Elliana is growing up too quickly. I think this weekend we realized just how big Elli is getting! We almost have a 16 month old...a 16 month old!! I can't believe it....I wish time would slow down for just a bit. Elli is doing great and loving all this warm weather we've had the past couple weeks. She loves playing outside and it is hard to get her in once she's been out for some time. The second we pull in the garage she immediately points to the basketball and football on the shelf and wants down the second you get her out of the car.


We've managed to keep sickness out of this house for quite some time now. However, Elli came down with a fever last night and still has one today (she has been fever-free for a month now....the longest stint we've gone in some time). We are thinking it is just teeth, as she's been consistently getting some over the past month and drooling pretty badly. Elli's done pretty good with teething, but her molars have caused her some pain!


We spent the majority of our weekend outside (beautiful weather....horrible for my allergies). Elli and I started the weekend off by going to the zoo with our friend Carrie and her son, Gavin. Gavin is almost 8 months old and weighs just about as much as Elli. The zoo was packed....we unfortunately picked the same day to go as most field trips in central Ohio. We had a good time and I was completely exhausted after only a couple hours. I was hoping Elli would take a good nap for me when we got home, but the 20 minute nap she got on the way to the zoo was the only sleep she got that day.

A picture of Elli and Gavin at the zoo. They don't look like they are enjoying themselves, but they really did. I took this picture right as we got in the zoo and I think they both were a little overwhelmed at how many people were there!

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We cleaned on Saturday morning (I'm afraid the nesting has begun...BUT I managed to clean all the rooms upstairs and clean all the carpets!) and then walked to our local park. At this point, Elli wasn't in the best mood....we should have just gone after her nap, but we tried to fit it in before nap.

She enjoyed her ride without her hat on.....

And then got mad when I made her wear it. She has my complexion and will need sunscreen and a hat every time she's out this summer. She managed to get sunscreen in her eyes again by rubbing her eyes. We got some water on a paper towel and put it on her eyes once we got to the park, but as you can see in the following pictures....her eyes were still bothering her.

When did she get to be so big?? Check out her new big girl shoes!! I brought these home on Thursday night and she started stomping all around in them like she didn't know how to walk in them. Then she didn't want to wear the shoes, so we made a huge deal about how they were new, big girl shoes! She then loved them....started running all around, jumping, and wouldn't take them off.

Climbing up the stairs to go down the slide! The park was SO busy this day....she waited and waited for the swing (really....she just stood there and watched.....it was so sad....she wanted on that swing so badly), but never got to ride it because of how many kids were there.

Elli started getting her fever on Sunday afternoon. She didn't have much of an appetite, so being the responsible parents that we are....we took her to get ice cream....because...well....I was craving it. It was a new place that we had found last weekend and it is yummy! That sure made Elli feel better! On the way home we drove through our neighborhood and looked at everyones swing sets planning the one we will build for Elli. I hope the park will not be as busy all summer as it was this weekend!