ella loves hats..and anything that can become a hat. we put her in front of the mirror after i got her sweatshirt stuck and she thought she was so cool. she just smiled and looked so proud of her new hat!
ella and i had a bubble bath that belongs in the guiness book. chris added shampoo to the water just before whipping it up with a wisk (don't ask me why or how he thinks of these things). it took forever to drain the tub and get rid of them..you know how bubbles + water = bubbles...
about a month ago she kept pointing at one of chris's shirts hanging on a chair saying "dada". i praised her awareness and carried on with whatever it was i was doing. then she did it again, and again, each time pointing and saying "dada" more frustratingly. i couldn't figure out what she wanted. then she started patting her chest and pointing to the shirt..i figured out that she wanted me to put chris's shirt on her..she pointed over to his hat, so i put that on her too. she was so happy. she just sat there and finished watching her cartoons in her daddy's shirt.
ella is really learning so many new things lately..
she is all about hide and go seek. her favorite place to hide is in her closet.
chris will say "ella, go hide" and she runs to her favorite place and waits for us to come find her. she patiently waits as we tear apart the bedroom, looking under blankets, in the bed, in the drawers, through my jewelry box, in all of her shoes...all the while hollering "where's ella? where did she go? ella?" she just stares at us from her little cave with those big eyes..until finally she makes her way out of the closet and just stands there waiting for us to turn around and act really startled and surprised to see her there. then she lets out a little noise as if to say "do it again" and gets irritated if we don't start at it all over again. she loves the suspense and she loves watching us more than the excitement of being found.
today daddy was playing with "jimbo" the giraffe (he named it). and jimbo started to get a little mean with one of the other animals..."suzy" the chicken (he named her,too). so ella was watching all of this and decided that jimbo was doing something naughty and she pointed and shook her finger and said "no,no" in her cute little voice. then pulled him close and gave him a big ella kiss.."mmma". so cute. she must take note of my loving way of disciplining :)
she loves to dance. sometimes i will put on some of our itunes songs just to entertain me with her moves! she spins around with her arms outstretched and sings..."Laaa" in a soft high pitch. she laughs when we spin and when i ask her if she wants to do it again she'll nod and say "ya". she will jam out in the car. she points to the radio and screams if it's not on..."do you want the music ella?" "Ya" then she bounces her head and feet and we are all happy.
she loves animals. she knows alot of their sounds. lions, doggies, kitties, owls, fishes, horses, cows, monkeys. her favorite is to growl like the doggy. she did it nice and loud in the middle of relief society last sunday and all the ladies turned to look. we take her outside to see the birds every morning. she and daddy look for the kitties from our bedroom window at night before bed. we now have Llamas living on a farm next to our apartment complex that she calls "mama". funny girl. i think daddy taught her that one.
ella loves hats..and anything that can become a hat. we put her in front of the mirror after i got her sweatshirt stuck and she thought she was so cool. she just smiled and looked so proud of her new hat!
ella and i had a bubble bath that belongs in the guiness book. chris added shampoo to the water just before whipping it up with a wisk (don't ask me why or how he thinks of these things). it took forever to drain the tub and get rid of them..you know how bubbles + water = bubbles...
about a month ago she kept pointing at one of chris's shirts hanging on a chair saying "dada". i praised her awareness and carried on with whatever it was i was doing. then she did it again, and again, each time pointing and saying "dada" more frustratingly. i couldn't figure out what she wanted. then she started patting her chest and pointing to the shirt..i figured out that she wanted me to put chris's shirt on her..she pointed over to his hat, so i put that on her too. she was so happy. she just sat there and finished watching her cartoons in her daddy's shirt.
ella is really learning so many new things lately..
she is all about hide and go seek. her favorite place to hide is in her closet.
chris will say "ella, go hide" and she runs to her favorite place and waits for us to come find her. she patiently waits as we tear apart the bedroom, looking under blankets, in the bed, in the drawers, through my jewelry box, in all of her shoes...all the while hollering "where's ella? where did she go? ella?" she just stares at us from her little cave with those big eyes..until finally she makes her way out of the closet and just stands there waiting for us to turn around and act really startled and surprised to see her there. then she lets out a little noise as if to say "do it again" and gets irritated if we don't start at it all over again. she loves the suspense and she loves watching us more than the excitement of being found.
today daddy was playing with "jimbo" the giraffe (he named it). and jimbo started to get a little mean with one of the other animals..."suzy" the chicken (he named her,too). so ella was watching all of this and decided that jimbo was doing something naughty and she pointed and shook her finger and said "no,no" in her cute little voice. then pulled him close and gave him a big ella kiss.."mmma". so cute. she must take note of my loving way of disciplining :)
she loves to dance. sometimes i will put on some of our itunes songs just to entertain me with her moves! she spins around with her arms outstretched and sings..."Laaa" in a soft high pitch. she laughs when we spin and when i ask her if she wants to do it again she'll nod and say "ya". she will jam out in the car. she points to the radio and screams if it's not on..."do you want the music ella?" "Ya" then she bounces her head and feet and we are all happy.
she loves animals. she knows alot of their sounds. lions, doggies, kitties, owls, fishes, horses, cows, monkeys. her favorite is to growl like the doggy. she did it nice and loud in the middle of relief society last sunday and all the ladies turned to look. we take her outside to see the birds every morning. she and daddy look for the kitties from our bedroom window at night before bed. we now have Llamas living on a farm next to our apartment complex that she calls "mama". funny girl. i think daddy taught her that one.
