Ella is Thirteen Months

Today our sweet munchkin is thirteen months!

Thirteen months means that Ella is walking all over the house and while her walk still looks a bit like the Bride of Frankenstein, she is getting much faster and more sure of herself. It also means that she is super curious about absolutely everything. She is mesmerized by the water in the toilet bowl and tries her best to life the lid up so she can see what is inside. She also loves to look in the garbage can and take things out. She also likes to put her toys in the garbage so we always have to be sure to check it before it goes out to the curb. She is also obsessed with chapstick and shoes and beelines it for either whenever she spots them.

She now has four upper teeth and her lower middle ones look like they might cut through her gums any day. She is wearing 12-18 month clothes, but the 18 month ones are still a bit big as she is long but rather skinny despite the large amount of food she consumes. She reaches her hands to be picked-up all the time and likes when her daddy tosses her in the air. She says a few words now: "What's that?" "Mom" "Dad" and "Hi" are the ones she says most frequently. She likes to climb up on her toy box now to get up on the sofa or computer desk. She can also climb off of the sofa, ottoman, and our bed (which is kind of scary because it is so high off the ground). We have an app on our iPad that she loves called Baby Finger. She touches the screen and shapes, numbers, and colors pop up with sounds. She thinks it is pretty great that she gets to use something that usually only brother or mommy handles. She still sleeps about twelve hours every night with a two-three hour nap every day.

She is such a delight and we truly enjoy being her parents. She makes us laugh all the time and brings so much joy to our life. We are beyond blessed to have our little Ellie Roo!