18 Month Old Ellee

 ellee is our very spirited, loud, eighteen month old!  she's pretty cute-even with her crazy mullet that has been cut twice all ready.  i put pigtails in when i can, but she loves to rip them out.  i'm not sure if it's because she's the youngest of 4, so she sees everyone doing things and wants attention, or what....but she seems more active and loud than even the other 3!:)

 she loves animals and can say many of her animal sounds.  she yells for me to look at her books with her and will try to back up right on you and sit down so you'll read her a story.  she knows meow (mau, mau), duck, bock bock (chicken), moo, baa baa, and woof woof.

 her nursery debut (above) was 2 weeks early since i was subbing again in primary.  i was just called as secretary, so that will be great for her to be in nursery permanently.  she has done well so far, esp if there are snacks (nacks!) to lure her in.:)

 she always is excited to get up into the grocery cart!  here we are checking out the new dollar store in marsing with emerson at the wheel.

 she got new sunglasses and she likes to be with the other kids or have me hold her.  i think she is getting her 2 year molars early, because lately that has been the case. and she's started biting again. her and emerson have fun together lots of the time:).

 she's a little stinker to photograph.  this one below makes her look crazy asian...which, she kind of looks eskimo-ish that is true.  go figure!  she likes to sneak into the bathroom and steal the toothpaste and try to eat it, crawl onto the table or countertops for 'nacks' or 1/2 full cups, escape out the back door, get into markers or dirt or lip stuff, play in the little shop and get completely dirty, and stuff like that.

she likes brocolli, MILK, cheese, pretzels, pears with no skin, watermelon, and many other things, but not consistently.  she can say ba-ba for bottle (which she only has at nite, but we need to get rid of), emmy, dad, mom(my), baby, pease, uh-oh, yuck (ccck), poop, and lot of no's :).  we love her!