goalkeeper

toys overboard!

baby it's cold outside

bundled up on a wintry morn

ellies just wanna have fun

huge thanks to great aunt robin & great grandmother hopie for ellie's musical birthday cards - they are much beloved! 

a breath of fresh air

an exciting day out in the countryside today visiting our friends the newtons and their four new pet sheep

hugs!

ellie is getting very good at doling out hugs - here she is with moo-cow, a birthday gift from ashley & bob

a hula-tta love from ellie

happy thanksgiving to all ellie's american friends & family!

who doesn't love an afternoon nap?

someone's in a good mood this morning...

stand & deliver

a new skill! the lookout for ellie's first step has officially begun

taking stock

ellie spent the morning opening her impressive haul of birthday presents...including her first tricycle, which seems destined to be a new favourite (huge thanks to maggie for that one!)

...and many more

ellie's first birthday party:
22 kids, 51 kids-at-heart, one enormous cake and 14 bottles of champagne.

...'twas a good day

practice makes perfect

ellie has been perfecting her box opening skills in anticipation of her birthday tomorrow

shop 'til you drop

suited & booted

ellie is ready for the crisp autumn weather

little lenin

sleeping it off

fast asleep during sunday lunch at our local pub

petite equestrienne

at the national army museum this afternoon, in honour of remembrance sunday

ellie + rellies

goofing around with candy & julia this afternoon

m-i-c-k-e-y m-o-u-s-e

thanks for the mouse ears, aunt julia!

a morning stroll through trafalgar square

lunch date with dad

big brother is watching

the latest in baby surveillance technology (showing ellie fast asleep in her crib)

banana-rama

after months of refusing to eat bananas, they have become a new favorite - just another way ellie is becoming more & more like a monkey as the weeks go by

ellie + elmo

daddy-daughter day

ellie & matt had a great saturday together all by themselves while carolyn skipped off to paris for the day

lego land

at the science museum this afternoon

ellie calling

bedtime bottle

spirit fingers