soft? funny? more?

elenora is so close to walking. she barely pulls on my one hand as she walks. today momby says she stood up in the middle of the floor a couple of times without holding onto anything.

she's signing all the time. and snuggling. today we stopped by the toy store and saw a big stuffed animal dog. she tottered over to it and patted it on the head and then leaned her cheek against it.
that's what she does when we say "is it soft, ella?"

she's also affecting a laugh. we'll say "is it funny?" and she starts laughing. super cute. she did that at the park today for the first five minutes on the swings. and she did that yesterday at russell orchard while following a mother duck and her ducklings.

j. and h. are married now. their wedding was a lot of fun. friday we started the day with a brunch at the b's house with all of the family.

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then i worked a few hours before the rehearsal. ella was so adorable at the church in her jammies walking around the sanctuary. k. babysat so i could go to the dinner, and we sat at a table with reverend h. (who married j. and me) and his wife. they also have a 1 year old baby girl. saturday we again had a brunch with the family. i made sure that ella got a good nap in the afternoon. she was a good girl during the ceremony. we sat in the front row and she kept standing on the pew looking back at everyone and waving and smiling. she even ducked her head down and then popped up a couple of times. at one point j. played a violin piece and ella called out "dada" and pointed up to him. h. was gorgeous. she cried during the vows and it was really precious.

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sunday we relaxed and recuperated. we took ella out to breakfast and i shared my eggs and toast with her. it felt good to just chill as a family.

yesterday my mom stopped by for a couple hours to visit. we took ella to the farm and to the ocean. it was a short visit, but nice.