Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. I have been so busy doing this and that and basically I have no excuse, well, except for one...we have been slacking on taking the camera anywhere and so I basically have little or no pictures. Ugh! We need to do better because it is pictures that helps us to remember things.
The first set of pictures is of Ella and I and our friends, the Evans, swimming at our apartment pool:
Chad and Ella
LeAnn and Sunny
Robin
Ella and Mommy (Me)
Ella and Sunny
This set of pictures is of the 24th of July Parade. We got up at like 6 am so that we could go and wait until 10:30 ish for the parade to come by. Apparently in Utah the 24th of July is a huge deal (an actual get off work holiday) so it was fun to join in the festivities:
Ella and Daddy
Ella and Mommy and a float behind us!
This float was really cool because it had replicas of all of the Temples in the Salt Lake area
Ella and Me with the Temple float
Ella and Mommy with another float
Ella so sleepy after the parade
After the parade we went to the park and looked at all of the booths. It was so hot that I bought myself 2 snow cones! We then tried some shaved ice when we were leaving. We also had lunch on the lawn. Afterwards we went swimming at our apartment pool. Such a great family day!
Now on to the Ella update:
First off, she is amazing. That's all you need to know. Just kidding. She is amazing, though! She has learned to sign more and eat. She can say "more". She just learned to give kisses (so cute! She kisses her hand and then puts it on your face!). Ella shakes her head yes, and tells you when she is all done. Ella even grabs your finger and leads you to whatever she wants you to give her (usually the refridgerator). It's so cute when she insists that BOTH mommy and daddy goes with her! LOL. We've also started putting Ella on the potty. No we are not potty training, we are just getting her used to it and don't expect her to actually go in the potty. Just practicing.
Well, that's it for now! I am going to post a blog about the 4th of July once I get some pictures, and also post about Aunt Caity coming to visit just recently (I am sooooooo mad at myself because we took ZERO pictures when Caity was here. HOW RUDE!).
