A is for Accessories!

Ellie is a true girlie girl. She loves accessories! Shoes, bracelets, watches, necklaces, glasses, hats, purses, belts, and everything in between . . . she loves it all! She wears her shoes all day long and says the word "shoes" at least 100 times a day, no kidding! She points out every person's shoes at Wal-Mart, the library, and at home. She MUST be wearing shoes at all times. The other day, I had her dead asleep in the recliner. I started to take off her shoes before taking her to her room and she woke up and said, "No, no. Shoes." As soon as I put them on she went back to sleep and took her nap in her shoes. As for all other accessories, she points them out on strangers, and loves to wear them herself. Of course, the only things she won't keep on long is a headband! The only thing I wish she'd wear! Isn't that how it always goes?

Here are some pictures of my little fashionista!

She does have shoes and a headband on here, but mostly this is just a really cute picture of her and Wylie. Hat and sunglasses (wore both for 2 hours at the pool!)


I hooked my earrings over her ears and she was SO excited when she saw them in the mirror. She clasped her hands together over her chest and squealed!

Here she is with Papa Clint wearing some beautiful bracelets.

She always wears a bracelet to the library. I actually don't think about it much anymore because she wears them all the time, but someone there always comments on her jewelry.

With her cute jellies, 2 bracelets, and some arm candy! (Mr. Gage Vanderbilt)

Earrings, mom's shoe, and the remote. I guess you could count the remote as a man's accessory.

One of my favorite pictures of Ellie! She truly is "Mom's Sunshine."

Her normal morning wear . . . her pj top, shoes, and a bracelet (on her right arm).

She lover her Crocs that are 2 sizes too big!

Here's to my stylish sweetheart!

Ellie at 14 months

I figure now that we're through the first year, I don't have to do montly updates, but I don't want too much time to go by without posting some fun facts about Ellie. Here is what she is up to at 14 months:

-You weigh about 22 pounds. You haven't grown much lately in any area. You still wear 12 month clothing and size 3 shoes. Your weight has hovered around the 22 pound mark for the past few months.

-Foods you like to eat: any kind of fruit, especially strawberries, blueberries, and grapes, eggs dipped in ketchup, macaroni and cheese, chicken nuggets from Chick-fil-a, tortillas dipped in queso, waffles dipped in peanut butter, (you LOVE dipping and you are so cute when you do it!), turkey sausage, french fries, graham crackers, goldfish, nutra grain bars, any kind of pasta, juice, regular milk (only in cups, no more bottles!)

-Words you can say: uh-oh, dog, fish, hey, ice, no, yes, eyes, light, cheese, momma, dada, hat, head, ears, hair, (ears and hair are words that only I understand), baby (your newest word), this (sounds like "deeees") and that (sounds like "dat"), hot (this word can only be whispered), and shoes (your favorite)

Cute story: I am curious about what you will call your pacifier. We just call it a pacifier, and of course you can't say that yet. The other day I pointed out some things you could say and had you name them (light, dog, eyes) and then I pointed to your pacifier. You concentrated really hard for a second and them you shrugged your shoulders as if to say, "I don't know how to say pacifier yet. Geez mom, I'm only 1!"

-Things you like to do: point at EVERYONE'S shoes and say "shoes?", throw things on the ground and say "uh-oh", give eskimo kisses, flip the light switches, play the music from your toys on the fridge and dance, "say" your ABCs (sounds like c, c, c, c, etc. but mostly to the beat of the actual ABC song), swing on your swingset, play tea party, spin in circles, read books, play puzzles, dump the dog food out of the bowls, eat the dog food (when will this ever stop??), walk around in the backyard, wear bracelets and shoes, get on the couch/recliner and get down by yourself, drink out of straws, name and point to body parts, make animal sounds (you can do cow, horse, monkey, and dog)

-Your schedule: You usually go to bed between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. and wake up between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. If you wake up between 6:30 and 7:30, I'll bring you to bed with me and you'll usually sleep another 2-3 hours. It's nice for both of us! I enjoy you sleeping in with me in the mornings (or with dad and me on the weekends), but my rule is that you only get in our bed after 6 a.m.! Although, I worry more about myself getting into the bad habit more than I worry about you. You love your bed. You are now taking just one nap a day, but it's usually a long one (2 hours on average) unless you get up unusually early. Then you may take 2.


You are so much fun! You are the sweetest baby; so laid back and easygoing, you love to give sweet hugs and kisses. You're sweet to the dogs, giving them hugs and just laying your head on them anytime they're around. You crack me up all day long and I'm just so happy that I get to stay home with you and see each and every new discovery you make. I love you my sweet Ellie Rose!

Swimming

Sliding


Being silly!

Feeding yourself oatmeal

Falling asleep between bites of your dinner

It's tough . . .

being this cute!

Ellie's Swingset

We got Ellie a swingset for her birthday. She obviously can't do everything on it now, but she LOVES to swing and slide, and it is a nice toy to have when other kids come over to play since it fits a large age group. Man, that thing took forever to put together! I did help a lot even though there are no pictures of me drilling, measuring, or sweating in the 102 degree heat. However, it was totally worth the 20 hours it took putting it together. Ellie loves swinging and cries, shakes her head, and says, "No" when we ask her if she wants to get down. Here are some pictures of the swingset building process:

Step 1: Sort the wood into 65 piles with several pieces in each pile.

Step 2: Take inventory of swings, glider, and slide.

Step 3: (The worst part, by far!) Take inventory of thousands of pieces of hardware and sort them by the steps in which they will be needed. Spent HOURS on this.

Step 4: Start building. Step 5: Take a snack and drink break.

Step 7: Admire your hard work.

Step 8: Enjoy your new swingset!

Here's a short video of Ellie on swinging and saying, "no."