was looking at the animals. She was so interested in everything. This was when we were in the monkey house. She kept saying what the monkeys say. It was so cute.

Still looking at the monkeys.

Trying to pose for a picture in front of the elephant, but Elly nor the elephant would cooperate.

Looking at the mommy and baby elephant.

Look how cute the baby elephant is! She was born in August and so everything is still pretty new to her. In this picture, she was exploring and got stuck on the cement wall. She was so fun to watch and probably my favorite part of the zoo.

The mommy elephant and the baby elephant. The baby was hiding underneath her mommy and the mommy was throwing mud all over her. It was adorable!

Elly totally into this animal (sorry I can't remember what animal we were looking at).

The carousel and Elly wanted to get back on it.

Still wanting to get back on.

The gorilla on the carousel.

Begging me to let her have another ride on the carousel.

Just a quick picture.

The baby giraffe. He just kind of sat there, but he was still really cute.

The baby snow cub chasing her mom.

The baby tigers sleeping with their mom.


Elly got a baby elephant and she kept saying "Oh baby! Oh baby!" She loves all babies. It's funny.

At the end of the day, she was TIRED! She finally went to sleep and crashed hard (as you can tell by looking at her mouth hanging wide open.) We had a great day and I can't wait to take her back!

Playing at the Park and a few other things

Here are some fun pictures of Elly playing at the park. We live really close to Murray Park so it is fun to go and hang out (especially when we need to get out of the house).

She loves the swings and she laughs so hard when she gets really close to me.

She is so focused when she plays. She has such a one track mind.
She was trying to sneak past me, but not such a great idea because of the drop off. She was not happy with me when I made her go the other way.

Still trying to get past me.
She really likes the slide.

Showing me a wood chip.

Elly LOVES books. She will just sit somewhere and flip though her books forever. She can now pick out a dog and she knows exactly what the doggy says.
Always ready to pose for a picture.

Elly playing on this really cool little thing (I have no idea what's it called). I think she was a little scared at first because she would just start spinning as soon as I put her in it. I really liked it...but I am not so sure she did. :)

She was just obsessed with picking up the little wood chips. I even found some in her diaper...that's pretty gross I know, but what do you do?

I think this is her favorite place to sit. She loves to sit in the weirdest places.

She REALLY enjoyed dinner that night (except for the green beans apparently)

So Elly is OBSESSED with this bear. She carries it around everywhere. Jason will always tell her to go and find it and she always gets it. It's so cute and I love this smile. It is so cheesy and her hair is totally out of control.