Bucket head

Ella and her new bucket.

Ella's new favorite hangout- the backyard.

She's bringing me a handful of dirt from my plants. At least that handful didn't make it into her mouth.

Sweet baby.

Ella loves straws. She's started really getting into trying to figure out how things work together. I think she was trying to figure out how to get water out of my bottle with her straw.

Playing with Mommy's face.

One of these days I'll get tired of taking/posting pictures of Ella in the cabinet, but not today.

Ella introducing her first international friend, Liva.

Ella's tummy...

Ella and Liva playing on Liva's cool little papoose, mat thing. Of course, Ella was very interested in all of Liva's toys and things. Poor Liva didn't know what to thing about Ella. I think she liked her except when Ella screamed or cried and that would make Liva cry.

Ella stealing Liva's toys.

Peek-a-boo!

This was moments before I decided to start painting Ella's house. I'll post after pictures when it's finished.

Ella's naps have gotten a little better this week, but getting her to sleep at night has still been a bit of a struggle. She cut another tooth, tooth number 7, yesterday, so I don't know if that's part of the problem or what. I'm afraid the end of daylight saving time is really going to mess things up, we'll see.

She's been imitating simple actions. She'll blow on her food before she takes a bite, especially if she sees us to it first. She's also been trying to tickle people. It took me a while to figure out that's what she was doing because she does it to my face, but then I saw her trying to tickle Liva and it clicked.