Summer Snapshots

This summer has been the best summer I remember ever having. We are trying to soak up every bit of sunshine until winter comes so we'll look back during those dreary months and know we made the best of it. Also, Ellie has been bursting at the seams with personality. We have had some funny moments. Here are a few: 

A conversation we had the other day:

Me: “I love my baby! Ellie is my baby.”

Ellie: (pointing to my stomach) “In tummy!”

Me: "No, Ellie’s not in my tummy anymore. You were in my tummy, but then you came out and now you’re all gone from my tummy."

Ellie: “I came back!”

Another conversation happened today, when she asked for an ice cream cone (the first time on her own accord — it was a proud moment for her ice-cream-obsessed mom), so we walked to the creamery. We passed the temple and she said, "Temple! Daddy married." I had explained to her that mom and dad got married there. After she pointed out the temple, I explained that when Ellie gets big she'll get married in the temple to a boy. She thought for a minute then said, "Temple. Married. Mommy and daddy. Ellie do it!" I am amazed at what this little girl picks up sometimes.

-She Still says “go goose” for “hold you.” We can't bear to correct her quite yet.

-Her favorite thing to do is for us to swing her in a blanket singing, "Wash the dishes, dry the dishes."

{Ellie calls Jesus “Sunbeam.” She saw this poster of Johnny Depp for Pirates and pointed to him and screamed, “Sunbeam!” She was confused when we laughed at her and tried to tell her he was a pirate, not Jesus.}

{She just started her first swimming lessons — they are so fun!}

{This girl loves hiking and asks to go often.}

{Ellie loves to show off her dance moves — especially her "arabesque-ies"}

{She loves dirt . . .}

{ . . . and bugs.}

{We went on a walk yesterday and she kept wanting to hold my hand. It was a little difficult pushing the stroller at the same time, but it kind of melted my heart. She asks to hold my hand when we're in the car too.}

I am having so much fun being this spunky little girl's mom.