What we've been up to/19 Months

We haven't been doing a lot lately, just enjoying January and how things kind of slow down after Christmas. We didn't actually take a picture of Ellie for 19 months(January 7, 2012) with her monkey, but I still wanted to post a little of what she is doing.

• Ellie got a little paint set with a couple poster pictures to paint. She loves painting and had a great time. December 30, 2011. She is so focused when she is painting.
• Santa also brought bubble bath for Ellie and she has been enjoying that. She thinks its hilarious to make a beard and say ho ho ho. I'm pretty sure daddy helped with the bubble on her head. January 5, 2012
• My mom and dad got Ellie a kitchen for Christmas. She was super excited, but the doors were all warped and wouldn't shut. We were going to exchange it, but they have stopped making this model, so we ordered a new one instead and it came. She is very happy to be able to have it in our kitchen. I also really like it because she will play with it while I am doing other stuff. January 6, 2012
• She has been really good lately about telling us right after she has gone poo poo. So, we thought it was a good time to get a potty just to have her start getting used to the idea. The first night we had her sit on it, she went pee. I was shocked....this has not happened since, and we aren't pushing her at all to start. But she likes to sit on the potty every now and then and I hope it will help in the future. My mom also got her some undies which she loves, especially to carry every pair on her arms and yell UNDIES! It's hilarious! December 20, 2011
• Ellie loves drawing/coloring and does it a lot. She is especially fond of pens and likes to sit next to the computer(probably when I am on it) and use our paper as a chair. January 16, 2012. She also got some bath crayons and she thinks those are great.
• She loves animals and gets so excited to see them. Especially dogs. She will run right up to all animals(kind of scary) and just wanted to hug them. Patrick's sister has a little Chihuahua and she is learning to be very soft with them.
• Ellie really likes ranch dressing. We gave it to her to dip her chicken nuggets in one time and looked over to her licking the plate clean. She always asks for 'moe anch pease?' How can you resist when it sounds so cute?!? December 15, 2011
• She is talking like crazy and says more and more each day. She mimics a lot and we have to be careful about what we say these days. The other day Patrick was changing her diaper and said she had a stinky butt. She then walked around saying stinky butt afterwards....so we've corrected some of these words that you wouldn't want a 1 year old walking around saying:)
• She loves to be around family and gets so excited to call or see them. Here she is at grandma Judy's riding on there rocking horse. She just kept saying YeeHaw over and over. I love having this little girl around and seeing her learn and grow. She has such a cute personality and is a very happy little girl. It's wonderful to be a mom!

Finally we get to go Sledding

We got a really fun sled for Christmas and amazingly haven't been able to use it. I can't believe how the weather has been this year. It kind of makes you sad that there is no snow, but really nice that we have been able to spend a lot of time outside in just jackets. Here is what we had been doing with our sled since there hasn't been enough snow to go sledding. December 28, 2011. Ellie had to make sure she had every animal in there with her. She will also put them all in and pull the sled around. She is doing her cheese grin.January 7, 2012. We woke up to lots of snow this morning and decided we had been hurry to use our sled in case it melted quickly. Ellie LOVED every minute of it. She couldn't get enough of just having daddy pull her around and around.We finally made it to a little park by our house that was perfect for her. It was just a little hill. I was of course nervous for her to go down so she went with me for her first time. (I'm so glad we made a trail without her in the sled the first time, because the snow went all over me and and would have completely covered her) After a couple time with me and Patrick, she wanted to go by herself. Then she just wanted to keep going and going. Patrick was so good because he had to keep carrying her up the hill each time. Here she is at the bottom laughing and saying again. We had such a fun time and we can't wait to go again.

Making Muffins with Momma

December 19, 2011...Ellie loves to be in the kitchen with me. She likes to be anywhere that I am:) I think it is fun to have her want to help and one morning we decided it would be fun to make muffins. Ellie loves muffins and I think she equally liked helping to make them. Making sure to get every drop off.I love that she looks like she is singing in this picture. She is such a little character.

20 Months

I am super behind on posts. But I wanted to get a 20 Month post about Ellie in still, even though she is almost 22 months! Here are some things Ellie has been doing.

• Ellie has such a cute smile and loves to cheese it
• She also, loves to be comfy. She is always laying down...everywhere....even at the library, or grocery store....
• Ellie loves to rough house with Patrick. Almost every night while getting ready for bed, Patrick and Ellie will play on our spare bed. They love pillow fights and Ellie thinks it's hilarious to be knocked down with a pillow. She also loves hiding in the pillows
• She is saying so many new words and putting 3 words together so often. It is crazy to me how much she is picking up. It is also nice to be able to have her say what she wants more and more instead of screaming it.
• She is doing so well with using utensils. I am amazed at how clean Ellie is with them and how much she actually gets in her mouth compared to on her bib. She really likes to have a napkin and if something spills likes to have it cleaned up. February 12, 2012
• Ellie has been loving hats lately and think its fun to put on beanie's...especially Patrick's. I love this picture and how proud and happy she is with herself for putting it on. February 21, 2012
• I absolutely love this age and think it is just so much fun to watch her learn and grow. It is scary to think that I am in charge of teaching her so much and I hope that I can do a good job!