Been a while

I

know it has been a while and my mom called me out yesterday for not updating sooooo I thought I'd drop a few lines :-)

May was SUPER busy. Mom and Bubba came in town and we had Ellie's first birthday party. It was fun and I'm glad that we decided to wait for grandmomma and grandaddy to be here. The kids played outside in the baby pool and sprinklers some and played inside too. It was soooo hot! Other than Ellie's party we didn't have any major events but did manage to stay very busy with grandmomma. Ellie didn't miss a beat with her grandparents and she loved having them here. After they left she woke up the first couple of mornings, looked at their bed, and said "granma"; so sweet! Of course, I accused mom of spoiling Ellie but turns out she had her very first ear infection :-( The poor girl was so pitiful.

(Alabama Th. and Ellie was giving mom the evil eye because she didn't want to get down but I wanted her to. It was so funny!!)

Ellie is walking, running, and talking up a storm. She says new words almost every day now. Oh, she said her first sentence at the end of May. She said "I love You" clear as day. Mom was taking her out of my room and in her sad/almost crying voice she said it to me. It was so sweet! Mom and I both heard it. I think she actually said it again to mom one day too. Ellie likes to "roar" like a lion and "ahah" like a monkey :-). At this very moment I can hear her through the monitor roaring and ahahing while sfhe is supposed to be taking a nap. She is also really into her golf clubs and bag and drags the golf bag around everywhere. Actually just this morning we took a walk around the property and she drug that thing the whole way.

We went to the beach for one night a couple of weeks ago and Ellie really liked the ocean. We were supposed to be there for another night or two but it didn't work out for us so we came home. She also likes the pool a lot and isn't scared at all to go under the water. Stephen and I took her to the pool last sunday and she stayed in for three hours. It was a zero gravity pool so she was able to stand and walk around and she kept going to where she would go under water and then I'd move her back and we'd do it all over again. She's a water baby, what can I say.

Ellie is a very sweet girl and is always giving people hugs and kisses; especially little kids. I really don't think she ever meets a stranger (if they are kids) which is strange to me because Stephen and I were both shy. Neither of us take immediatley to people the way Ellie does. I like to call her my little lover. She has grown so much and is such a good helper and listener. I don't have to tell her over and over to do something, she usually does it the first time. She also likes to help do the dishes, laundry, vaccum, and anything else I am doing. I pull weeds out of the pinestraw and then take them to the end of the yard and throw them into the wooded area and Ellie will copy me. The only differnce is that she gets the actual pine straw and takes it to the end of the yard instead of the weeds. It is so sweet and so cute that I can't bring myself to tell her no. I don't want her to think that I don't want her help. I just tell her thank you and think to myself that I can just buy more pinestraw, lol.

Oh, and Ellie went to the potty all by herself last week! Twice!!! We haven't really worked on it this week because we've been out of te house a lot but we'll get back on it soon. She is really into sitting on the toilet, wiping, and then washing her hands. Smart girl I tell you.

Well I'm going to go. I want to try and do a couple things while Ellie is asleep. It's gotten pretty quiet on the monitor so I think she decided to take a nap. OH, and check my photo tab. I'm going to add a bunch :-)