Well look who's two...

These were all taken with my phone on Ellis' birthday. I need to figure out how to get the videos off my phone and onto my blog because I got some good ones that day :)






"Open presents?" Very much anticipating the fun of opening her gifts. It was hard to wait once she spotted them :)





Heard around these parts lately:

"You're doin' a good job, Mama." Ellis said while stroking my arm and tilting her head while I drew a picture for her.

Me: "Maybe Daddy will help you build a snowman when he gets home."
Ellis: "Daddy's at work, silly."

Me: Singing something...
Ellis: "Stop singing. No singing, Mama."

Regarding the dust floating around the room at home (as the sunlight streamed in, making it very visible), Ellis exclaimed, "The snow is flying, Mama!!"

"Daddy is a he."

"Chill, Daly." (Daly is our cat who can get a little dramatic/wild from time to time)

Lately

Lately we've been retraining Ellis to say she's two, since in a mere 8 hours and 15 minutes, it will be TRUE!!! So here is your last Ellis as a one-year-old-update:

She's crazy. In a good way. And typically it coincides with her dad's presence.


She's calm. In a good way. This more often coincides with my presence.


She's funny. Almost always. And she'll tell you so, too: "Ellis is funny!"

Here's the before shot of our kitchen wall that Gabe and I got all DIY on (nothing to do with Ellis other than the fact that she also had to breath in too much "construction" dust during the process).



And after:

I love how it turned out!

And here is how I find Ellis' babies, Cosette and Daisy, every morning when I come in to get her up. They start out in the crib, but always end up wedged in between the wall and the crib. :)


Another example of the special treatment they receive from Ellis:



Play-Dough is a favorite activity lately. When asked, "What are you making, Ellis?" She often responds, "I'm just makin'."


Her "silly face"---which she developed all on her own:


Still enjoys burying herself with stuffed animals:

I can't believe my little sweetie pie is turning TWO tomorrow!! How did this happen?

Some common quotes these days:

"Upsy down" = upside down

"Pincess" = princess, a term used to describe all girls --- all her.

"Opitus" = octopus

"Downders" = upstairs/downstairs

"Hi-you" = how are you (often followed by thank you when the question is asked back to her)

"Thaz mine" = that's mine----I don't know how this one infiltrated our home, but here it is. Often.

"Gahbeseww" = God bless you.

"Daddy's. Awt. Wook." = Daddy's at work.

"Have fun today!" When I leave for the flower shop on Saturdays.

"Mmmm. That's tasty."

"I wuv a ________ (fill in the blank) (said while tilting head and hugging whatever the object of her love happens to be) ---sticker; bear; tiny speck of play-dough; baby; spoon...there's a lotta love in this house.


Oh! I almost forgot. Ellis got her own mini-person's potty which she peed in once the other morning. I was much more excited than she was, but it's still progress!