Ellie loves matchbox cars! Like loves them...she loves making them speed around the kitchen and especially likes using car sounds to propel them forward. We discovered this love visiting cousin Christian and his well stocked collection. So for Christmas, she received a handful of them and has been enjoying her cars ever since.
Note: Although Ellie's attempted stunt at the end of the video doesn't go as planned, I'm happy to report she's ok.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
L-E!
Ellie started to say her name yesterday. It comes out in a cheerleading kind of way...give me a "L"!...give me an "E"...what do you have? LE! Ellie!!
So we say "What's your name?" And she responds "LE"!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
16 Months - A couple days late
Oops... or as Ellie would say aaaa-ps...we're couple days late on our 16 month post. Ear tubes were successfully inserted last week followed by a yucky round of GI flu for all of us over the weekend. So I think all's forgiven :)
I would say the most notable change in the last month was language development and comprehension. We are now a family that can use a combination of words, sounds, gestures and pointing to communicate our needs and wants!
We've added duck, hop (aka frog), yuck, woof (aka dog), off (aka open, on, close), YES!, no-ooo, grapes, cheese, moo (aka cow) to the list of spoken words that english speaking people would comprehend. Amazingly, like any other foreign language there are words Ellie will say over and over in the exact same way that make perfect sense to her. But unfortunately, having never learned Ellie-speak we remain clueless as to the meaning.
We don't have sentences yet. But I would imagine those are coming soon.
As for motor skills, they all seem to be going thru a fine tuning process. Nothing shocking. Everything just seems so much more polished than when new acquired.
She continues on her tall baby trend. She's officially in 24 month clothes. Wears size 6 shoes. Is 33, almost 34 inches tall (98% percentile for height) and weighs 26-27lbs (90% percentile for weight). Her hair is still getting lighter. And her eyes have reached a pretty hazel (to match her Dad's).
For some other awesome pictures of Ellie, visit Aunt Amber's facebook page Schiavone Photography: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.363776240305124.112809.199760370040046&type=1
I would say the most notable change in the last month was language development and comprehension. We are now a family that can use a combination of words, sounds, gestures and pointing to communicate our needs and wants!
We've added duck, hop (aka frog), yuck, woof (aka dog), off (aka open, on, close), YES!, no-ooo, grapes, cheese, moo (aka cow) to the list of spoken words that english speaking people would comprehend. Amazingly, like any other foreign language there are words Ellie will say over and over in the exact same way that make perfect sense to her. But unfortunately, having never learned Ellie-speak we remain clueless as to the meaning.
We don't have sentences yet. But I would imagine those are coming soon.
As for motor skills, they all seem to be going thru a fine tuning process. Nothing shocking. Everything just seems so much more polished than when new acquired.
She continues on her tall baby trend. She's officially in 24 month clothes. Wears size 6 shoes. Is 33, almost 34 inches tall (98% percentile for height) and weighs 26-27lbs (90% percentile for weight). Her hair is still getting lighter. And her eyes have reached a pretty hazel (to match her Dad's).
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Monday, January 2, 2012
Welcome 2012 - First Post
Braden's taken Ellie back to the doctors this afternoon. We've been dealing with, in my opinion, a never ending ear infection(s) since October. Fortunately, it never seems to be both ears but there's been an infection in one of the ears since it started 3 months ago. She scheduled to get tubes in 2 days. So we're being uber cautious and trying to get rid of as much fluid from the ears as possible.
Ellie has been a trouper though. She very rarely complains. It's just the subtle things that let us know something is not right.
On top of the ears, she's also getting more teeth. She has twelve currently, so I think these are the last 4 coming in. Again, we're lucky/she's lucky that teething doesn't seem to bother her too much. She still plays and eats normally.
Christmas and New Years were filled with lots of family this year. We were with family every day except one during the last 10 days. Ellie enjoyed unwrapping gifts. Riiipppp. One small of piece of wrapping paper would be then be handed to the nearest person. The little hand reaching back to the rest of the pretty paper. Ripppp. Another piece removed and personally presented to the nearest person. This process would continue until the entire layer of wrapping paper was peeled off. The concept of the actual present didn't seem all that special. There was no jumping for joy. But she certainly seemed to appreciate having new things to explore and discover.
Here's a quick video from Christmas morning
Ellie has been a trouper though. She very rarely complains. It's just the subtle things that let us know something is not right.
On top of the ears, she's also getting more teeth. She has twelve currently, so I think these are the last 4 coming in. Again, we're lucky/she's lucky that teething doesn't seem to bother her too much. She still plays and eats normally.
Christmas and New Years were filled with lots of family this year. We were with family every day except one during the last 10 days. Ellie enjoyed unwrapping gifts. Riiipppp. One small of piece of wrapping paper would be then be handed to the nearest person. The little hand reaching back to the rest of the pretty paper. Ripppp. Another piece removed and personally presented to the nearest person. This process would continue until the entire layer of wrapping paper was peeled off. The concept of the actual present didn't seem all that special. There was no jumping for joy. But she certainly seemed to appreciate having new things to explore and discover.
Here's a quick video from Christmas morning
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