12.8

 Ella is admiring her new toy bins.

 Then she started knocking them over.

 Ella got stickers.  Then she put about 50 stickers all over Dave's stomach.

 Uh Oh! Miss Ella shouldn't be on the end table.

 She took Baby Anna for a ride to drop Dave off at work.

 Ella had to climb in a bin.

 Then she wanted me to climb in. She wanted me to sit down and not just stand though.

 We went for a run and she fell asleep.

Ella has a bunch of hats and loves them.

She wants some cereal.

 Now she's eating the cereal she requested.

Ella got a new dress. Naman, someone Dave works with, brought it back for Ella from India.

 Ella loved the dress so much she kept dancing around. I took so many pictures and they are all blurry.

 Ella likes to do flips!

12.7

 Ella was petting Poly and Poly put up with it for a little bit.

 Ella likes to cuddle right beside me.

 Ella was helping take out the recycling.

 Ella thought she was in charge of the shopping list.

Then we went to Safeway. I did more shopping and Ella wanted to ride in a car cart.  She was pretty good. Then she was a little rowdy and needed a snack. Then she was content.

But then in the checkout line I saw that the little bugger had swiped a sour cream and that's why she was content.

She was so so proud of herself for doing this.

 I made pizza soup. I used 2 recipes as a guide.

 Ella had a messy lunch while I was cooking. I wanted her contained the entire time.

 Miss Ella needed some barrettes in her hair. Then she needed sunglasses!

The soup was pretty good. I specifically had in mind a few things I'd change for next time and said I'd write them down (and then I never did).  Ella didn't end up eating any because it was too hot and she filled up on bread waiting for it to cool down.