Look at me - I can sit!

Ella keeps amazing us by doing all sorts of new things.  She is now sitting!  These are the first pics of her observing the world from a new point of view and loving it!

A bit of love from her big sister!

Now she can play hide and seek with her big sister!

Afternoon in the Park!

What is one of Lily's most favorite thing - well I would imagine almost any little one would say THE PARK!  We are fortunate to have a little park in our community but on this particular day we went to what Lily calls The Big Park!



Bath Time at Grandma's House!

During our July visit Ella had her bath in the kitchen sink at Grandma's.  We have pictures just like this when Lily was about this age.  I don't know about you but I just love bath time photos.  Here is our sweet Ella!

A day at the Fair!

We went to the Orange County Fair July 16th with the Abbott clan - Nonno, Grandma, Aunti Dani and Uncle Mike.  We had so much fun and ate all kinds of goodies and went on a bunch of rides - and Lily went on her very first Pony ride - I think she is working Nonno to buy her one and keep it at the ranch in New Mexico.  Here are some pics from our very fun day!

Lily loved the Pony ride.  The Pony was called Ruby!

Blowing kisses to all her fans!

Ella just hung out his trip and took it all in but I know she can't wait to run around this place next year she just loved looking at everything.  We didn't get a picture but there was this male quartet singing and Ella loved them!

Daddy took Lily on the Super Slide.  This was not a favorite of Lily's and she talked about how scary it was for the next couple weeks!

On Lily's favorite ride - the Flying Elephant.  I can't wait to take her on Dumbo at Disneyland!

Lily's first time on a ride without Mama or Daddy!  She loved it!

Luckily there are still rides she needs me for!

Nothing is better than finishing the day with ice cream.  Sorry Ella not this year but definitely next year baby!

My first movie!

Sunday July 17th Lily went to her fist movie - Winnie the Pooh!  It was so much fun and she really enjoyed herself.  Hey whats not to love a movie date with Mom, popcorn a sprite and M & M's.  Mike is not a big movie fan so this is the first of many movie dates to come!  I love having one on one time with the girls and I treasure these moments and lock them away in my memory.  I think she has my love of movies and if not I will just feed her more candy.  ( j/k)

In the lobby with her tickets!

In her seat with all her goodies!

After the show when we were walking down from our seats and Lily decided to start dancing to the music.  I tried to video it but it was to dark so here are some shots of our little dancer!



Ella's Baptism

On July 16th we celebrated Ella's Baptism!  It was such a special day not only because she was baptized - she shared this joyous occasion with her two cousins - Lexi and Quinn.  It was a great day and all 3 girls looked so beautiful.  Here are some of the pictures from the day.

Lily and Daddy

Ella's Godparents are her Aunt Lindsay and her Uncle Garrett!

G-Mom and Grandpa

Gramma, Nonno, Aunti Dani and Uncle Mike



Her Great Grandma ( GG) and her Great Aunt Joyce!



Here is one of all the girls, parents and Godparents



The kiddos

Here is a funny shot Lindsay got of the three girls - I don't think they enjoyed this!



I've got Spots!

Friday afternoon started like a lot of our Fridays with a Pizza night with Adam, Lindsay, Declan and Lexi.  Mike got home early this week so he picked up the girls and I met them there after work.  When I got there Lily wasn't quite herself she felt a little hot and had some red blotches on her face.  I wasn't initially worried because Lily has really sensitive skin so I thought it would just go away.  Wrong.  Saturday she woke up with spots all over her face and arms and a few spread out over the rest of her body and a temp of 103.7 so off to the Dr we went.  Luckily my Dr's have Saturday and Sunday office hours which I love. 
When we got in to see the Dr. she said "Hi I'm Lily I've got spots!"  The Dr immediately took a liking to her  - this kid knows how to win over a person..  He did a strep test because she had some white spots on her tonsils but that came up negative.  If you have never had a strep test let me tell you what they do.  They take a large Q-tip and stick it down your throat to get a sample.  Lily didn't make a peep.  She really didn't even seem sick except for the rash all over her.  The Dr. decided it was viral and he couldn't do anything for her.  They said it will just have to run it's course. 
Luckily Lily is much better today and the fever is gone.  See Lily below with her spots.

Here she is before our Dr. visit!

Later in the day the rash got worse before it got better!