All Grown Up!

The other morning I came out and Ellis had gotten into my shoes and put them on and was walking around the house saying "shoes, shoes!". It was so adorable, but also made me think about how grown up she is. I can't believe she is already 19 months old - I feel like the time has literally flown by. Her are some stats on her now:

- At her last appt, she weighed 25 lbs

- She still doesn't have all of her teeth

- Her favorite thing is her Bin-thy (binky). She will throw the biggest tantrums if you don't give her her bin-thy

- She will repeat almost everything you ask her to say, but here are some things she says on her own: "I see you", Bye-bye, 'I love you', "i wa-wee (for I want water)", Elmo, Jesus, poopy, Bath time, "i got you", books, No-ooo, Jaida, Donnie, Pop-pa (grandpa) and Mo-mma (grandma) and tons of other words and phrases. she is becoming quite the little chatter box.

- She gets excited over anything Christmas (lights, trees, etc)

- She gives kisses liberally. And all of her kisses are followed by a smacking noise (the kissing smack)

- She absolutely loves babies. Amber always says that Ellis is a good mommy to ALL her babies because she finds babies wherever she goes and takes care of them. Her number one baby goes with her everywhere: she sleeps with her, takes care of her, kisses her, wraps her in blanket, etc. It is so cute.

- She has a great personality - she knows what she wants and if she doesn't get it, she can throw a tantrum like none other.

- She likes me to sing her to sleep at night and she usually wants me to lay with her to fall asleep

- Whenever she eats a go-gurt, she goes and sits in the same spot in the kitchen on the ground and eats it with me

- She loves books - she will read books all day if she could

- She is on an Elmo kick right now and "talked" her daddy into getting her a Christmas Elmo movie. Anything Elmo makes her super excited!

- She loves to go "high in the sky". When she wants Loni to throw her in the air, she will walk up to us and go "sky!"

- She likes to do acrobatic tricks on her horse (ie: stands up on it without holding on to anything)

- She hates wearing socks and shoes; anytime she has these on and is left alone for a certain amount of time, she will take them off

- She is getting more confident with talking: today she came up to me and pointed to my: eyes and said eyes, nose and said nose, mouth and said mouth. it melted my heart.

- She will pick up anything that resembles a phone put it up to her ear and walk around saying "hello.....hello....hello...."

So this is just a few things about her. I wish I could list everything she does, but I am ready for bed now. :) She is a wonderful part of our lives and I love her so much.