Ella has had a great 13th month and seems to be changing each week.
At the end of February, she took a couple steps at Gymboree by herself (with the help of the soft padded floor) and has since been getting a little braver each day. She can take between 10 and 20 steps on her own now, but prefers to be holding on to my finger as she walks along even though I'm barely helping her. She's getting better at letting go and standing on her own, but is still a bit timid about it all. Now that she realizes how fast she can get places by walking, she doesn't want to be carried much or in the stroller anymore. She just comes and grabs my finger and starts pulling me along. She has a mind of her own on where she wants to go and what she wants to do and gets super frustrated at me when I don't follow along :)
Ella is also getting more vocal and expressive. She loves to yell out to get our attention and is quite the ham. She loves to do things to make us laugh at her, like hide and pop out to surprise you, play peek-a-boo by covering her face, start clapping her hands and stomping her feet, play chase, and so many other things I can't think of at the moment.
She's likes to be tickled and throws her body back after our story at night to get her tummy and arms tickled. She just giggles and giggles!
Ella loves to go to the park and be outside more than anything, and is starting to be able to do more at the park which makes it more fun for her Daddy who takes her almost every day :)
Ella & Daddy playing at the park
Ella loves pulling up on everything!
Sweet angel baby
Ella playing at Gymboree
This was the day she took her first steps (March 1, 2011)
A few shots of Ella being silly! She loves to make funny faces and stick out her tongue
Drinking from her big girl straw sippy cup...
most of the water comes back out after she pulls the cup away, but she loves drinking from it :)
Totally forgot about our Snow Day!
Last year, we also had a snow day and Ella was just a couple weeks old. This year, she got to go outside and "play" in the snow. She insisted on sitting in the snow and threw a fit when it was time to come in.
Ella on Snow Day 2010 (her 1st month of life)
Snow Day 2011
Daddy built Ella a snowman (his first snowman to ever build!)
Ella wanted to taste her snowball
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