"Vacations"

Abby was soooo exacted to bring her "vacations" to her birthday party to her class!

Abby says

"I have brand new hair!"

Dinner prayer by Carter

"Dear God,

Thank you for our food and our family........and put natural habitat. "

15 months

Ellie is 15 months and is growing and changing so quick!  It seems like every day she is doing something new.  Here are some things about Ellie at 15 months. 

* she loooooves to eat!!  Her fav foods are: green beans, blue berries, cottage cheese, yogurt, cheese, chicken, mandrian oranges, gold fish, hummus- just about anything!  She loves to eat with a fork and spoon. She is really good at using a fork too!

*she is so verbal! She is even putting wods together here are some words and phrases:

I drink water

Baby nini

No no sissy

Up

Down 

Book

Bear

Water

Milk

More

More book

No

Yes 

Carter

Abby

Sissy

Daddy

Mommy

Pops

Meemaw

Baby

Bottle

Swing

Slide

Ball

Dog dog

Animal

Nana

Hot

Bow

Sock

Shoe

Bear

Booty 

Mimmie (Minnie)

There are so many more- she really says everything!  Repeats everything- and uses words on her own.

*she can identify: nose, hair, bow, eye, hands, feet, booty, mouth 

*animals sounds: monkey, dog, cat, lion *she loves baby dolls.  She loves to pretend to feed them a bottle, cover them up, push them in a stroller, put the in their highchair, and put them in her bed. 

*she is very Independant.  Loves to go down the big slide in the playground by herself and loves to swing!

* at her 15 month appointment she cried when the nurse and then the doctor came in.  She was 19 pounds (40%) and 31 inches (70%).

*she has been throwing all sorts of fits!  Hates getting her diaper changed and taking her coat off.

*she loves to read!  Loves to look at each page and loves me to read to her!  She picks what book she wants me to read and will back herself into my lap to be read to!  She says "more" to hear the same story again and again!

Ellie is at such a fun age and we just love her!

Abby says

"When I grow up I want to be a teacher because I like to talk a lot." 

Opposites are confusing!

Ellie is talking so much and sometimes she has been getting a bit consisted with words.  2 different opposites in particular have gotten her a little mixed up.  They are:

-Down/up- she knows to say down when she wants down, but was also using it when she wanted up in my lap. After some correction I think she has figured it out.

-hot/cold- she knows to point to the stove when it's hot- but sometimes when things  are cold, says hot too.  For example, tonight I gave her a bite of ice cream and she said, "hot" I had to correct her and tell her it's cold and she said "brrrr",

This is such a fun age!  I'm trying to remember it all!!

My chatty 14 months old

Ellie's speech has really taken off!  She says so many things regularly and with meaning.  She talks all the time!  Here are the everyday words she says.

Dog 

No no

Brrrr- she we got outside and it's cold

Side (slide)

Wing (swing)

Nana (for banana)

Boon (balloon)

Hot (when points to the stove)

Water (calls any liquid this)

Bath and goes to bathtub and says, "bath, water, bath, water"

Bubba

Bellybutt

Dance

Sissy

Baby

Bed

Night night

Apple

Uh oh

Shoe

Sick

Poo poo

Diaper

Tee tee

Abba (Abby)

Ma

Pop

Bear

Dolt (colt)

Mmmm-ma (mee ma)

Book

All done

Thank you

Up

Duck

Mama

Dadda or daddy

Uh uh - for no 

Santa

Hi

Bye

Bird

Bubble

Ball

There are all initiated and used by her- not things she just repeats. 

She also tried to repeat anything we say. It's so fun to watch her grow and learn!