Good girl!

Adrianne is with Ellie one day and asks, "Is Ellie a good girl?" Ellie responds, "No. Zach… good girl."

Haha.

Okay - here are some pics…

The family!

Proud Uncle

Mommy and her girls…

Cara!

Ellie monkeys around!

Tummy Time!

Adrianne and Steve make such beautiful babies!

I'm up in Everett again for about two weeks trying to spend as much time with my nieces as possible since I'm not sure when the next chance I'll get to spend this kind of extended time with them will be.

Cara is so much bigger than she was the last time I saw her, and that seems like just yesterday! She's spending a lot of "tummy time," where we put her on her front so that she can work out her muscles in her neck (holding up her head) and strengthen up her arms for crawling. She's super alert and really likes to look around the room. Sometimes I think she could do that forever. I remember that the last time I was here, I remarked that Cara helped me understand where the phrase "sleeps like a baby" came from. That has completely changed - or else, maybe Cara's just not a baby anymore…

Ellie is also cute as can be and is talking more and more. She seemed to remember me and all the things we did together last time I was here (and seemingly enjoyed the games we played enough to want to do them again), which was really nice. I think that this is the first time that I haven't felt like we were getting to know each other all over again.

Anyway, there will be more pics to come, no doubt, but here are some to whet the appetite:

Tummy time!

Ellie shows off all the art projects she did with Mommy! Adrianne, you and Ellie are so creative!!!