January Fun

Ella has been doing a lot of growing lately. She looks taller, even though she wont stand still long enough for me to measure her. I assume her weight is about the same, but growing is growing. Her hair has grown a lot and it is finally long enough to put in pig tales. She has also dropped her nap. So things are little more challenging for mom and dad, but if she is ready than so be it. We have been using that time for learning and crafts.

Her vocabulary is growing everyday. She is always asking what something is called. She is really learning her nouns. She is starting to understand that something might have more than one name like kitty is also be called Sophia.  Her clarity in her speech is really improving. She is saying more full sentences as well. She is always making two things talk to each other, it could be her own hands, two toys, the salt and pepper shakers, or anything that is in her reach. She has most of the alphabet down in sign language and she knows the sounds that most of the letters make too. She is always counting.  She loves wearing her costumes and playing dress up. She recently discovered our stethoscope and is having lots of fun listening to everything.

With winter finally hitting our part of the world we've been able to do some sledding. There are lots of little hills around our house which are just Ella size. She loves the snow and doesn't mind the cold at all.

We got a chance to go to the zoo too. Gotta love winter here, 70's one day and -29 the next. We went to the zoo with some of Ella's little friends. We had a great time, even though it was kinda cold for some of the animals and we didn't some of them.

We got to have lunch with Ella's Great-aunt Janice. This was Ella's and mine, second time seeing her. We all had a great time talking and spending the little bit of time we had together. Ella really likes her great-aunt. She enjoyed playing with her jewelry and didn't want her to leave when it was time to go.