Obviously I have not been very good at updating the blog lately! We got a new camera a couple of months ago and I am still trying to figure it out...we now have over 1,200 pictures on the camera, so I am WAY behind on posting things! Let's see....John started work and is already in full force! He loves the people there, and is going to be working very closely with one of the partners as sort of a mentoring type position. But he's already working a LOT (even on Labor Day!).
Ella has been learning and doing all sorts of fun things.
- She is running now
- She is trying to repeat almost everything we are saying. John keeps giving me the evil eye reminding me to watch my mouth! I don't really say bad words a lot or anything, but I did say, "That Sucks!" the other day and she started saying..."Yuck, Yuck"
- She knows her color yellow very well. This morning I turned on the TV to check on Gustav and the New Orleans mayor was wearing a yellow shirt and Ella immediately said, "Yellow!"
- She has moved up to the Toddler I class, which was very traumatic for me just thinking she is now a toddler. I guess I could have figured that one out once she started walking. They only take 1 nap a day in that class! The director said Ella has adjusted very quickly, and will sit on her mat during reading and learning time, will do the exercises with the class (and she comes home and practices them!), and pulls out her chair and sits down for lunch all by herself!
- Not too long ago I asked John to make Ella some M-I-L-K (spelling it out so she wouldn't start whining for it). She immediately knew what I said and started doing the sign for milk and saying, "Milk, Milk!"
- Ella enjoys trying to read books to us. She'll point at pictures and recognize animals and say, Dog...Ruf, Ruf, Cat...Meow, etc. The other night she pulled down
The Giving Tree and pointed on the front cover and said, "Apple!". We had no idea she knew what an apple was!
It's just hard to believe Ella will be 17 months old on the 13th of September. It seems like she should still be a little tiny baby! She is such a joy to us, and is just growing up Way too fast!!
