Sandy Monday

Ellie-in-the-box

Words Words Words

Here's a list of all of the words that Eleanor says on her own, without prompting, as of today:

1. Mama
2. Daddy
3. Night Night
4. Bun Bun
5. Byron
6. Augie
7. Doggy
8. Kitty
9. Baby
10. Ball
11. Milk
12. Apple
13. Banana
14. Cheese
15. Ohs (Cheerios)
16. Bottle
17. All Done
18. Up
19. Bye Bye
20. Elmo
21. Car
22. Yia Yia
23. Pau Pous
24. Ellie!

There are a lot of words that she repeats as well, though I don't think that really counts as words that she has. And she makes a lot of appropriate animal sounds right now when she sees several animals: cow, pig, sheep, etc. BUT, she's kind of shy, so when other people are around, she's very quiet - very pleasant and sweet, but just quiet.

Baby Blues

I think from now on, I'm only going to buy
Eleanor clothes that are light blue.

Private Pool

It was really hot last week, so Eleanor and Brennan enjoyed a little "pool" time in an under-the-bed storage box on the deck. A few buckets of water and a few bath toys and they were entertained for a long time.

Yes, the babies eventually lost their diapers. I didn't put the baby butt shot on here because frankly, it's so cute, I didn't think anyone could handle it.

Lovies

Sorry for the horrible picture quality, but this was shot with my phone IN THE DARK so you can see how Ellie sleeps these days. She has attached herself to a bunny lovey, which she calls Bun Bun and, of course, Byron. When I put her to sleep, she immediately wraps her arms around both and wiggles around with them for a good 5 minutes until they are in the perfect position for sleeping with. Often, when she wakes up, the very first sound I hear on the monitor is Eleanor saying, "Bun Bun" in a low whisper. It is painfully adorable.

Cherry Blossoms

Ellie and I made a valiant effort yesterday to see The Cherry Blossoms. Unfortunately, we only got so far as the Haines Point parking lot, which did have some cherry blossoms, but was also falsely advertising a free shuttle to the tidal basin. After waiting about 20 minutes for the shuttle, I just snapped a few pictures of her with some trees, and we went back to Arlington to enjoy the nice weather (see post below!). I just didn't want to spend our first warm day in line for a shuttle bus. She was so intrigued by all of the people just waiting in a line, she didn't look at the camera once.

Summer Preview

It was 85 degrees yesterday, so we celebrated the warm weather with some sunscreen and sand.

Eleanor's Best Friend

No, it's not Augie.

It's Brennan.

It's definitely Brennan.

And Eleanor is going to miss him miserably when he moves.

Independence

When Eleanor is left to her own devices, she is either doing this:

or this: