Oh my... a BROWN eyed GIRL!

(She had just fully enjoyed a fudge bar)

I can't get ENOUGH of this GIRL! She is such a sweet girl. Everyday she tells me at least 20 times that she loves me and it melts my heart. She is my little buddy that goes everywhere with me. I wanted to remember some of the things that she is doing at this age (feel free to skip this post.... boring mommy stuff I don't want to forget)!

-She loves to sing and knows all of the classic songs and the songs from nursery. My favorite song she sings is, "I am a Child of God."
- She is FINALLY going to nursery by herself. We had a good time with the calling but I don't think it's a good idea to put parents in nursery with there 18 month olds and then release them after a year:( Ella was way too used to having us in there.
- I checked on her in nursery through the sweet window and saw how cute she is singing her songs with all the hand gestures. Then when it came time for the lesson she raised her hand to say the prayer- the cutest thing EVER. I just wanted to SQUEEZE her!
- She loves to sing her ABC's and can identify all the letters in books and what not. She has also learned all the sounds they make.
- Very curious and always asking questions..... especially WHY. All I hear all day is WHY, WHY, WHY......
- You can tell she is a Vegas baby when we drive past a row of palm trees and she thinks we are in the forrest
- She loves Dora and now says Spanish words out of the blue. (Examples: In the car one day she handed me something and I said "gracias" and she replied, "Danata".... Then the other day she said to me... " come on mom, vamanos." It is so funny and it comes out of the blue.
-She loves family hugs and when one of us is holding her she gets her little hands around both of us and squeezes
- She always tells me how you spell her name and that her brfday is on October 20th
- She is all girl and loves her little babies and stuffed animals
- She loves to swim.... seriously such a fish. Now when she is under water she can hold her breath for a while and it starts to make me nervous
- She is such a happy girl and is busy, busy! I wouldn't have it any other way.
-She is so not picky about food anymore. She loves random things like mustard and avocado.

Circus Circus

A little Ghetto? Yes! But we had a blast:) We played all the fun games and Ella made out like a bandit..... like she needed anymore stuffed animals! Ella's favorite: the little rides that take quarters- of course:)

Loving the Lake

We had a fabulous day at the lake with John, Lisa, Kayla and Sommer. We played ALL day long and stayed cool be relaxing in the lake. We went on the tube multiple times and it got pretty rough out there. It was such a great day and I'm glad we my family came too. Although some how my mom managed to not have a single picture taken of her. We are so, so glad Ashlyn and Kyle live here now it has been really fun:)

How many grapes do you think I can get in my mouth mon?

James broke his hand so we wrapped up his hand so he could hang out in the lake with us.

We all went tubing and have minor injuries to show for it. Ella even took a turn:) She loved it.





Ashlyn and Kayla

We got part on my mom.... Ella's face is pretty funny in this picture

Ashlyn and Kyle


Feeding the fish

SWIMMING LESSONS

The last two weeks Ella had swimming lesson's. She did so great and she is a fish or if you ask her she swims like Ariel:) I can't believe all that she learned in just two weeks. It is so cute to see her swim back and forth between us. Rosie is seriously the best teacher ever. Ella has gotten so brave in the water and she count 1-2-3 and you better be ready because she is on her way to you! We swim pretty much every day now:)

The Beach

When we were in Cali we hit up the beach. It was such a fun afternoon and Ella loved the sand. I couldn't believe she actually let us bury her in the sand:) Fun times.