Ella had the best 2nd birthday! We woke up very early and drove in to Orlando to have breakfast with the Winnie the Pooh characters. Click Here to see more pictures
Ella met Eeyore
Ella met Piglet
Piglet and Ella led a parade around the dining room
Ella met Tigger
After breakfast we took the train around to Toon Town for a little fun
Ella met Mickey and Minnie Mouse and they “sang” Happy Birthday to her!
I love running and walking everywhere. While I enjoy being carted around in my stroller or shopping cart, it gets old fast and I want to get down and run! I have 14 teeth and two more coming through soon. The biggest change is that my hair is finally starting to come in faster! Mommy says that it seems that my hair grows an inch a day! Playing outside is still my favorite thing to do. I love reading books with Mommy at night now that I am not longer taking a bottle. I don’t even miss those bottles! But I still won’t drink regular milk from my sippy cup. Mommy puts a little bit of chocolate syrup and I will drink it all down. I also love apple juice. I would rather drink my apple juice than chocolate milk! I am having a lot of fun at the baby sitter’s house. Now that I am getting older, I can play with the big kids more. I love racing trucks and playing “monsters” with them. But my favorite is still taking care of the baby dolls. I still sleep pretty well. I usually go to sleep about 7:30 and will wake up just minutes before 7am. I usually wake up once or twice during the night, just to get some reassurance from mommy that she is still there.
What a busy month this has been! I spent an entire week with my Auntie Erica since the baby sitter was on vacation. We had lots of fun. She took me shopping and we got to hang out with my friends Annabelle and Halle and Corgan! They took me to Jungle Island where I saw many animals and had lots of fun. Then I went up to my Auntie Erica’s house before heading in to Orlando to spend a few days with my Daddy, Mimi, Grandpa and Nana at Disney World. I went back to Auntie Erica’s and had a nice Christmas with way too many toys! Since being back home, I have been spending a lot of time with Mommy. Since the holidays fell on such weird days, we’ve been having a lot of time off to relax and play. We also went to the zoo and had a bunch of fun. It’s becoming quite the tradition since we went on my 6 month anniversary of birth - and now it’s my 18 month! I had my first ear infection this month - which definitely was not fun. My top two molars have been giving me a lot of problems as well. They’re finally completely in and no longer bothering me. I have two other teeth on the bottom that have just begun to break through. I have quite a mouth full of teeth. I talk constantly. I speak in sentences and love to tell people what I am doing. Sometimes I get too caught up in talking and start just talking jibber jabber and will end it by saying someone’s name - usually MOMMY! I am just a ball of energy and love running around the backyard with Rocky. I still sleep very well… usually 12 hours every night.
Time is passing too fast. Before you know it I am going to be two years old! I had a lot of fun this past month. I ate an excellent Thanksgiving dinner with my family. I loved the peas the best! I had a lot of fun decorating the Christmas tree - of course I enjoy taking the ornaments OFF the tree a lot more than putting them on. I am still sleeping well. I usually take one nap during the day (sometimes two) and go to sleep around 7:30pm and wake up between 6:30 and 7am. I am talking constantly. My favorite thing to say right now “mommy? You doing?” (Mommy what are you doing) and asking where someone is “where Grandma”. I actually started calling Erica “Auntie Erica” - it sounds more like “ani-air-ka” I love to dance. Anytime I hear music I must dance. Even if the music is coming from the car next to us. I love when Puppah puts on rock music and we sing and dance at night. I love to sing as well. I remember so many songs and surprise mommy by singing songs that she doesn’t even know! Mommy discovered just this morning that my two top molars came in! So that brings my total to 12 teeth and the doctor said two more on the bottom look like they will be here soon! I weigh 20 pounds 12 ounces, so I am still a tiny peanut - even though I love to eat. Yogurt is one of my favorites, green beans, peas, carrots, corn, lima beans, french fries, ketchup, ham, hot dogs, chicken nuggets and all kinds of fruit are also really good. I’ve also discovered chocolate covered pretzels and Mommy’s homemade Chex mix - YUM YUM!
