Sorry that the new posts have been so far and few inbetween (is that how that saying goes?). So for those of you who still check the blog and haven’t given up on this busy, working mama, thanks for still checking in on Ella. Here is her latest: she started walking a couple of weeks after she turned a year. Geoff was up north hunting for the weekend and my mom was visiting me and Ella while he was away. Well, my mom left, Geoff came home, and as if she had been waiting all weekend for Geoff to come home, Ella took 11 steps, all at once! She was a bit tentative for the first few days, but you should see her now! She is walking everywhere. Sometimes to get some place or get something, and sometimes just for the pure joy of it, it seems. It’s so much fun to watch her. She also as a new word: “Hi!” Recent pictures to come!!