Saturday - our friends, Micah and Dan, just had a baby...actually born the same day Ella was - just 2 years later! So I made them a meal and Ella and I brought it over Saturday afternoon. It was the first time Ella got to hold a newborn baby...and she was LOVING it. (however, don't get any ideas - Ella is still remaining an only child!)
She held Baby Wyatt two times...and for about 15 minutes. She had a great time!
This past week has been a very busy week for Josh...he had to take a class - a General Instructors class...which was held where he went through the Police Academy...so he has been there from 8 to 5 each day...and then the class had assigned a lot of homework each night! Which he was just loving...so he was up til 10:30-11:30 each night just doing homework for this class...and he didn't even touch the homework for his Master's classes. That was Monday - Friday...then he had to work at the office on Saturday from 6am-2pm....so pretty much all day Saturday afternoon and so far today - he has locked himself away while he works on his homework for his other two classes.
Ella had her 2 year check-up on Tuesday this past week. Poor thing...she knew where we were when I pulled in. She started crying while checking in, sitting in the waiting room, calling us back, seeing the nurse...and cried even harder when the Doctor came in, and WAILED when she got her shot....whew! She is 24.4 pounds and 33.5 inches long. Tall and skinny! After getting her shot...they bring us back to a little lab where they had to prick her finger and they test to see the lead level in her...kids putting stuff in their mouth I guess can lead to elevated levels of lead in their body. While we waited they had a Big Bird chair...well that made Ella stop crying...she loved the Big Bird chair! And as a matter of fact...when they pricked her finger...she didn't even wince! She was too excited about the chair! We got home and Josh asked Ella how the Doctors visit went...she was so excited she kept saying, "Big Bird, Big Bird Chair!!" We're done for another year! 3 years will be her next visit.
Ella always likes to repeat things we say...but she is really doing it a lot more. I called to Josh one night this week...and yelled down the stairs, "hey babe - dinner's ready!" Well...Ella decided that is what she was going to call Josh for the rest of the night..."hey babe"...I thought it was sooo funny! :) Josh kept saying..."no I'm Daddy!" :)
Ella is all about routine...good thing...so is her Mama! We have the exact same routine everyday...and Ella knows it down pat. Sometimes she will even say what it is that we need to do next.
Ella knows her colors pretty well...the only one that gets her caught up is yellow and orange. When we're at the store she'll point at things and say what color it is. She can kinda count to 3. We're working on that...her favorite number is 3...so whatever you ask her..."Ella - how old are you?" "3!!" 3 is it for everything!
Ella has her favorite foods...so she eats a lot of yogurt, applesauce, bananas, cucumbers, and pizza!
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