Buon giorno from Napoli!

Ella in the baby pool in Naples. She is quite the water lover and likes to walk around the pool in her lily pad floatie.

Is that Ella or a gondolier?

License to Drive--watch out for the duckmobile!

Ella is 11 Months Old!

Ciao! I'm 11 months old!!! I now have 8 teeth, still detest sitting still for anything, love to eat pickles, say "nana" for mama and "dada" for daddy, and prefer to crawl (walking's overrated anyway!).

















I really like to push and pull things like chairs, doors, and stolls.

















Hello there! What's for dinner?

Chunky Monkey

Okay, so she wouldn't make a great monkey, but she's cute, isn't she?

Happy Birthday, Nonni!

It's my Nonni Linda's BIG birthday today! If you see her, wish her a great one!

I love and miss you, Nonni!

Memorial Day Weekend in Scoglitti

Last weekend we headed south to the beach town of Scoglitti with our friends, the McKowns, for some much needed R&R. At this time of year the beaches are not crowded at all, so we pretty much had the area to ourselves.

It was a bit windy, but Ella still loved going to the beach! She got to sample sand for the first time!

Ella and Phil at our secret beach.