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!