A few words from Ella

Ella is talking up a storm, making it hard to jot down everything she is saying these days. But some of the things coming out of her mouth are pretty funny, so I have to make a note of them. More so we can look back and remember, but if you get a kick out of it too - great!

• "careful" We seem to tell Ella to be careful on a regular basis as she climbs and explores things. She's picked up this word and now tells herself to be careful when she's climbing somewhere she is a little nervous about.
• She does a little singing now. She tries to sing the ABC's with us and of course sings along with Barney's I love you song.
• Ella absolutely loves to say the ABC's (she does her best) and count. So far she doesn't get very far with either one, but she loves it when we do it and she can try to chime in. When she counts, she always skips 3 for some reason. 1....2.....we say 3.....then 4.
• Vacuum Ella has always gotten excited when we get the vacuum out. Now she likes to help me push it around - which isn't exactly helpful. She's now found an attachment to our vacuum that she gets out and pushes around when I'm vacuuming, saying vacuum every few seconds.
• Soon - Miss Ella has started to tell us soon when we ask her if she's ready to do something. Like if we ask if she's ready to get out of the bath she looks at us and says "soon, soon". It cracks us up. She started saying this when Grandma Margaret was here, so I blame this on her! :)
• Ella loves to talk on the phone. She's got a toy phone she uses to chat, but has been known to use a remote control, a flip mirror from my purse, or different toys too. She gets on and just blabs and blabs....who knows what she's saying!