Ellie has added a lot to her vocabulary lately. "Uh-oh", "No" (and even the shaking of the head), "Don't", "Gimme dat", "Please" (but she prefers gimme dat...working on it y'all.) "Thank you"...(still working on the consistency of this one). "Whoa" "Mimi" "G-dad" "Ellie" "Baby" "Block" "Ball" "Bow" "Bracelet" "Boo" (for peek-a boo) "Eye".
She is learning her animals. She knows what dogs are (easy one around here). She barks and pants like a little dog, too. She has learned what an elephant is and the sound it makes....though she does it terribly, lol, her elephant sound is always consistent and I know to what she is referring.
She has learned where her tummy, eyes, nose, mouth, lady parts (by proper name as I believe in learning proper anatomy), hair, and belly button are located and what they are called. Especially "eye".
We are working on colors. She is very interested in her color/ French cards I made her (not stressing french yet...she needs English first, but we mix it in occasionally. No I am not fluent, but I am preschool level LOL!) She loves to look at the colors and point and call them something of which I am not sure, so we are working on that everyday and she finds it so fun and interesting.
Ellie attends Mommy and Me ballet at Sterling Dance studio in Easley and is loving the class. She loves the music, props, friends, dancing, and interaction with mommy. She alos loves her tutus.
Ellie is loving continuing with Kindermusik with MRs. Rosalind Cross at Kindermusik of Greenville. This class has truly been a blessing in our lives and I only wish I had started Ellie at this at 6 weeks old. Every day, we have fun at home, carrying what we learn there home with us and putting it into use and practice. Ellie remembers the songs, tries to sing them, she remembers the motions to each song, the routines, she anticipates the bouncing, up and down movements, and the rolling and rocking on our backs. She hears me humming the songs as I cook or clean and starts dancing and humming to them, then grabs my hands for me to do the interactions with her. We practice rhythm on her instruments at home, listen to sounds and make sound with the books they give, and we cuddle, massage, and change the tones and levels of our voices for a lot of fun, interactive, imaginitive, and wondrous play time. Her eyes go wild with fascination and she just squeals and shrills with utter overwhelming joy!! It makes my heart so happy and blows my mind with fascination as in only a few short classes, I can see how much her brain and skills have developed. We are in love with this class. Worth every single penny.
Ellie has been a climber since before she walked. Such strong shoulders and arms. Today, as a matter of fact, Ellie grabbed the top of the entertainment piece of furniture, and pulled herself up off the ground, hanging on with her hands. She did a dang pull up!! What the world?!
Our only and biggest struggle with Ellie (praise the dear Lord in Heaven above) has been getting Ellie to want to sit at the table with proper table manners and eat. We started baby led weaning at 6 mos old...and while she has always done well at the mechanics of feeding herself, even using utensils, the problem has been the stubbornness of a child who does not want to sit for more than 2 minutes, yet wants to go and play. We have been battling for months teaching her patiently the table manners of sitting and eating, and when finished sitting and playing with her table toy while we talk and let us finish. We interact with her at every meal, we do not allow any screens ever, we believe in true family meals at the table talking. She loves that, but she also loves to not sit for very long. However, all that to say, it would finally seem, knock on wood and praise Jesus, that Ellie mostly is good at dinner tables now. She sits right down in her chair, feeds herself, and is good mostly up until Eric and I finish eating, too. It actually feels like we can enjoy our own food now without deep breaths, anxiety, and stress. That has truly been the only issue I have really had with parenting that has felt crippling/ will this pass?! She is a very very good baby, but this has been her struggle and therefore, mine. So praise God we finally seem to be turning a new leaf in this area.
Ellie loves teeth brushing time.
Ellie loves to comb her own hair.
Ellie loves to wear mommy's jewelry and purses.
Ellie loves playing with friends at MOPS, Kindermusik, Ballet, and on the Hiking trail, as well as the nurseries at church and the Y. She loves playdates with her friends, and loves to watch them, then join them.
Ellie loves to test boundaries. As in, she knows she is not to touch like anything at all electric, (TV remotes, DVD players, phones, wires, etc...) so she loves to place one little hand on the item and holler to me, "Hey!" and when I say, "Ellie! Get your hand off that!" She runs away laughing. Stinker. Same with dog food. She wants to eat it constantly. Luckily it some fancy schmancy organic, gluten free, hoopity snoopity stuff since Blondie has a special tummy. Because Ellie has definitely had some. Oh well. But her favorite thing to do is pick up a piece, stick it in her mouth, (VERY well knowing she is not supposed to) and look at me and go, "Mmmm!" to which she knows I am just gonna come dig it out of her mouth and pop her behind. She thinks that is hilarious and runs off laughing. Oh boy. I've got a strong willed one on my hands. But I love that for her future. She will be a strong, determined, goal achieving, limitless little woman. I encourage this strength in her....but guide it in the right direction. Test your limits, Ellie, but do NOT disobey your Mommy! Lol!
She loves sorting items an objects into different boxes, buckets, or bags. When she has a project on her mind, she will not be distracted from it. She is set to achieve it. If you try to distract her, she will grunt and push you out of the way. Again, love it, but let's keep it respectful little lady. I don't want to be kept from achieving my goals either.
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