mirror, mirror...

school's out for summer

last day at soft play group before summer break

bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy

blueberries for belle

an old favorite finds a new audience

shake it

ellie practices her cocktail mixing technique (using her juice bottle)

morning munchkin

starting the day with some quality toy time

face plant

ellie shows off the back of her chic ensemble - many thanks to sarah promisloff for keeping her stylish!

bath time buddies

now that she can sit up on her own in the bath, ellie loves splashing around with her toy penguin

garden party girls

dogtown girl

ellie impersonates

she's got the jawline...but will she have the wit?

one cool dude

ellie meets her cousin pete as he swings through london en route home to new orleans

prelude to a crawl, perhaps?

giddyup

many thanks to the lawrences for ellie's stylish baby cowboy boots (handily marked 'left lead' and 'right lead' on the soles)

choo choo

ellie tries out british rail

she sees sails swell by the seashore

on a windy beach in dorset this afternoon with jemima rose guy and her dad chris...and kite surfers in the background

ellie hearts ny

one-sock wonder

future farmers of marfa

having fun at our local urban farm this morning. not pictured: the goat who tried to eat ellie's stroller, and the turkey who tried to follow her home.

wired

ellie is now reachable at eleanor.h.addison@gmail.com...bringing new meaning to the term 'e-mail'

growth spurt

every morning ellie spends some quality time in her swing (aka baby command & control center), allowing carolyn some precious moments to check her email...lately, she's looking decidedly bigger in it - remember, at first, it looked like this. we are hopeful she'll still be able to squeeze in for a few weeks (months?) to come.

ellie in silhouette

at a christening luncheon today, a silhouette artist made a portrait of ellie

don't mess with texas

spotted...sleeping on her tummy!

a first for ellie as far as we know

feed your head

why just read a book when you could eat it?

next stop carnegie hall

ellie sends musical birthday wishes to her great aunt monique - tanti auguri a te, mo!!

core strength

ellie demonstrates her new-found ability to balance upright in her rocking chair...and chat at the same time

look mom, two hands!

hail to the chief

...at the democrats abroad independence day picnic

thank goodness for godparents

learning from a pro

maggie gives ellie some tips on her swinging technique