ZOO

We took advantage of the warm weather and went to the zoo today with Ella's friends Charlie and Sophia (and my friends, Melissa and Kim). Ella went once before when she was a lot younger, but wasn't too impressed. Today, she made every animal noise + sign that she knew with the appropriate animal of course. If she wasn't sure what the animal was-well then it was a dog :) So of course none of my pictures look like we were at the zoo, but I did not want to put up just animal pics because this is Ella's blog after all. So here are pics of her running around with Charlie and some at the house. It is difficult to take pics of a moving toddler!











I don't like to tell people all the stuff she is doing, because I don't want to be that mom....but since mostly family reads this I guess I can brag some :)
At my last count she says approx. 65 words (not counting her numerous animal sounds) and at least that many signs. She can ID all the parts of her body, identify a few shapes and count up to 3. Not bad for a one and a half year old!

Valentines Day

Cutie

I've Got My New Shoes On...

Blue Eyes

I can't get over how blue her eyes are! BT & I both have hazel eyes, so it will be interesting to see if they change or not.

Boom!

Pretty Girl

Slacker

Yes I am a slacker. I have not posted in *gasp* almost a month. I know lots of people think I sit around watching tv and coloring with Ella, but it is nothing of the sort. Ella and I are at Gymboree or some sort of play date at least 3X a week. The rest of time is spent cleaning, doing laundry, running errands, blah, blah.....Anyway, I will try my hardest to do better with updates. The silly girl is doing so many new things. When I have time I will make a brag list ;)

Making cookies with grandma

Ella helped mom make Christmas cookies. I do believe Ella's were by far the most festive! Surprisingly she never tried to taste the sprinkles or cookies. The deprived child has NO idea what real sugar is. Sugar free, organic animal crackers are a treat for her lol!

more xmas pics

Merry Christmas!

Here are a bunch of recent pics. She is such a toddler now by her looks and her constant usage of the word NO! She says around 20 words, but NO is the one she uses the most. Daddy and doggie are tied for second. Mom is way down the list-go figure.

Already?

Already texting and driving? Seriously, Ella has called numerous people from my phone. She left Auntie Sharon a message, 3-wayed Uncle Jamie with Sprint, and called our home phone, which I answered not knowing she was on the other line.

O Christmas Tree

Here are some pics of finding our tree and decorating it (or undecorating in Ella's case).