Ellie's second Christmas

(The first one she kind of knows whats going on)

Happy Fall, Cute kid, and dog tug-o-war

I haven't actually posted any news lately, so here we go:
Ellie had her 15 month checkup last week. Doc says she looks great. Height: 31 inches. Weight: 24 pounds, 5 oz. That puts her in the 75th percentile for both height and weight.

Wrigley is in his 4th week of puppy class. If you ask me, he's the star pupil.

Oh, and Ellie *might* be a ladybug for Halloween... that is, if we can get the costume on her. So far, every time we've tried, she ends up screaming. She's terrified of the thing. *shrug*

Meet Wrigley

Check out more pictures of him on our Shutterfly site.

Ellie's first year: the slideshow

We worked our butts off to get this cute slideshow together in time for Ellie's birthday party... and then forgot to show it to everyone. So without further ado, here it is.

Fun with fingerpainting... sort of

We tried fingerpainting for the first time today.

Starting out


She seems to be diggin' it


A masterpiece


"Okay Mom, I'm done now"


Getting a little cranky


And then it all went horribly wrong






Oh well, there's always a bib to be eaten


You can see more Ellie pics at our Shutterfly site:
landekfamily.shutterfly.com

Password: Landekpics

Happy Easter!

Are you serious?


I can't believe you people are making me wear these stupid ears.


Okay, you get one smile, but I'm not gonna like it.

Ellie Go Bragh

Happy St. Patrick's Day from the Landeks!

More laughing

She loves it!

Ellie's 6-month checkup

Height: 27.5"
Weight: 19 pounds, 11 oz.

Doctor says she looks great. She's sitting up really well. He said we can try meat, and we can also try using a sippy cup.

Here's a fun picture of a recent staticky hair day.

Green Beans Are Yummy!

We've started Ellie on solid foods. So far she's tried rice cereal (eh), oatmeal (eh), peas (eh), bananas (yum!), applesauce (yum!), and green beans (yum!). She also likes oatmeal jazzed up with applesauce. Here's just a sample. More pics in our flickr.

Ellie's First Fauxhawk

She's a rockin' chick.

Mommy's New Toy

The Nikon d80 digital SLR. Awww yeah, baby! I don't even know how to use the thing, but it takes some good pics just on autofocus. Head over to our flickr page to the "Peanut Month 6" photo set to see more.