Ellie

Tonight at dinner, actually during desert, after I had given Ellie a little chocolate chip cookie and walked away to start the dishes, Ellie calls out in the most serious, sweet, nonchalant voice, "Mommy, God gave me the best Mommy in the world." Then she went back to eating.

It's hard to express how nice that made me feel. I've been feeling like Ellie and I are already banging heads an awful lot. That little message from her nearly brought (happy) tears to my eyes. I took a moment, put down the dishes and walked in to give her a kiss on the forehead and thank her for sharing that with me.

Here's Ellie before bath with her Leprechaun trap we built.