Days 378, 379, 380, and 381

March 22nd:



LOL baby! March 23rd:



March 24th:



March 25th:

Days 374, 375, 376, and 377

Elise sleeps with a teddy bear now. She hugs it to herself really tight. Super cute. Here she is napping on March 18th:



Baby, you can drive my car. Elise gets her first driving lesson! Okay, not really. On Daddy's birthday, we went to Chuck E. Cheese to meet up with some of Ingrid and Caleb's relatives. It was a nice trip-- the kids had fun. Happy Birthday, Daddy!!! March 19th:



Elise LOVES to put this toy in her mouth and walk around with it covering her face. I think that she's peeping out of the hole in the middle. She got kind of obsessed with this for a while. March 20th:



Silly Elise. March 21st:

Days 370, 371, 372, and 373

March 14th:



Elise loves to stand on her head. March 15th:



Yum! Elise could barely control herself in the grocery store on March 16th:



Gasp! I didn't know you were here! March 17th:

Days 368 and 369: More Birthday Celebrating

On March 12th, we had a small birthday party in Sarasota for all of the kids plus Elliot. Elise and her foster siblings, Ingrid and Caleb, had a wonderful time. We set up a ball pit, blew some bubbles, and ate strawberry shortcake. Here is a picture of Elise, just before the party began (can you tell that she's excited?):



On our way back to Tallahassee on March 13th, we stopped at a shopping mall and took the kids to a Build-A-Bear store. Here is Elise kissing her newly stuffed toy:

Days 366 and 367

Elise loves bubbles! March 10th:



After Elise's one year old doctor's check up, she was extremely tired. The stress of 4 shots left Baby Elise feeling that grocery shopping was more than she could take. She slept the whole trip, right until I put my last bag of paid-for groceries in the cart. March 11th:

Day 365: Happy First Birthday, Elise!!!

Happy Birthday, Baby Elise! Elise turned 1 year old on March 9th. She started off the day playing with a birthday present from Mommy and Daddy. She really likes this toy-- it sings the ABC song and teaches you what sound each letter makes. Elise discovered that the letters taste good, too!



Elise also got a birthday tutu. So pretty! She looked super cool in her legwarmers, tutu, and ruffled shirt.



Thank you, Elise for the happiest, most wonderful year of my life. I love being your mommy!!!

Days 362, 363, and 364

On April 1st, I discovered that I was indeed the April fool. I had misnumbered my Elise Every Day posts. In looking back, I realized that my mistake had occurred very early on. On day 18 I reposted it as day 17-- two day 17s. Oh man. So I had to renumber nearly every post I've ever made of Elise pictures. :(

We've got it figured out now, though. Back on track. Here is Elise playing footsie with her foster sister, Ingrid. The picture is all blurry because they were really kicking and shaking their car seats! March 6th:



March 7th:



Elise got a singing birthday card from her Great-aunt Marilyn. She loved it. Here she is looking at it for the millionth time, March 8th:

Days 358, 359, 360, and 361

March 2nd:



Sitting on her foster brother Caleb's toddler bed, March 3rd:



March 4th:



Elise fell in love with Daddy's headlamp on March 5th. She played with it all morning.

Days 354, 355, 356, and 357

This picture is an homage to Elise's Aunt Laura. When Laura was a baby she drooled and drooled like crazy while she slept. Elise normally doesn't drool... but on Aunt Laura's birthday, the sleepy baby drool seeped out. Happy Birthday, Laura. You get baby drool as a present! February 26th:



Elise likes to play with laundry baskets. February 27th:



Kitty toes! Elise and Applesauce, February 28th:



March 1st:

Days 346, 347, 348, and 349

February 18th:



Post-bath, February 19th:



Mimi, Mommy, cousin James, and Elise on February 20th:



Look at her hair blowing back in the breeze! Slow down, Elise! February 21st:

Day 345: The Great Baby Explosion!

February 17th was a big day for our family. There was a baby explosion!

Here is Elise saying, "What do you MEAN?! I'm not the babiest anymore?!?!?"



My sister Sara delivered her first child, sweet baby James, in the morning on the 17th. He weighed 6 lbs 13 oz and was as healthy (and cute!) as could be:



And I had my first ultrasound for Elise's little brother or sister:



That's right! I'm pregnant again! Right now we're calling this one "Dinky" until we know if it's a boy or a girl. The pregnancy is going well so far-- a lot less morning sickness than I had with Elise. Dinky was a bit of a surprise and the doctor has been unable to determine just how far along I am right now, but we think that the baby will be born some time in October.

Days 341, 342, 343, and 344

Hooo doggies, I'm behind on posting pictures! We've been so busy lately. Well, time to catch up...

Elise is very good at knowing her body parts. She knows head, ears, nose, mouth, tummy, toes, and sometimes eyes and knees. Here she is showing us where her head is, February 13th:



Here Elise looks a lot like pictures of her daddy that I've seen from when he was little. A Valentine's Day daddy smile:



Elise and Daddy sleeping in, February 15th:



Back at ya, kid! February 16th:

Elise still likes to bounce!

Days 337, 338, 339, and 340

My perfect little angel on her 11 month birthday, February 9th:



Elise's first art project! Doesn't she look like an artist already? (Right after this picture was taken, she turned the marker around and sucked in a mouthful of purple ink.) February 10th:



Pottying like a rockstar, February 11th:



Elise LOVES Cherrios. February 12th:

Elise likes to hear us say "Bless You"

After she sneezes or hears someone else sneeze she will do a cute fake sneeze and if we say bless you, she will continue to do it so as to hear more bless you I can only assume. Check out the video below for an example. Also she knows her head and her tummy now. I had to make one edit to the video so forgive the weird cut in there.

Elise Interview Series #1

Want to see what happens when we ask Elise some questions or prompt her to do cute things? Then watch these videos.

Days 333, 334, 335, and 336

This is Elise's "Hi? Remember me? More snack, please!" face. February 5th:



About to go on a family walk, February 6th:



Roughing up some punk who owes her money, February 7th:



Don't worry, Elise, your booty is still there even when you aren't looking at it. February 8th:

Days 330, 331, and 332

Elise made a trip to the emergency room on the night of February 2nd. She has an umbilical hernia (which is pretty common in babies) and her hernia was becoming discolored. We had an ultrasound and x-rays done, and it turns out that she had some baby fat squished through the hole of her hernia. The fat was losing its blood supply and starting to die. As bad as that sounds, the doctor said that she would be just fine. It looked sort of like a bruise. Within a few days, it was all better.

Here is a picture of Elise waiting to see the doctor:



February 3rd:



February 4th was Aunt Sara's 30th birthday! Elise helped to celebrate with a naked scooter ride around her room:

A perfect example of Snoot Face.

You all know the Snoot Face. It is usually accompanied by a snort. Well this is perhaps the perfect example of such a face.