5 months

How can it be that 5 months have gone by in a flash? Ellie continues to amaze us each and every day. She's almost able to sit up all by herself, has mastered holding anything and everything with 2 hands, puts anything and everything in her mouth, and has almost lost all of her dark hair (which is replaced with adorable, blonde, peach fuzz). So, the signature duck tail has disappeared.

Ellie was joined in the new generation of cousins (on the Fisk side) with the birth of Miss Joslin Carmila Shipley this week. My cousin, Katherine, and her husband, Joe, became first time parents this week. We can hardly wait to get the girls together - they are exactly 5 months apart! I have so many fond memories growing up with my sister, Katherine, and Elizabeth. Even though The Shipleys live in California, I hope that our daughters experience even a fraction of the amazing memories the 4 of us girls built over the years. Congrats again, Joe & Katherine!

We broke down and bought a grown up camera last week. We found that our iPhones aren't fast enough to capture Ellie's constant movements. We're still learning all of the tricks, but overall, we're pretty happy with the crisp quality of the photos... The first 2 photos below are not from the fancy cam.

First swim class this week. Ellie loved the water and was mostly interested in watching the "big kids."

Deer in headlights

Hanging with Uncle Andy

And a couple of videos showing Ellie in action...