Super Elle-She's doing it all!

Thanks to Aunt Carrie for NY look!

Silver Dollar City

We had so much fun at Silver Dollar City! Elle was great...she told me her rocking chair at home was for sissy girls, so we had to get in the big one. She rode the train too with NO tears. But as you can expect, she was worn at out the end :)

Little fish and daddy fish

Elle is a swimmer for sure...she loves the water just like her daddy.

Golf or hoops?

Who knows, but I am sure it will have to be one or the other ;)

The first bow

The bow actually stayed in for a 30 second photo shoot after church. Thanks to Dayle for having such excellent bow-making skills!

Watch out World!

Life as we know it is about to change!! Elle is crawling and cruising! Yep, she is now mobile!! She has been walking pretty well (while holding onto Mommy or Daddy's fingers), but she could not understand why we got tired of walking her around. I tried to explain that bending over and walking around holding the fingers of a 28 inch tall baby causes a bit of a backache, but she just doesn't seem to understand :) So, the result has been serious frustration on her part. But now that she can crawl, nothing is stopping her and she just doesn't seem to need us anymore. Hint of things to come later on I suppose. Anyway, it is exciting and scary all at once. Mostly we are just in awe of what she can do and how just decides to do it and it happens. So, watch out world!

Speaking of learning to do new things, she is now hooping it up! We got her a little b-ball goal and she is loving it!! Of course, so is her daddy. But, Mommy is teaching her to do it as a lefty :)

Elle's first Christmas is almost here! She is 17 weeks old and she can't wait! Actually, she doesn't know what is coming other than it means too many photo shoots trying to capture the perfect Christmas pic. She had to endure three such sessions...check out the pics below.

Yes, after much deliberation, we bought her a few Christmas gifts. After roaming the aisles of Target and looking at all the fancy toys that can speak 5 languages, we decided to look for the plain, old-fashioned toys. We decided on the good ole "drop the different shape block in the box" buckert and the "donut-ring" stacker. If nothing else, at least Mitch & I know how to work them (we think?). Besides, I named one of her baby dolls "Frenchie" and it can say "wee-wee". And I plan to name another "Rosa" and it will say "Vas ala playa". Notice, I said "I" did that because Mitch sort of thinks it is crazy :)

So, now onto our Christmas tradition. It is still up for debate, but this is an important year and we have to determine the Bolding family tradition for the rest of eternity. That is serious pressure. Mitch has already established the "Griswald" lighting tradition and I am carrying on my grandmother's Santa Claus tree, so what will it be for Elle? We will keep ya posted!