Birthday Daddy

I just remembered this story and wanted to share. Brent had his 31st birthday on April 14th. We had family over for cake and ice cream and it was fun. Well a couple days later was our care group night and all 4 families were here at our house. It was after 8:00 and Elli was showing signs of needing to be asleep. So we put her to bed and came downstairs to a birthday cake for Brent. We all sang Happy Birthday. Then, I hear Elli upstairs crying really loudly. I run up to see what's wrong and she is holding onto the side of the crib saying,"I want Birthday Dadddy!" How sad that I put her to bed and she didn't get to sing to her daddy. So we brought her down, sang again, and gave her as much cake as she could eat!!!! She is really into birthdays this year. She likes cake, presents, and ice cream:)

Elli's first Owie

Look at her knee. Yes, folks. She has an "owie". She keeps asking mommy to kiss it and rub it. Then she is all better for a while. That is until she sees it again.

Memory

One of Elli's new toys was Memory. (from mommy and daddy) She was asking Brent to help her play yesterday when he got home. How cute is this! Here is the dialog: "Dadddy, see it? New toys. Daddy help you? I wan pay it." I love her little words and sentences.

Birthday Girl

Elli will be two on April 25th. We had her party though on Saturday the 19th. She was a lot of fun. She flew through her presents very excited to see what it was and then to see what the next one was. (Here is a public "thank you" since they didn't get said during the unwrapping!) She wanted to eat her cake with a spoon then realized that to get the icing it was much easier to lick it. It was a fun day with friends and family. Thank you for sharing it with us and if you couldn't be there, here are a couple of pics to enjoy.

I wan wide it peeze!

In Elli's words it means, "I want to ride it please." She really only pushes herself on the ground and is really fast going backwards!(legs are too short for the pedals)

Hard Work

Elli had to work very hard to get herself up and out of the pool at swim lessons. She did learn to do it pretty efficiently though, only to jump back in to daddy!

Pokibots

Elli has on new jammies with "pokibots" or polka dots. She was very excited to wear them. She also wore a dress on Sunday with pokibots which she was happy to tell people about.

"MMMMM" Mell Good

This is Elli's expression for "Mmm smells good." She was excited to see two flowers in her yard so we spent some time smelling them. I am excited too since it means spring is coming.

Youngs

Last weekend Aunt Leah and I went to Youngs Jersey Dairy with Elli to see the baby animals. There were baby goats and cows. Elli seemed a little timid but she told her Papa they were soft. She didn't touch them but I guess she could just tell by looking at them!

Funny

My comedian daughter put these stickers on her face. She then called out to me and said, "Mommy! Funny." Her expression while making this comment was exactly what you see here. No smile, just the word funny! I of course laughed out loud which then cause her to laugh, but that's my girl!

Swimming Lessons

Elli has started "ABC Come Splash with ME" swim lessons. She is doing well and having fun at the same time. She is learning to blow bubbles in the water, (with her mouth:), scoop her arms, kick her legs, float on her back, splash, and slide! She has a lot of fun even if she is shivering by the end.

Poo Poo

Elli is now going poo poo on the potty. She told me last Monday the 31st that she needed to go poo poo. She was at the time standing in her bedroom, naked, having just gone pee pee on the potty. I turned around just in time to see her going poo poo on her floor. "Uh Oh" she said. I picked her up and ran her into the bathroom where she finished on the potty. Even though we had a rough start to the process, since then it has been much better! Way to go Elli.