Ella

I feel like I haven't given an update on Ella in a while, and she definitely deserves some attention.

Some things about Ella I don't want to forget:

-Ella is a girly girl.  She wants to be a princess and thinks that anyone wearing a dress is one (notice her Snow White costume).  If I would let her, she would put her lip gloss on 100 times a day.  She notices sparkles everywhere and asks to wear a skirt everyday.

-She always wants to make sure her outfit matches, along with her shoes and hair bows.

-She is a sassy girl with a serious attitude.

-She is very independent, "Just let me do it mine self!"  I hear that constantly throughout the day. 

-Ella loves to sing, dance, and twirl.  She always asks Dustin to be her prince and dance with her.  It is just as adorable as it sounds. :)

-She does not take naps and hasn't since she was barely 2.  But she will sleep 12 or 13 hours a night.

-She loves PB sandwiches, fruit snacks, cereal, waffles, pancakes, chocolate, quesadillas, guacamole, edamame, black beans, and much more that I can't think of right now.  Unlike other toddlers, she doesn't really like juice or ice cream. She is fairly adventurous and will try most foods.

-She loves to sing songs, especially the ABCs.  Every night before bed we sing I Am a Child of God and I Love to See the Temple.

-She is very determined.  At 2 she decided she would learn the alphabet and she learned her colors around 18 months.  Just yesterday she wrote her name for the first time. 

-She loves to brush her teeth and lately she wants a ponytail everyday.

-Ella has the cutest voice and has us laughing constantly with what she says.  The other day Dustin came home from work and changed his clothes:

                               Ella:  Daddy, did you change your shirt?

                               Dustin: Yes Ella, I did.

                               Ella: Oh, did you spit up on it?

She is getting used to me changing Grace's outfit like 10 times a day with all of her spit up. :) 

-Ella has high energy.  When she is bored she really starts to push my buttons.  I constantly need to give her something to do.  She loves to be my little helper.

-She is not potty trained yet.  She has successfully been there a few times, but then she decides that she doesn't want to do it anymore.  I refuse to make it a battle of wills and to ask her sit on the potty 100 times a day, so I am waiting until she decides it is time.  Right now she is wanting to be in a diaper because Grace is.  I am not concerned about it, but I will definitely be happy to not be changing diapers for 2 kids.

-Ella loves Curious George, Sesame Street, Super Why, and pretty much any Disney movie, especially the princess ones.

-As of late she really likes to get her picture taken.  She asked me to take the above picture of her with her baby.

-She calls Dustin and me by our first names a lot.

-She loves our extended family and constantly asks about all of them.

She says please, thank you, and excuse me like a champ.

I could go on, but I don't want to go too crazy.  I just need to be better about keeping track of all things Ella.

I love this little girl so much.  She keeps me on my toes constantly and melts my heart several times a day too.