Mail

Ella loves to get the mail.  For a long time now whenever we stop at the mailbox she reaches out her little hand and says "thank you, thank you" until I find a piece of junk mail that she can have.  Now as she is getting older she is more specific about the type of mail I give her.  She will no longer take reminder postcards or a catalog.  Now she has to have something in an envelope that she can open!

Colors

Ella now knows all her colors!  She likes to point out that "mommy has a blue shirt," or there is a "white truck."  Yellow seems to be her favorite of all!

Happy 2nd Birthday!

Ella turned 2 last week and we had a little party to celebrate this past Saturday. She loves Elmo and she loves music and dancing so we had a Elmo Dance Party! She was very into all the decorations as Mommy put them up during the week. She would come downstairs to the new things Mommy had worked on the night before and say "ohhhhhh cool," then point to them all day and say "Elmo, Cookie, Abby...." She told me for her birthday party she wanted a "chocolate Elmo cake." Of course Mommy had to make that happen for her! She saw it in the fridge that morning and kept asking us to open the fridge so she could "see Elmo cake." She was very exited the day of her party and had a huge smile on her face the whole time. She had a great time dancing and playing music with her cousins. She is adorable!  You can find pictures and videos here.