A caged Ella-phant!

These are relatively (about 2 months) old pictures, but I had to share them and the story that goes along with them. I peeked into Ella's room during her nap one day and this is what I saw. At first I thought she was awake and just playing or stuck but not crying yet. However, on closer examination I found that she was sound asleep. So what do I do.....I run downstairs to get my camera of course. After I took a few pictures, I thought about trying to move her to a more comfortable position, but I could not bring myself to move her. She looked so peaceful!


Notice that every limb (both arms and both legs) are outside the crib slats. I have no idea how she was sleeping so peacefully, but she was. Oh to be a kid again!!!

Ella's very own pool!

With all the crazy heat we have been getting in San Antonio for the past month or 2, we decided we had to get Ella a baby pool for the backyard. We have a community pool, but it is much easier to just go out in the backyard. Besides I think Ella likes her pool better anyway and it is just her size.


Ella loves to pick the grass from the side of the pool and eat it. Well, actually she really doesn't eat it, she just chews on it. It is really funny because she can be trying to play with her pool toys, but she will not let go of the blade of grass in her hand so it makes it difficult for her to pick anything else up.
She got a little sleepy from an afternoon of swimming and started putting her head down on the side of the pool. It was really cute and gave me the clue that she was probably done for the day and needed to go take a nap.