The Ellis Family: August 2008

Sweet photos

Here are some shots I took today with some cool lighting!!

This was Jack on the train from Chicago - he's such a ham!

Our recent trips

We were on our way to Grammy's work picnic up in Fond du Lac - 8/16/08

Swinging away...

Jack's first temporary tattoo

Jack's first "face-painting" experience - can you tell he hated it?!?!?!? It was Nemo.

Jack playing with his girlfriend Chloe up in Green Bay.

Whatcha got there?

Jack at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago - we went there with Aunt Jessica, Uncle Alan and Cousin Owen on Friday 8/22 - we had a blast!! Jack's first time at the zoo! It was hot!

Then we went over to Millennium Park again to play in the water- Jack didn't like it as much as last time though.

He looks drunk...he met his friend Sarah(behind him in the pink shorts) - she thought he was so cute!

You are such a little monkey!! Crawling over everything - including the dogs! You laugh so hard when they play and run around - you laugh at the cats and sometimes you just laugh at nothing. You are such a good boy but very inconsistent. Some days you'll take 1, 3-hour nap and the next day you won't take any. It's quite bizarre. You've also boycotted vegetables - before you loved to pick cooked carrots and peas up and eat them and now you turn your head away - not sure what that's all about. You still love your baths and have such fun splashing around in the tub. You wear some 12 month clothes yet but we're going to have to get some 18 month clothes and some shoes(you haven't hardly worn any!) now that fall will soon be here. Still in size 4 diapers as well. You say mama now, talk in your own language and when you want more of something you'll make this noise with a slight inflection at the end of it like mmMMMa..so we say you're asking for more! I have been so blessed to be able to stay with you every single day since the day you were born and I wouldn't give that up for anything! But I start a new part-time job this week and I know it's going to be extremely hard for me to leave you. Even though I know you're in good hands and will be more than okay - it will be really hard for me. I'm just thankful I can work part-time for now so I still get to see you all morning and then I'll be off to work and will be home in time to put you to bed, so that makes me very happy. It'll be really great to get that extra income so we can do more with you as you get older. I just can't believe how quickly this time has gone - but I've cherished it and you as much as I possibly could. You are my world bubby and never forget that - no matter how old you get - you're always going to be my baby!

I love you so very much!

Kisses,

Momma

Jack has learned to crawl over Lily

Here's Jack looking so sweet and innocent(as he is!)- don't you just want to eat him up?

This is the start of him crawling over Lily - she's the only one who will let him.

Getting his balance...

I'm almost over!

Can't quite get there...

One last leg..

And I did it!!!

Now let's go back to the start and try it again!

Sorry it's been awhile!!!

Sorry it's been awhile since the last post - The Ellis Family has been so busy this past month. I started working as an Independent Consultant for Southern Living at Home and have had 5 parties already this month plus we had a Garage Sale at the beginning of the month and a couple trips up to Fond du Lac and Green Bay so I have a lot to catch up on! Here's some photos of Jack in the last month.

It was such a hot day - we filled the paddling pool up and Jack had a great time splashing around!