Oh Miss Ellie girl!
What happened this month?
Besides the disappearance of your hair? Not much. Let's just take a minute to silently mourn and compose ourselves before we move on.
You still love that binky and you think it is adorable that you can pull it out and chew on it and then stick it back in all by yourself.
You have come alive this month! We once thought we had a quiet and contemplative girl but we have been corrected (and love you still the same).
You love to wake up at 6:30am and shriek loudly (think "Yay! I'm on a rollercoaster" scream, not crying angry screams), until you get J awake and shrieking in his room too. Good morning at the Pieper household.
You also go CRAZY over bath time. Girl you kick and splash and scream like you are going somewhere important, and it is adorable.
You go berserk watching J and Dad run around the house and play. You scream and kick and laugh and giggle just like you are part of the fun.
Even though you have the hair-do of a balding man, people are gravitated towards you whenever we go out. Hair or no, you still have a charming personality and a smile that melts my heart.
And those blue eyes just keep getting more blue!
I love this picture!
This is exactly how I want to remember your naptimes. Snuggled up with your doll, binky, and hands crossed over your eyes. I see this several times a day and it is still so. darn. cute.
See your brother there? You guys are crazy for each other.
Even though he isn't always as gentle with you as he should be, he usually has your best interest at heart. He fetches burp clothes, puts dirty cloth diapers in the pail, and sings you the sweetest songs. He can make you laugh and giggle like no one else can.
This next month you will fly on your first airplane (get pumped!), visit family in Idaho for the first time, and celebrate your first Christmas!
I love these quiet, cold mornings. The kids stay in their pajamas until noon. We cuddle on the couch with a stack of library books and read the day away.
I read once that the trick to a great photograph is to look for the LIGHT first and then find your subject. A beautiful subject, whatever it is, will be lifeless and forgettable in dull lighting.
So when I noticed the stunning light streaming through the kitchen windows, I quickly grabbed my Ellie girl and my camera.
These are the moments I can't stand to forget!
When looking for a place to live in Sacramento, one of the things we really wanted for our family was a grassy, fenced yard. After living the last year in Las Vegas, we realized J did not understand grass when he assumed everything green was a cactus.
"A little boy needs a yard." We repeated over and over again.
And boy were we right! Oh the adventures and the fun we've had in this yard. Lucky for me, he lets me share and photograph what he affectionately calls, "my backyard."
Best part of the new yard? J made friends with the boys next door and has adorable conversations that I have the joy of listening to.
