Valentine's Day!

Yummy gelato!!
Bike ride and a visit to Macki & Pixie to bring them carrot and apple snacks...

Chihuly at the Botanical Gardens--amazing!

Happy New Year!

All Dressed Up...

Thanks for coming to see us in balmy Chicago, Uncle Sean!

Merry Christmas!!

A couple more museum pics...

yes, ella lined those buses up....hmmmm... ;)

Museum of Science and Industry on Christmas Eve

Mmmmmmm... Hot chocolate!!

Playing in the snow in Chicago...

Christmas stocking

Here's Ella trying on her "boots", as she called them...  :)

ZOOlights!!

Yes we rode a camel!  :)
Oh no!  Not more kisses from my parents!!

More pics from Lolo & Lola's visit...

Lola & me

Ella can't get enough of her Lola!  Mommy & Daddy are second class citizens now... ;)

For the record...

Ella had no interest in putting on her dress, etc...  But when the time came, she had a fun tossing the flower petals as she walked down the aisle, and clearly had a blast at the reception!!  :)

More dancin'

couldn't resist posting a second video of ella and logan on the dance floor... notice how ella didn't want to come off the dance floor after being announced as a flower girl.... HAHAHA!!! ;)

Wedding Reception.... PARTY!! ;)

these two could not get enuf dancin'!!

Aileen's wedding...

Ella & Logan at the Railroad Park

Me and me cousin Logan :)

Thomas' 5th Bday

Ella & Matea (Thomas' sister) patiently waiting for cake!
Make  a silly face!! :)-

Halloween Party

Here's Ella and Isabelle up to no good!
I love this pic because poor Charlie (green shirt) is breaking his arm carving while Ronnie is "cheating" (according to Charlie) by using the Dremel tool--HA!!
All-in-all our party was great:  yummy food, lots of friends (including 5 girl friends for Ella to play with!) and pumpkin carving for the (ahem) adult kids. ;)

Oktoberfest!

Here's Ella getting the party started!  She LOVES to dance...  And run circles around us!
Checking out my glow bracelet from my friend Claire...
OK, so here's Ella holding up the sky... ;)  For some reason when we sat down to eat, she stood on her chair, raised her arms and looked over the crowd as if to say, "Hey everybody, the party's over HERE!!"  HAHAHA!!!