Updates

So, it's been a long time since I've blogged and there has been a lot happening in our day to day lives. Ella is learning new things all the time and new words. Her newest word is "no"! Not the word I wanted her to know, but she says it in a very cute way. Also, she is so into dancing and her newest move is "ba" (which is bouncing). She plays some music from one of her toys and comes up to us and says "ba, ba" and starts bouncing. Here's a little clip we took when we were trying to get her to do it.



The other day Ella helped me make rice crispy bars, it was the first time she ever helped me cook anything! I loved having her help me and I can't wait until she wants to do it more. Here are some pics from that.
Another funny food picture we have is Ella eating a dessert a couple of weeks ago. The picture doesn't need any explaining!

Look at my cute mess!

With the nice weather we have been going to the park a lot and Ella loves it! She is getting more and more brave with each trip. She is now climbing up and going down slides all by herself, she doesn't want any help from mommy. Here are a few pics of her taking a snack break while playing.

The last thing I have to report is on Ella's new favorite toy, her Laugh and Learn Kitchen. It is something that I had wanted to get her at Christmas but never got around to it until a few weeks ago. She really enjoys it and has played with it almost everyday since we got it. It's nice because she likes to play with the pots and pans when mommy is cooking so now she can go and cook in her kitchen while I'm cooking. She even found a couple of my little baking pans and they fit into her little oven. She even takes her fake food and cooks it in a pan using one of my wooden spoons.