A few pictures from a busy week

Last weekend we went to the zoo, and Elise enjoyed it a lot. It was fun to see her notice the animals and watch them as they ran around. We decided to buy a year long pass so we can take her often.

Tuesday Elise woke up covered in a rash with raised hives. Her face was swollen and she looked miserable. After everything else that's happened recently with her, I was a little nervous. We took her to the doctor and found out she is allergic to amoxicillin (she was taking it for her ear infection) and was having an allergic reaction to it. We had to give her benadryl for days until the rash went away. Unlike most people, benadryl doesn't seem to make Elise sleepy...she stayed up late each night (sometimes as late as 11 pm) and got up earlier than normal (once as early as 5:30 am) and didn't nap as well. I'm glad we could stop giving it to her!

Friday we spent the day together and slept in (including Elise!) and then planted our garden before it got too hot. We downsized it a bit this year since last year we had a hard time keeping up with it, and I'm excited. We planted tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, onions, peas, and zucchini...when it's all ready to eat we'll be able to have a salad. Elise loved helping and got very dirty. She even discovered that she likes the taste of dirt--I had to work very hard to keep her from shoving handful after handful of dirt into her mouth.

James and Elise in the gopher hole at the zoo (they are in the center one)...

Posing by the peacock...

Elise and Julie by the big butterfly at the zoo.

Elise wearing her new hat!

Playing by the fridge after church last week...

Elise stole the large piece of cheese we had out to shred with our dinner. She nibbled her way all around the edges!