Ella Update

 In all the birthday craziness I never got to post Ella's stats from her one year check up and what she's been up to lately so here they are along with her one year photo shoot taken by Sarah Long (she's amazing and took all these adorable pics in a matter of about 15 minutes!!!).
- Ella weighs 22 lbs (72%) and is in the 87% for height.  She seems so short to me so I was surprised by that!
- Had her shots and cried just a little bit and then she was fine.  Over the course of the year she has been sick twice, each time she had an ear infection in her left ear.
- Has four teeth (two top, two bottom)
- Loves anything electronic.  She's like a magnet to the remote, iPad, iPhone, laptop, ect.
- Really likes to play with balls and trains and pretty much shoves her baby dolls out of the way to get to her "boy toys"
- Is in another "mommy" phase when I'm around she wants me (or Jason) to hold her, but will still go to the nursery at the gym and church just fine
- Is creeping along the furniture and loves to walk while holding our fingers or behind her walker.  She's a fast crawler but I'm in no hurry for her to walk!!
- Such a cuddle bug and loves to lay her head on your shoulder and gives lots of hugs and kisses..LOVE this!
- Drinks whole milk now (yea for no more formula)!  This month has been insanely busy so we haven't completely cut the bottle our but she's down to 2 bottles of milk a day (morning and night)
- Eats mostly finger foods but still loves her squeeze baby food.  She's not too picky but prefers softer textures.  HATES anything sweet as you'll see in the last picture!
- LOVES to be the center of attention and I think she'll be our social butterfly with a big personality!
- Loves to clap and wave
- Can say mamma, dada, uh oh, ball, vrooom and recently she's added wow and whoa which is pretty hilarious.  Anytime she sees or hears something new she looks at us and says "WOOOOW" or "WHOOOOA".
I can't believe how much our baby girl is growing and changing.  It's kind of funny because with Griffin I couldn't wait for him to meet his next milestone.  Now with Ella being our last baby, I just want to freeze time and keep my baby girl squishy and cuddly. We love you sweet Ella Belle!

 Love this one...shows her little drama queen side

Told you she hates cake!  Poor baby but I still think this pic is priceless!