Wednesday - January 07, 2009Now She's Two!Some of the neighborhood kids came over for some cake and ice cream to help Elle and next door best friend Victoria celebrate their second birthdays.  Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Sunday - January 04, 2009Site MaintenanceFor those of you who have been asking for more pictures, the software has been broken for about a month. I'm finally able to spend the time to fix it, but it's a very slow process. I'm only about 1/3 of the way through it now. I should be done in a few days, and then I have one more blog to fix before I can start loading more pictures of Elle. Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Friday - November 21, 2008Granddad Built a High ChairGranddad built a high chair for Elle and it came
in the mail today. Elle loves
it!!  Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Friday - October 24, 2008The Tulip FairyOur neighborhood had its annual halloween party
and Elle decided to dress up for the occasion. She was a tulip fairy. I'm not
sure what a tulip fairies are, but they sure are cute in my
book! Unfortunately right before putting on her costume, Elle helped me deliver drinks to the party and one of the neighbor boys, maybe 6 years old, was very impressed with his scary costume. He decided to prove it by jumping in front of Elle's face and yelling, "Boo!" Elle doesn't scare so easily, believe me, but this time she fell flat on her back and was afraid to get out of my lap for most of the evening. Poor Elle. But I still got some good pictures of her away from the party.  Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Monday - October 13, 2008Mustang IslandPictures from our fall break vacation to Mustang
Island. We stayed in a friend's deluxe time-share 12th floor condo right on the
Gulf of Mexico. What a great time everyone
had.  Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Saturday - September 27, 2008Lady Bird's FlowersAbout two miles from home is Lady Bird Johnson's
Wildflower Center. Elle expressed amazement to us that she has been living in
Austin for so long and still has not been to visit
it.  Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Saturday - September 06, 2008Lappy and BootsOur friends Inna and Vova asked us to watch their
dog Lappy this past weekend. Elle really loved her and everytime we came home
she wanted to play with
"Happy." Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Thursday - August 07, 2008At the BeachElle visited her Grandma and Grandad in Virginia
last week and had a great time. Her cousins from northern Virginia showed up
and so did her second cousins from Chicago!
 Here are mom and her cousin Mary Olivia making sand castles with Elle. In the background are Uncle Steve, cousin Christina, Cousin Rachelle, cousin Marissa, and Cousin Tom. Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Saturday - July 05, 2008Independence DaySilly
videos. Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Tuesday - May 13, 2008Mother's DayMore Pictures from a visit to Grandma in Dallas,
and some from mother's day at the lake
house.  Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Sunday - March 23, 2008Easter TooMore pictures of Elle's second Easter that have
been purloined from Grandma's
camera. Here's a picture of the official "story teller" reading a story about Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey.  Of course, Elle knows all about riding on a donkey.  Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Saturday - March 22, 2008Easter Egg HuntElle decided she wants to go on an Easter Egg
hunt. She heard that the Easter Bunny hides eggs for enterprising children to
find and she decided that she wants to be
enterprising!  Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Sunday - March 16, 2008Monday - February 25, 2008Barton SpringsWe spent the afternoon at Barton Springs. Elle
didn't go in the water, but she enjoyed meeting people and watching Star play in
the water. Star was camera shy again, so no pictures of
her.  Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Sunday - January 13, 2008Sunday - January 06, 2008Happy Birthday, Elle!She's one year old
today! So Liz bought her an ice cream cake.  Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Saturday - January 05, 2008Elle Likes CarsSo many good pictures to choose
from!  Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Tuesday - December 25, 2007Merry Christmas!!We figured out how to use the timer on the
camera. You wouldn't believe how many tries it took to get it this bad. Star
is afraid of cameras so we only got a couple pictures with
her.  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Tuesday - December 25, 2007Mary Olivia Comes to TownOkay, this is really late, but I had to put these
pictures up because they're so
cute.  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Sunday - November 18, 2007Deaf Awareness Week BanquetElle decided to show her support for Deaf
Awareness Week in San Antonio by attending their banquet tonight. Hmm. No one
told her children weren't allowedl, so she was on her best behavior.
 Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Monday - November 12, 2007Happy Birthday, Dad!It was the Marine Corps' birthday and Elle wished
me a happy birthday before we left for the birthday
ball.  Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Monday - October 22, 2007Pink PantherHalloween is coming up soon and Elle decided she
needed to try on a costume. I think she's supposed to be the pink panther. Or
something. Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Thursday - September 06, 2007Remember the AlamoElle wanted to do her first excursion into Texas
history over Labor Day weekend, and where better to start than at the
Alamo?  Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Saturday - August 18, 2007Professional Pictures at 7 and a Half MonthsDownload them while they're still here. I'll
prune this collection next
week. (Pruning completed on 8 Sept 2007)  Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Sunday - August 12, 2007A Day with her CousinsEthan and Elliot were racing their bikes and Elle
decided to drop by for a
visit.  Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Saturday - August 11, 2007Monday - August 06, 2007Thursday - June 21, 2007Elle Studies for the Patent ExamDaddy, this book weighs more than I do. I'm not
sure I want to be a patent
agent.  ___________________________________________________________________________________ Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Thursday - June 07, 2007Saturday - May 05, 2007Variations on a ThemeDaddy, I can't believe you just said that. Everyone knows the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides of a triangle. Get real!  Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Thursday - April 19, 2007Boxster and BabyPlease forgive the dirty car, it rained the day
earlier and I've not a lot of time for washing . . .
That being said, here's what a baby looks like in a boxster.  Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Monday - April 16, 2007Professional PhotosElle posed for portraits a while back. We
finally got the finished photos. We also got the photos in digital format.
Here they are.
Warning! There are twenty-five 3MB files in this entry. Be patient while they load to your computer. The pictures were too big, so I eliminated all but the best few.  Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Sunday - April 08, 2007Happy Easter!Elle's first Easter. Presented without
comment.  Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Wednesday - March 28, 2007No CommentsJust pictures. Pictures only Grandmas can
love.  Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Monday - March 12, 2007Elle's HairI'm getting really worried about Elle. The
senior prom is coming up before we know it and if she doesn't get any hair
before then, she's going to have to go with the bald look. It worked for Sinead
O'Connor until she started making everyone hate her, and it works for Persis
Khambatta on Star Trek, but other than that, it's not a look most women
want.  I think there is some resemblance to Elle. So, we decided to see what she would look like with hair. Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Saturday - February 17, 2007Cheer CheerUncle Scandal gave Elle a nice new shirt that we
had to show off at once! Getting ready to shake down the thunder and wake up the echoes!  Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Thursday - February 15, 2007Coming Home from DrillAfter spending the weekend waist deep in mud with
the Marine Reserves, I was happy to come home and see my wife and daughter. Liz
takes the pictures so she isn't in them as often as I
am.  Note
the matching haircuts. Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Tuesday - February 13, 2007More Baby PicturesI don't like blogs that become show cases for
baby pictures, but I'm a bit stuck. I tried to make a separate blog for baby
pictures but it didn't work. I don't have the time to work out the bugs.
So, if you're like me, then please forgive my indulging here and just skip this entry. If you're one of several relatives and friends that want to see baby pictures, click on the link for more. These pictures are a few weeks old by now, she's a bit bigger now. UPDATE: These pictures are now on their own blog page. Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | Wednesday - January 10, 2007Going HomeOur daughter Elle Madison Rentner joined the
world on January 6, 2007. She weighed 6 pounds and 3 ounces, and 19 inches.
Her mother, Liz, is doing fine and Elle is heathy and happy. Here is a nice picture of them both.  For
more pictures, click on the link. Click here to see the rest of these pictures Send me your two cents | |
