A Bad Case of Stripes

*Unfortunately*, just in time for her Daddy's birthday, Ella came down with a bad case of stripes.

The stripes started on her legs, then moved to her torso.

We had to bundle her carefully in a solid color hat and blanket to ensure the stripes wouldn't spread further while out for Daddy's b-day dinner.

"The Girls", as he calls us, had fun baking a chocolate orange cake (his favorite) and wrapping his presents.

As part of Daddy's birthday celebration, Ella practiced her two specialties:











1. crawling













2. plotting mischief













She may look innocent, with those big blue eyes . . .












but she's always up to something!