It's SO hot!

We are in the midst of another huge heat spell. Yesterday it 113 degrees here! Apparenlty we enjoyed more than our fair share of good weather. It's ok we like playing inside. We have to get a little creative.

 Here are some pictures of her in her pj's.

 Here's some pictures that reflect her growing curiousity. What's on the couch? How far can I climb up? Do you think these shelves will bear my weight? What does mom and dad keep up there?

 This is the glow necklace from the fourth of July. She loves this thing. She's always putting it on (by herself by the way, she's getting so big). I guess I should get her some play jewelry. And maybe a purse too. She's getting really curious with her diaper bag and she's having fun put lots of toys in her bucket and then dumping them out over her head.

 Ah and here is Elise with her two favorite toys. Mom's cell phone and remote control. Sorry but the phone keeps her quiet and I try to watch her but sometimes she makes calls that get past me. So sorry about the prank calls you might get. It's Elise's fault.



We're Making Progress

We're making progress on this whole walking thing but she's still uncomfortable letting go so as long as she has one hand she's good. Silly girl.



Grooving to the music

I love it. Elise dances to any music, including hymns at church. She takes after her dad I guess. She's learned to turn on the cd player in the entertainment center and she starts dancing to it. Here's some video we caught this morning of her grooving to the music.

At the end is some clapping that she's just barely learning to do. Yay, she's not autistic!

Some Catch Up Pictures

I finally got some of the pictures I wanted from one of my sisters ;) and decided to share some more pictures of our trips to disneyland this summer. This one is from April when we went with the whole West side of the family. I look totally awake next to this very sleepy girl.

Still April. This one is while we were in line for screaming. Kirby looks a bit scared doesn't he?

This is us waiting for Fantasmic to start on our August trip to see mandi graduate. Yeah we were one of those annoying families that sits at a table until the show starts. Sorry.

Ahh this is one of Elise's favorite toys. She really likes going out to eat because that's when she gets to play with straws.

The girls.

The sisters.

Daddy and Elise.

Cute Hair

We were giving her a bath in the kitchen sink (ever since she figured out crawling she's been scared to death of being in the slippery tub) and we noticed that we could get the bottom of her hair to curl. It's actually getting quite long on the bottom. It's so cute, too bad i can't get it to stay.

1st Baseball Game

Ryan's work bought a bunch of tickets to a Dodger Game this week for us all. It was a lot of fun, even though Elise was crawling all over us and was up an hour past her bedtime. We left pretty much as soon as she got super sleepy and were able to keep her happy.

I think she had fun. She especially has fun with this new "shy" routine she has. She taps people, waves at them, or makes a lot of noise until people look at her and then she turns and hides her head into our shoulders. She is cute and I don't mid cuz I get lots of cuddles!

Weekend Fun

Ryan's parents stopped by this weekend on a lark. They let her pick out a toy and she picked out this bunny. No really she loves this thing. It's a lot of fun. Here we are playing with her Sunday afternoon during card games. And at the end you can see her new sticking out her tongue trick.