Happy 1st Birthday Ella!

Ella, today is your day. Your day to eat as many cheerios as your heart desires. Your day to take the shortest nap ever. Your day to hide all over the house. Your day to rip up as many magazines as you want. Your day to have a blast!

Love, Momma

Milestones:

• walking. Ella is (officially) a walker! She still crawls around some, but definitely enjoys walking all over the place more. She still gets so excited that she knows how to do it!
• milk. Ella had her first glass four glasses of milk on Sunday. She loves it. Phew. In fact, she hasn’t used a bottle since Saturday. Bye, bye bottle!
• “done.” Ella now will say “done” after her meals. That’s our cue that she’s ready to get down and play.
• nap. She is now transitioning to one nap a day. I think that she’s been ready for this transition for a couple of weeks now.
• 18 month clothing. She can still fit a few 12 month items, but she fits best is most 18 month clothing.
• 11 hour nights. She goes to bed between 7:30 and 8 pm and will wake up around 7 am.
• solid food. She loves to eat. In fact, she is officially only eating table food now! (I still have several jars of 3rd foods if anybody is interested.) Her favorite things to eat are: mandarin oranges, American cheese slices, yogurt, applesauce, bananas, black beans and peas. Oh yes, and cheerios.
• toys/books. Ella continues to do a great job of playing by herself. She loves to sit and “read” books as well as play with her tea set. Her big climbing blocks get a lot of daily use and she has learned how to get off of her bouncing zebra all by herself. One of her favorite games is to pull the pillows off of the sofas and then throw herself/jump on top of them.

As always, I’m sure I’m forgetting things. She continues to be such a happy girl with lots of bubbly personality. Her well-check appointment is on Thursday morning, so I’ll post her measurements then. Check back later for pictures of her 1st birthday.