What's New with Ellie?

You may be asking yourself this...so thought I'd update everyone :)

We're learning more words...slowly..but learning. She says "dog" "door"(which could really be dog..but hey...it works) "dada" "hi" and today we were practicing "baby" and she said it! Yay :) She blows kisses and waves bye bye and waves hello. She definitely understands small tasks, like "go find your milk" and "give me kisses". She doesn't always follow through with that last one...and we have to chase her down to get a kiss :) We've been working with a spoon and fork at mealtimes...but we should probably step that up a little. She doesn't like to be corrected...and does this weird thing where she tries to gag herself if you tell her no. I don't know what that is...or how she learned it..but ok...whatever kid :) She's very interested in learning how things work...especially the toilet...and she's figured out how to flush...so we'll probably see a rise in our water bill thanks to that! :)

She continues to amaze us everyday. She likes to watch other kids and will probably be the shy kid. She's not one to run up to people she doesn't know, and has been going through some separation anxiety lately. The last few times we've dropped her off in the church nursery, she bursts into tears as soon as we step away from her...so we're working through that...and hopefully she'll start adjusting.

She's into everything...and when I say everything...I mean...EVERYTHING! It's 3 times now she's found the red button on our power strip that our computer is plugged into and turned it off...and 3 times we've panicked...and prayed we didn't lose anymore pictures like we did a few weeks ago. I guess you can never "babyproof" enough. Oh well. As long as she's not falling down the stairs...or anything bad like that...I'm doing ok, right? That's one thing I'm learning more and more each day...you will always second guess yourself...and always wonder..."Am I doing enough?" or "Am I doing a good job?" We'll never live up to our standards of perfection...but we can learn to just take one day at a time...and get through each day.