Ellie Crawling

Campfires in the Fall

Some of our favorite desserts--roasted marshmellows and/or s'mores over the fire.  I don't know who likes them more, this mama or her boys.  So as we are slowly having cooler nights, we look forward to having fires.  Thanks, Auntie Shorty, for the cool fire pit!  We use it a lot!

Riverbanks Zoo

We had a fun road trip to the zoo.  Charlotte is a growing city, but has yet to have its own zoo.  So with 6 mamas and 17 kiddos (yes, wow!), we spent the day at Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, South Carolina.  It was a great adventure, well worth the trip and craziness!  Feeding the giraffes and watching the noisy, active monkeys were two of the highlights.

Knight in Shining Armor

Here's to Raising a Modern Day Knight!  (For those of you who don't know...that's the title of a great book that Chris highly recommends.)  Careful for the underarmour!  Ha--why does this not surprise me...Grayson is a goofball!

Rainy Day Fun

What do we do on rainy days...get creative!  The boys got out their costume box, wrestled (even with Ellie) and played super heroes.  Always an adventure!  (Thanks, Cousin Tyler, for sharing your old costumes!)

Mmm, Mmm Good!

Ellie is loving the new world of food.  She's happy to try anything!  She's pretty good at opening her mouth and swallowing now too.

September Fun

Ellie joined her Mama and Dada in Charleston for a wedding.  While we enjoyed a weekend away, Uncle Matt held down the fort and chased the monkeys.

Making pizzas with our big buddies, Jamesy and Sage.  Jamesy and Sage got to spend the night one weekend---and Tait and Grayson followed their every move:)!

We had another buddy, Dylan, with us one weekend.  Tait was showing off his skills, reading the BOB book.

Milestones for Ellie

Ellie learned how to sit all by herself this past month.  After a little practice in the green bumbo seat (below), she's on her own now.  




Ellie is on the go.  Thankfully, not crawling yet; however, she can make a pretty quick 360 on her belly!  She's even trying to climb her brother's chair (photo above).  No more playing legos on the floor, Tait and Grayson!  (We've already caught Ellie tasting a lego piece a few times--ut oh!)