Zoo for Two.

Today Ella and I went to the zoo with our friends Lana, Robin, and baby Emma. Emma is Ella's friend who is closest in age, so Robin and I were on the phone quite a bit in those early days! They live on the other end of town, but I hope we can get the girls together more this summer. Hey girls, the meer cats are the other way!

Lana did a great job of herding these two in the right direction-- these two girls have minds of their own!

Ella got pretty cranky toward the end of the evening... if Ella's not IN her jammies IN her bed at PRECISELY 7:00 there WILL be a reckoning.

Ellie's Shirts.

Happy Belated Birthday to Ellie!

Here are the shirts I made for her big 0-2!

Big Girl Jammies.

Ella has been trotting around in new jammies a la big girl lately. Apparently the one-piece jobs I bought for summer aren't going to make it because of her abnormally large feet. Going back to the drawing board yielded long pants and tops sets-- sans footies.

Here I had Ella in a classic giggling match and got some good shots of her contagious smile. Notice she's sporting fancy new canines!

Wet N' Wild.

I think you can tell from the overall "splashiness" of this picture that Ella is over her trepidation of the kiddie pool now. Ready for the summer swim-a-thon!