A Great Father's Day Weekend!

This weekend marks a first for our family!  Celebrating Dave's first Father's Day has been great!  We celebrated on Saturday, since Dave is working all day today.  The day couldn't have been better!  We shared some little gifts with Dave on Saturday morning (pictures to come :), took Ellie to the pool for the very first time, and once Ellie was down for the night, Dave and I had a cookout for just the two of us.  It really was such a nice day. 

I guess I'll update everyone.  There's so much going on lately! 

Me:  I am SO ready for summer!  We have three half days left of school, and the long awaited summer vacation will finally start!  The kids are ready, the teachers are ready...it's time!  In two weeks, we are going to Montana for 10 days, which brings a bag of mixed emotions for me-mostly excitement with some nervousness and anxiety for the travel mixed in...

Dave:  Dave is doing great!  He's on his third of four rotations for his field training.  He should have his permanent schedule by the end of July.  I think he's really happy that he made the decision to go into the police force.  He's doing so well, and we're all really proud of him!

Miss Ellie:  Holy cow!  Ellie is full of life these days!  She finally got over her cold, only to develop Roseola a few days later.  She's finally healthy again!  Thank goodness!  She's now got three teeth (the two bottom, and one of the side top ones), and is hitting so many milestones lately, it's hard to keep up with her!  She's crawling all over the place and is starting to pull herself up to standing.  Eeek!  She's a wonderful little, spitfire of a girl, and I couldn't be happier with the person she's becoming :) 

Here's some pictures from the weekend:

I'm glad the water shoes could be of some use :)

I like this!  Can we come back, mommy?

Mmmm...rubber :)

Whoa! 

She loves her new pool toys!

Hangin' out with mommy!

A great shot of her new teeth!

One of daddy's Father's Day gifts...a BUTTerfly...I'm sure you can get the picture :)

I am making all of Ellie's baby food-here's my latest batch: peas, peaches and pears,

squash, and sweet potatoes!

Some videos of Ellie's latest shenanigans...