Catching up

The problem with having a large storage card on our camera is that I don't transfer the pictures off as often as I should. So today, I'm playing catch-up with this post that will include random pictures (mostly of Ella) from March through present. I've set-up a flickr photo site, but there are too many pictures to caption them this time, so here is a chronological (sort of) listing of some of the highlights you will see: Nana's visit including when Ella received "Baby"; various shots of my Sous Chef helping me cook; young Picasso at work; Ella finding Mama's new lipstick; visit to the Lincoln Park zoo; Margate Park Easter egg hunt-easter bunny-dying easter eggs--Easter Sunday; Ella and Braden; visit to Nana and Grandpa's in May including Bumper, July the Cat, and Treasure the turtle--Ella's cousins Mikayla and Hannah and Aunt Tammy, Touching the highly toxic California Poppies--oops!, and the trip to the County Fair where Ella had her first pony ride and saw pig races; visit to St. Louis for cousin Matthew's HS graduation including shots with cousins Lexi and Gracie, Aunt Marion, Uncle Monte, etc; a visit from second cousin Nathan in Chicago; Ella's first trip to the beach where she of course hated the sand sticking to her (she hates to be messy) but loved the water!; Many shots of eating food; Trip to the Museum of Science & Industry; and finally Ella in our courtyard playing by the fountain (taken tonight!)

To view photos click here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chicagochronicles/

We are trying to beat this horrible heat wave, and hope it subsides before Nana and Pa's visit later this week. Have a great day everyone and feel free to leave comments on our posts!