Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Happy 1st Birthday Ellie!

Happy Birthday to our little Ellie Bean! We cannot believe how fast the year has gone. You are our sweet little sunshine girl and we are so lucky to have you as our daughter.
Mommy and Daddy Love You!
All about Ellie at One Year Old:
Weight: 18lbs (unofficial her Dr appt is on the 21st)
Walking: Ellie started walking around 11 months. She started with one or two steps at a time, and is now walking across the room and back. She is a very determined little girl and you can tell she would prefer to walk rather then crawl.
Diapers: Size 3...and she has no problem filling them!
Eating: Ellie is on all table foods and has been for over a month. She LOVES fruits especially watermelon, oranges and bananas! She also likes green beans, mac and cheese, pizza, potatoes, grilled cheese, chicken and anything sweet...she gets that from her mommy!
Sleeping: Ellie typically is in bed by 8 and up by 6ish...sometimes later if we are lucky :) She sleeps with her baby and binky.Ellie is still a very light sleeper, but at least she is making it through the night (most nights that is)
Playing:Ellie loves to play with her toys and crawl/run around the house, she does not like to stay in one spot for too long...she loves looking out the window and squeals at the birds, squirrels, rabbits and anything else outside.
Talking/Laughing: Ellie talks all the time...mostly gibberish to us, and she has the best laugh in the world...just like her daddy!
Words: Ellie says- Dada, Mama, Hi, Bye, love you, whats that, (the last two don't sound exactly right but close enough:) We are working on more, milk, binky, ball, cat and dog.
Pets: Ellie has two dogs and two cats, she loves them all. Bell our female dog shares Ellie's love and they are good buddies. The cats run away from her, and Bear, although he loves her would rather get attention from us.
Favorites: Being outside, wrestling with daddy, dancing with mommy, Sesame Street, Abbey Cadabbey, bathtime, playing in the four seasons room or bathroom (yuck), stacking cups, helping mommy put makeup on, music, playing the drums with daddy, walks with Yaya.

3 comments:

yaya/mom said...

Ellie, you are such a sweet girl. We had a fun time at your party. It was a joy to watch you eat your cake. We love you, YaYa and Grandpa.

Dave said...

Happy Birthday, Ellie!!

Nina said...

She's too cute! I love cake pictures! Johannah just had her 4 month appt and she's 16 lbs! Dang she's a big girl compared to Ellie! ;-)