Swinging!  Sophia has been asking to practice her new skill and fortunately the weather has been great, so we've been at the park a LOT:
   

Here's more video from the next day:
   
We're heading to the park again shortly... by request, of course.

Here's one more video (which I won't embed so that I don't get in trouble with the blog nudity police)... it's pure cuteness and worth clicking on the link!
http://www.motionbox.com/videos/4c96d1b71d1be7c1c3

As most of you loyal readers know, Ella has had more than her fair share of ear infections.  The ENT specialist recommended that we put tubes in her ears to help the fluid drain, which will prevent it from sitting in the ear drum and getting infected.  It's a simple surgery... they put her under with general anesthesia, cut little slits in each ear drum, suck out the fluid (if there is any at the moment), and then insert tiny little tubes in each slit.  It should take about 20 minutes all together and we expect to be home by mid-morning.  I predict the fasting will be the hardest part.  You tell a 1-year-old that she can't have anything to eat or drink when she's starving.  I'll post a brief update below when we get home to let you all know that she's doing fine.  Wish us luck!

UPDATE: Ella did great!  She dealt with the fasting pretty well, was a good patient despite a chilly hospital gown that was made for a 6-year-old, and was declared by the nurses to be the sweetest baby they had dealt with all year.  Although I found it difficult to hand her off to a nurse I had met 2 minutes before and in such a sterile, scary environment, I barely had 10 minutes in the waiting room before the doctor came out to say she was done.  When I went back to recovery, she was surrounded by cooing nurses and just laying in a pile of blankets in a bed looking like an angel.  After a quick nap at home, she was running around like normal for the rest of the day.  I'm hopeful that we have many happy healthy days (and sleep-filled nights!) ahead of us.