Italian Baby

Eating pasta with red sauce and meatballs for dinner. Messy, but yummy!

Zoo Day with Mommy

Elliana and I had a great trip to the zoo today. The weather was perfect, an unseasonably warm October day in the upper 70's. Ellie loved seeing all of the animals. She even has learned to correctly identify ducks (she pointed at ducks and said "duck"). The zoo was decorated for fall and Halloween. She looked adorable sitting on the bails of hay with the scarecrow.
She went to the children's zoo and got to see animals up close. She petted a goat and sheep, but she was a little "sheepish" around the sheep (pardon the pun, just couldn't help myself).
We rode on the train for the first time. She loved waving at all the people at the crossings. I believe she thought she was the princess in a parade!
Ellie and mommy can't wait to have another girl's trip to the zoo!

Diaper Duty

Ellie was on diaper duty today. Mommy brought in the cases of diapers and wipes. Elliana decided they were a toy. She spent over an hour pushing them around and climbing on the boxes. She has so many nice (and expensive) toys, and she chooses a diaper box! Go figure!
Almost looks like she is defying gravity in this one!
Climbing over the diaper box.
Blowing kisses. All mommy has to say is, "Ellie, blow kisses," and she does!

Mommy's Little Helper, Part 2

Elliana is such a help in the kitchen. Monday she helped mommy unload the dishwasher. She actually did hand me some dishes. Then she promptly climbed in the dishwasher! No matter what mommy loves the fact that Ellie tries to help.

Pushing her Pound Puppy

Ellie loves to push her stroller around. Usually Julius is sitting in it, but the other day she decided that Marshmallow (her giant Pound Puppy) should ride instead. Yes, Ellie really put Marshmallow in the stroller all by herself. Sometimes random objects like shoes also ride along. She loves her little stroller!

Safety Fair

This past weekend we took Elliana to the Butler County Safety Fair. She loved it! She got to see all kinds of emergency vehicles and equipment as well as a police dog. The highlight was getting to see CareFlight land (it is the medical helicopter at Miami Valley Hospital where I work). We thought she would be scared, but she did great.
She got to sit in Brutus (our fire engine here in Fairfield Township).
She sat in CareFlight.
"Rode" on the State Patrol motorcycle.

Pork Festival 2010

Saturday we took Elliana to her first Preble County Pork Festival in Eaton, Ohio. She had such a great time! She started off her day at the Pork Smorgasboard (the all you can eat with pork chops, sausage, ham, and all the sides). She had never eaten pork before, but she loved it! She gnawed her pork chop with her 4 little teeth and actually ate a surprising amount.
Ellie also got to see all kinds of farm equipment. She sat in a real John Deere tractor...
A backhoe...
And a front loader (with some help from grandpa)...
She had a great time riding around on daddy's back...
And she got to pet a baby pig! We still have some work to do on petting gentle, but she did pretty good considering she's never seen a pig before!
We all had a great time, and we can't wait to take Elliana back next year!