17 Months Old!

It's hard to believe that our baby girl is 17-months old today!  She is growing up so quickly these days.  Ella is just nonstop busy.  Some days, I can barely keep up with her, but we just love her to pieces.  We just think she is the cutest thing around.  Ella loves to be in the middle of the excitement now and loves to be doing whatever her brother or sister are doing.  She still has a HUGE appetite and regularly eats more than her brother at every meal.  She still takes two naps a day, but I am planning on dropping her morning nap shortly as it often times takes her a long time to fall asleep for her afternoon nap.  Ella is also doing a great job sleeping at night as I rarely ever have to make a pacifier run anymore.  She sleeps most nights for 10 to 11 hours.  Ella continues to add a few words to her vocabulary every month.  She currently says the follow words:  mama, papa, hello (sounds more like "lo"), bye bye, more, wow, weeeee, and thank you.  She picks up hair brushes to comb her hair, she holds a phone up to her ear and says, "lo," and tries to put on her diaper, pants, or shorts all the time.  Ella still loves to try on other peoples' shoes and can be found walking around our house wearing Lia's flip flops or Ron's work shoes.  It's the cutest thing.  Ella is still a nonstop wiggle worm and constantly climbs out of her stroller (when she is strapped in) whenever we are out and about.  It makes shopping even more difficult as I am constantly trying to buckle her back into the stroller or forced to carry her while pushing an empty stroller while still in the store.  Ella loves her fuzzy, pink blanket and a soft, teddy bear she got last month at carpet showroom.  She cuddles them all the time in her bed and when we give them to her to hold.  Ella loves her pacifier and is happy as a clam being in her bed.  She has a bit of a temper and has no problem letting you know when she is not happy that a toy has been taken away from her.  She loves being in the backyard and playing at the beach although she never really became a fan of sitting on the sand all summer long.  Such a silly girl.  We love you, Ellie Bellie!