My little cutie pie!

Some recent pics of my little cutie pie:

With Daddy and her buddy, Gage Having dinner with her cousin, Jett


Helping momma bake a cake for Hayley's 30th birthday

Playing in her fort

Serious Ellie

Love this little duck tail!

Smoochin' Ellie! This is the face she makes when she wants a kiss!

Nice nap on a Sunday afternoon

A Day at the Zoo

When we saw that last Saturday was going to be below 100 degrees, we decided to take Ellie to the zoo. She's been to the OKC zoo once and the zoo in Indianapolis once, but we thought she'd actually enjoy seeing the animals more this time. She did, but still really enjoyed all the kids a little more!

Checkin' out the map with Dad.

First stop: The Petting Zoo!

Ellie knew how to make all the sounds of the animals at the petting zoo.

Walking in the water with a new friend.

Checking out the meerkats

Riding the carousel

The new baby elephant, Malee

Cooling off with some ice

Watching the disgusting gorilla eat his own, well, you know . . .

On the elephant. She kept saying, "ears?"

With Dad at the Welcome sign (which we always seem to see on our way out).

Same sign, but this was taken last October. Not my little baby anymore!!!

My little sunbathing beauty

Princess Party!

Tuesday was my niece Haven's 7th birthday. We celebrated last Saturday with the ultimate princess party! We had a fancy tea party with appetizers and sparkling grape juice. Then the girls got their makeup done and fingernails painted. (I prepainted Ellie's toenails just in case, but she actually did well! I did it while she was awake this time!) Then we loaded up in an awesome pink limo and went to our very own fashion show! The girls dressed up and modeled for us before having pink cupcakes and pink lemonade. We sang to the birthday girl and then played some more! We took the pink limo back to Princess Haven's castle and opened presents, visited, and ate delicious taco salads. Ellie only had a short nap on the way home so she was exhausted, but it was such a fun party! Happy Birthday, Haven!

Having fruit, cheese and crackers, and crown shaped PB&J sandwiches. The older girls had these rice krispie wands. (Ellie managed to get a hold of one that evening.)

Ellie and the Birthday Girl

Ellie stealing some honeydew from her cousin's plate!

The Limo

All the pretty princesses

Ellie and Grandma riding in the limo

Ellie stiking a pose at the fashion show!
She immediately spotted this pink pony and wanted a ride. She didn't understand why she couldn't squeeze its ears and hear horse sounds like on her pony at home.

The whole group. This is the best picture I got!

Singing Happy Birthday to Haven!

Having a tea party

Ellie started in on this cupcake very quickly . . . just in case I decided to take it away!

Yum! Who needs a fork?

Sweet Sadie all dressed up!

Ellie found this purse and insisted on carrying it around (even though it was really just a decoration).

My sweet little Princess Elliott.