Life with Eliza--never boring!

It's true, from the time Eliza was a few weeks old and smiling at anyone who looked at her, we knew life with Eliza would never be boring. I thought it would be fun (mostly for me) to share some fun facts about our eternally optimistic girl. Anyone who has been to my house knows that she loves to draw pictures of princesses and princes and hang them through out the house. She loves to help me pick out my clothes each day usually picking out my highest high heels and most flashy skirt, some day's I indulge her by letting her pick each piece to my outfit that day. She does her own hair and even can do pony tails. She's extremely independent and insists on doing everything herself, from getting dressed, doing hair, and getting herself and sometimes Zach breakfast. The glass is always half full for Eliza and I am always inspired by her carefree, happy go lucky disposition. Here are a few fun pictures, and little glimpses of what life is like with our Eliza Lu-Lu.




She is Zachary's best friend. They play all day and she is constantly thinking up fun ways for them to play. She recently created her first fort, I know it looks more like an explosion of blankets, but she and Zach played in it all day. She even slept in her fort that night. Trying to get her to help me clean it up is another story.


She loves to dress up, and that's an understatement. She not only loves her plethora of dress up dresses, but she loves to create the most random outfits. The picture here is her dog costume made of trash sacks. All on her own she cut out ears and taped them to her head, paws for her hands and feet and even a tail she taped to her bum. She spent the afternoon pretending to be a dog and had a bowl of water and food in her little make shift dog house she created in her room. After I took the picture she added black spots and put make-up on her face for whiskers and a brown nose. Other creations have included, a gecko, again used trash sacks that she colored green with a marker. A Trash lady, you guessed it...she used trash sacks to make a skirt, shirt, and hat, and even made a matching outfit for her baby doll. She was upset with me when I wouldn't let her make the exact outfit for Zach. Hmmm, Plastic bags and toddlers, not a good mix. Most recently she was Rudolph, she cut out antlers, a nose and ears out of construction paper, colored them, taped them to her head and face and wore them all day.





She can't resist picking wild flowers, and anytime she sees any flowers anywhere she gathers a bouquet for me. We can be in a parking lot and she'll find some weeds in the cracks of the asphalt with the smallest flowers on them and pick a bundle for me. So, needless to say I ALWAYS have a few cups of flowers on the table, the kitchen counter, or in the bathroom with flowers...courtesy of Eliza. I wish I could freeze this stage. How lucky I am to be Eliza's Mother.