It was a beautiful day today, so I took Ella outside to play. I lathered her up with sunscreen, put on her little hat and headed out.


After a while, she was getting warm, so I took off her shirt and let her hang out in just her shorts.

Then she decided she would rather sit with mommy than in her chair, and that she wanted to chew on something cold. I think it was her way of cooling off!

I needed to cool off too, so we walked down to the corner and got ice cream! Then it was nap time, and I got a chance to get an updated post up here on the blog. This is gonna be a long one since I haven't posted in a while......

Ella is almost 6 months now, and she is so much fun! She is smiling and giggling all the time, and we are working on sitting up on her own and standing. When she is leaning against you on your lap, she uses her super ab muscles to sit herself upright. But, then she spots those feet, and falls forward trying to get them to her mouth. She is "talking" a lot now too, with her "ba ba ba's" and da da da's, and this past week she has added "la la la's" to the vocabulary. I swear she said "ma ma ma" once, and on mother's day no less, but I haven't heard it since.

Sitting with Auntie Kelli.....

And standing with Auntie Kelli........

And standing with mommy, while getting kisses....

And just chillin with my bad self.....I absolutely love this picture!

We had a family wedding a few weeks ago, Brandon's cousin got married, so here are some updated family photos of us all dressed up.

And that brings us up to date. Hopefully I will be posting more often, but life with an infant is so unpredictable!