a stroll down memory lane

so I'm finally finishing up my 2009 blog book . . . and when I was done I saw that I had about 20 more pages that I could fill up for free (240-280 pages is the same price) . . . so I decided to put all of Ellie's "sayings" from the column of this blog in . . . and then I decided every year that I would add in collages of Ellie.  One for every year, and each collage would have one picture from every month.  I've always wanted to do this but haven't until now -- and boy is it a tearjerker.  When you only have one baby you only get to have this journey once . . .