The Gift of Freedom

Elinor LOVES to swim. Since the beginning of May she has been swimming between 2 and 4 times a week. Mommy loves Elinor to swim because she inevitably will always take a 3 hour nap post water activities:) Elinor is incredibly fearless (to a major fault) and she gets rather peeved off when the person holding her will not let go of her. She clearly has no idea that letting go=sinking=a very bad day. So Joe and I bought a tube that she can sit in and move around on her own. It lets her sink into the water up to her chest. She hated it. It hindered her desire to put her face under water at will and to roll onto her back. So we searched for the perfect solution. First we bought this amazing little bathing suit that has floaters inside the body of it. She loved it but it didn't exactly keep her upright, not that she cared. Joe and I just have this odd desire to have our daughter with us for the next many many years so we decided not to let her float face down in the water. So we bought the good old arm floaties and PRESTO, we have found the perfect combination for Elinor's freedom. Now mind you we are never more than a few feet away from her at any given moment. But to Elinor we handed her adventure and bliss on a silver platter. To see my little girl that excited and happy without endangering her life is a good thing indeed.

Our Little Guy

 Its hard to tell what's what in this picture but I know that little thing sticking out was NOT in Elinor's picture :)

Recent Cuteness

Cuddly Girl

Elinor lately is super active. She runs around at a mile a minute and I feel like she will never slow down sometimes. She also loves to entertain people. She knows how to make people laugh and she practices her skills whenever she gets a chance. Oftentimes when we go pick her up from church childcare or the childcare at the gym we will catch her in the middle of the room (doing whatever it may be) with all of the workers watching her and laughing. Needless to say she is also a handful! But we love every second of it. One thing I am loving the most about her right now, is how cuddly she is when she finally slows down. Here are some pictures of her more docile moments.

  

Pictures and Video

Some funny/cute videos- 

#1 Uncle Tim helping Elinor go down a slide. She was pretty annoyed about the whole thing
#2 Grammy and Auntie Casie walking with Elinor at Disneyland. Just thought it was pretty cute

Fun with Nonnie and Poppie

My Valentine

Since Joe had been gone all week we decided to stay home for valentines day. I wanted to make something really yummy, semi fancy, and also something that Joe would consider one of his favorites. So I decided to make Chicken Cordon Bleu with lemon feta noodles with peas. Two of Joe's favorite dishes. I wanted to make it special so I used Prosciutto and Gruyere. It turned out really good! So I took a picture. (the corn was added just because I had it)    

We got Elinor a bubble maker for valentines day :)