17 months!

Language: YES Ella LOVES to talk!!!  It is truly amazing to see the new words and sentences she comes up on a daily basis. She loves to babble a whole conversation to anyone who will listen. She will babble, babble, and babble some more and then look at you like "didn't you understand that?" Here are some of her new words and sentences that she says: "bubba", "dog dog", "juice", "I don't know", "I love you", "go" "bye bye","yes", "up", "down" "Neee-na (aunty laurie)", "Mama" "Mommy", "dada" "daddy" "pee pee", "poo poo", "dance", "night night'', "Nack (snack)", "cheeessee", 'wa-wa-eeee (water)'', ''pup (cup)'', "pig", "cow", "hippo", ''bird'', "best", Wheres daddy at?" "ut- oh", "socks", "eyes", "nose" "ears", "Mouf", "cheeks'', ''teef'', "shhh..", "TT", "Nenie (aunty jen)", "Pop pop", "GG (uncle greg)", "My Dadda", "Bell", "Da-Da- Dora", "B (uncle B), "Rah (aunty sarah), "Nana (banana)", "Nana (Grandma"  "No", "bye-bye","nihh..nite","good", "ahh-dun (all done)", "more", "baby", "me'', "tiss (kiss), "milk"...I am sure there are many many more that I am forgetting..

Sign language: She continues to do well with her signing as well. Some of her new words include: more, bear, tree, work, daddy, mommy, milk, please, friend, thank you,no, bird, baby, and she has come up with a sign for "safe"... when she falls down she signs safe so we know she is ok!

Motor development: walking... nope its RUNNING! There is no such thing as walking. Going up and down the stairs is so much fun for her! She thinks she is such a big girl! climbing is another favorite thing for her to do. She climbs on EVERYTHING and she climbs FAST!!!!!

Social: Ella loves playing with all her friends! If i drop her off at nursery at church she usually balls her eyes out as soon as i leave but then is good to go a few minutes later! But if im there with her she instantly engages with all the kids. She loves to give high fives to everyone. And if your lucky  enough you might just get a hug. No doubt you can definitely bribe this kid for a hug/kiss anytime as long as you have food to give her =) Ella just loves music. Dancing is her FAVORITE thing to do. when she wants to listen to music in the car she just says "mommy daddy dance" and then i know to turn the music up louder =)Some of her favorite songs right now are: Twinkle twinkle little star, the itsy bitsy spider (she uses her fingers to do spider so i know what song she wants to sing ), Patty cake (she says pat pat when she wants this song), row row row your boat, and you are my sunshine. However she will dance to anything so whatever you sing to her she will love!

Some of her favorites:

• Movies: Baby Signing Time, Mickey Mouse Club House, Clifford the Big Red Dog, and she just started asking for "Da-Da-Dora"
• talking on the phone 
• taking pictures and saying "CCHHHEEESSEEE"
• She loves her baby dolls, dog dog, and bear. These three stuff animals go EVERYWHERE with us!
• scaring us by going up to us and saying "RAHH" with her hands in front of her face like shes gonna get you. (im gonna have to get this on video so you can see what i mean!) If you haven't seen it it is hysterical!
• Meme: this is her blanket. She asks for it when its "night night" time. She has been off her paci since 13 months!!! So she never asks for that!
• Alison and Austin: these two are her best friends! Austin (krissy's 17 month old son) and Ella play together 3 days a week. When she wakes up she asks for "Bu- bubbie" or she started calling him "tin". Either name she means austin! If you ask her when shes around austin or her favorite cousin Alison, "Ella wheres your best friend" she immediately stops and runs to them and just gives them the biggest hug ever!!! Seeing them on a daily basis makes her so happy!
• She has quite a sense of humor! everything she does usually has us laughing!

Ella is very nosiey! She is always worried about where everyone is. All day long i usually hear this: "wheres my daddy at" Wheres the dog dog" wheres my mommy" "Wheres bu bubbie", wheres my tt" (you can practically insert anything in after "wheres my _______") I always have to reassure her that they are at home , or at work  or in austins case with his mommy.

Cognitive: Ella for the most part (when shes not being stubborn) listens and follows directions. She understands everything i ask her. If i need her to do something she knows exactly what to do and where to go. Sometimes i stop and think "shes only 17 months old shes not gonna know what im asking" and to my surprise she knows exactly what im saying! 

I could go on all day about her, and I am sure I have forgotten lots of things that she does, but what I do know is that we love this little girl with all our heart! I cherish the days I spend with her!
**we are taking family pictures next week so i will post some new ones of her next week**

Book of Animals

My smart little cookie LOVES to read books!!! And She LOVES animals! So why not read a book of animals!!! Off camera she identified ALL the animlas ... ok 6 in this book =) Enjoy!

A video I found =)

I was looking back through my cell phone videos and I saw this video that I totally forgot to post! Ella has truly turned into a water baby!!! Back on August 9th she was taking her night time bath and she decided that she was going to start blowing bubbles ( she had done this before but I was never able to get it on video). It cracks me up that she actually understood me when I said "Ella blow some bubbles!" She knew exactly what i was talking about and she did it. I hope you enjoy and get a little laugh out of this. I know I sure did!

Ella sitting on the potty!

Lately ella has been telling me "poo poo" after she has already gone potty in her diaper. I have been telling her that she needs to tell mommy BEFORE she goes in her diaper. So today she told me twice about having to go poo poo but we didnt make it to the potty in time. then after dinner she tells nick and i "poo poo". We immediately looked at each other and said "hurry potty!!!!" We sat her down and she just thought she was sooo BIG!!!! This is a video of her sitting on the potty all by her self!

Note: She ended up only doing one little poo in the toliet. But hey its better than nothing right ?!?!?! We are just so proud of her!!! (Im sure people don't want to hear about this kind of stuff but when your a proud mommy you'll blog just about anything!!!!) Sorry the video is small =( just make sure your volume is turned up

Picasso Jr??

Ella is such a sweet precious angel when she is sleeping =) Now when she's awake... thats a whole other story! hahahaha I swear she walks around thinking "what trouble can i get into???"Yesterday I was working in the office ( ok playing on the computer), and ella was playing in her room. I knew she was playing with her toys and books because every now and then she would bring me a toy or book. I kept looking down the hallway and I could see her playing with her toys and books. The next thing I know little miss ella came over to me with a permanent marker. (Note: this marker was on her dresser because thats what we use to mark her Growth Chart!) I stayed calm and said "ok Ella lets go see what you did!" As I walked into her room Ella starts blabbering (i'm sure she was saying she had drawn on the furniture... ). I looked and sure enough this is what i see....This is better than Picasso's work right?????

I tried to clean the diaper trash can but unfortunately since it was permanent marker it wouldn't come clean. So I thought "lets try Mr. Clean Magic Eraser." Sure enough a few scrubs here and there the permanent marker disappeared =) It looks bran spankin new! So Lesson: to take permanent marker off something USE Mr. Clean Magic Eraser.... IT WORKS!!!!!

Ohhh Ella... she is such the artist already.... I guess we need to start working on ONLY coloring or drawing on coloring books or papers NOT diaper cans or Growth charts! Luckily she didn't color on the wall!!! hahahah

When you can't find....

YOUR daughter.... you might want to check under the TRAILER!!!!!! Yes this happend when i went camping with my sister and brother in law about a month ago! I was sitting outside of the trailer cleaning Ella's carseat because she had made a mess (poo went through the diaper and got everywhere... the joys of motherhood) Ella was hanging out and climbing all over the carseat. So I told her to go play with Alison so I could finish putting the carseat back together. I looked away for a SECOND and when I looked back Ella was gone. I felt my heart stop beating when a panic set in. I quickly searched and there she was standing straight up in the middle of under the trailor! She thought it was so funny! So after i took a deep breath I grabbed my camera and took this shot...unfortunately it was when she was almost out from under the trailer.... silly girl!
I don't know what I would do if anything happened to this sweet precious angel!!!

Wordless Wednesday

My funny girl

Oh my gosh i haven't realized its been like a month since i last blogged!!!!! That is crazy and i am WAY over due!!! I don't have much time right now but i PROMISE i will blog later about all of our lastest adventures!

So for now I will just post a few pictures that i took on my cell phone today of ella. she is getting so big everyday and she definitely has us all laughing at everything she does.

Today I laid her down for a nap and apparently she had another idea. She didn't want to sleep so instead she took all of her blankets and stuffed animals OUT of her crib. BUT not before she turned on her light (she just figured out how to turn her light on and off)

Then ...since she is a little monkey.... she LOVES climbing on everything and anything!!!! Should I be worried she is gonna fall off the HOPE CHEST?!?!?! I think she has mastered climbing off of it so Im not too worried but I need to teach her that climbing on everything is not ok! But for now .... she is so adorable so im gonna be cherish this!

Well if she can't climb on the hope chest then maybe she should take ALL the toys out of the box and then climb INSIDE it! Are you serious!!!! She did a great job problem solving.... If i can't climb on top of it then climb inside =)

THERE'S a plus to climbing inside... she found a PACI!!!! I Need to blog about how my princess no longer takes a paci... anyhow.... she thought it was hysterical that she found it until i took it away from her ... opps....=)

YES all this happened in ONE day! So many funny things all happening today. I love you ella bella =) Bring on more of your funny moments!!

Sea World

Last Tuesday we took a family trip down to Sea world with Steph, Greg, Alison, G-Pa and another family church. I was excited to go for a few reasons.... 1. It was going to be Ella's 1st trip to this wonderful place and 2. It was also Nick's 1st time there!! I know can you believe it Nick had never been. I actually did NOT know this about Nick. If I did I would have taken him before!
Our first stop when we got there was the Shamu show! I LOVE this "Believe" show. I was sad though that the trainers werent able to get in the water with the whales. But it was still worth watching =)

Ella enjoying her first show

Next stop... the sea turtles

Mommy and Ella taking a quick break to get in a cute picture

Daddy and Ella looking at the Pink Flamingos

Aunty Steph is the only one who can get Ella to laugh like this! I don't know how she does it!!!

And of course Ella can not forget her favorite big cousin! Ella continues to love Alison more and more ever day! How could you just not love that sweet face!!

And after mommy told G-pa no more food he still manages to sneak Ella some crackers!

We then took a stop to see the gorgeous Seals

The off to see the BIG fat fishes!

Since Ella was sleeping during the fish we decided to take a picture of just the two of us!

We couldn't miss my FAVORITE animals.... the beautiful dolphins!! One day I will get to swim with them!!!

Even though these are big and scary we couldnt miss the Polar Bears =)

This animals are absolutely UGLY and disgusting!! Do you know that the Walrus actually chew and then spit their food out and then chew it again... actually watching them do that is really gross!

Baby Belgua just hanging out... another one of my favorites!

Taking a break with Ella's new friends!

Daddy was such a little kid... he wanted to get a family picture of us so I gave in and we got a funny face picture of the three of us... Ella was first!

And last but not least Ella got to pet the star fish! I don't know how she did it because that water was FREEZING!!!!

It was an overall great day!!!!! These are the days that I treasure the most with my family!!

1 Year Stats

Ella Grace Roberts
Born: June 26, 2009 @12:32am
Weight: 6lbs 2 ounces
Height : 19 inches


Age:1 year old
Weight: 21 lbs 12 ounces
Height: 28 inches

Gross Motor development: Ella started walking about 10 1/2 months so by 12 months she has mastered it! Crawling is no longer her method of getting around!
Fine Motor: Her little pinchers can pick up anything from a book/toy to any spec of dirt on the floor! And of course once she gets the item off the floor it goes straight to her mouth! =)
Sleep: She continues to sleep like a champ! She is still taking 2 two-hour naps during the day and then sleeps 12 hours at night. Yes she is just like her mom and dad!! She even hates to be woken up early. I Love it because she normally doesnt get up till 830/9 o'clock! LOVE IT!
Language: Ella is really excelling in this area. (what...maybe because her mother is like her grandmother and doesn't stop talking??? NO that can't be it!!) Her words are very clear and understandable. She can say "Dadda", "Daddy" "Mom", "Bubba", "GG (aka:uncle greg)", "Who's that?", "I dont know", "book", "Nana", "No", "yes", "papa", "ya", "down", "ut-oh". I have also been working real hard on teaching her sign language, and surprisely she is doing soo well! Ella can sign (again very clearly and understandably) thank you, more, please, eat, drink, milk, no. Nutrition: I am proud to say that I did NOT have to give Ella a single ounce of formula! Thats right she nursed for a whole year! yeah...I think that is a big achievement! ok...so Ella's eating habits...well lets just say..Garbage Disposal!! haha...She eats everything and ANYTHING!! Seriously, from mushrooms to olives, chicken to beef, every kind of vegetable known, every kind of fruit! I stay clear of sweets but her Aunties, Uncles, G-Pa, Nana and Papa love to sneak her sweets..sweets..sweets...(don't think you are going to eat anything sweet without sharing with her!) And during meal time there is no interupting or else you get the mega MORE sign thrown in your face!! I actually have not started her on peanut butter yet but i will soon! And whole milk is something she has come to love!
Some of her likes: Reading books, reading books, reading books, Playing with her big cousin Alison, Playing with Austin, LOVES swimming,Playing with her toys, Her Cozi Coupe is her favorite toy! Oh Daddy is her favorite (when i discipline her she runs straight to her dad and crys in his arms, Blankie & Paci still accompany her to sleep, Baby Einstein's Baby First Moves, Signing Time videos, and she loves to listen to music especially when she is tired
Some of her dislikes: She actually hasn't found anything she doesn't like other than having her nose cleaned! hahahaha
Current Size: 12 months
Shoe: size 4
She is understanding and actually doing a lot of what nick and i are telling her. Some of those are: "Ella, close the door" "Bring me that toy" "where is your pia... (she will then go look for it) "Gentle (she will rub her hand down her face)'" "Can I have huggies... she will then give you the BIGGEST hugs"
There are so many more things that I would Love to brag about my sweet angel but I think that is it for now =) I hope you all enjoyed reading what Ella is up to these days!!

Ella's 1st Birthday Party

WOW I can NOT believe how far behind I am on blogging!!!! This only means one thing... I have been SUPER BUSY!!!

As we all know my little princess turned 1 on June 26th!!!

We celebrated her birthday at a local park with some of our family and friends! It was a lot of work and stress on planning her birthday BUT in the end it turned out great!

Happy Birthday Ella Bella

Enjoying her Cake

She loves to eat!

Mommy and Me

Our Happy Family

The Birthday girl

Playing at the Water Park

Playing with her boyfriend Oliver

Playing with Faith a Roo

Finishing the day off with a Snow Cone with her boyfriend Austin

I can not believe how fast time has gone by!!!! I think back and I can remember the very day I gave birth to her! I remember everything like it was yesterday!!! I do know that June 26th was the day Nick and I will always remember as one of the most memorable days of our lives!!!

Family Day

it is very rare that nick ella and i get a chance to have a family day! Nick needed to take a trip down to Hungington beach to go pick up some supplements for the gym so we decided to take Ella down to the pier =) it was a cold and crowed day down at the beach but we made out there and had a great time!

Asking us "where are we going?"

Weare headed to the beach =)

Daddy holding Ella while we were on the pier

He was telling her about the water and fishies

Taking a walk and holding daddy's hand

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She loved it!

Such a happy girl!

Mommy was trying to show her stuff too but she didnt care.. hahaha

We wanted to eat on the pier but it was too long of a wait so we settled with this delicious pizza place =)

And Nick and I finished our afternoon with our favorite place....ella did not get to eat this delicious treat

Apple pie... so delish!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was an over GREAT afternoon!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love my family!!!

Ps i will post Ella's birthday pictures soon!!!!!