Tonight I tasted Ella-drool in mass quantities.

I was holding her above my face and making daddy-faces at her when suddenly my mouth was overcome with thick-water.

Ella has begun to drool.

Sure this is normal and all, but it will change the way Daddy plays with Ella before bed if he doesn’t want to have to brush his teeth again.

Ella attended theBOX tonight, by the way – her first-ever Wednesday night appearance. She did wonderfully.

Tonight was our last “normal” BOX event for the Summer. Starting next week we’ll be in a different location every week for theBOX Road Trips. First stop – our place. Can you imagine? 30+ teens in our living room for 2-hours?! What have we gotten ourselves into?

Ella will entertain, of course.

Ella’s finishing her final feeding before what we hope to be another long night’s sleep. Last night Ella slept for 4-and-a-half hours in a row! We couldn’t believe it! We wore her out for sure with the numerous visits to family and the traveling from here to Bluffton and back – but it was all worth it. She’s been a bit fussy during the day today, but she fell asleep in my arms tonight while we watched some television. I woke her up to give her a bath and she’s just about ready to head to bed – and so are we!

I did manage to get some more photos taken of my favorite newborn tonight, too. The complete photoset is here (and includes 56 new faces!)

My favorite:

Caught some more shots of Ella and her expressive expressions this morning: