Ellie updates and shenanigans

Ellie is 13 months old... but seems to think that
she's an adult. Maybe because she lives in a house
surrounded by adults who she thinks she controls.
Anyway, she's doing really well.... still has the same
hilarious and spicy personality she was born with,
and keeps us working hard to keep up.

She loves to rock. She stops and bangs her
head or dances to almost all music. She loves
to wear guitars. There was a rock concert on TV
the other night, and she immediate grabbed a
guitar and made me help her put it on.

Talking with Tucker. She talks ALL THE TIME. Sometimes
it's just jibjab, but she actually knows a lot of words anymore.
she knows mama, dada, grandpa, grandma, tucker, tank,
this (or deese! to get things), thank you (says it all the time...
so cute!), drink, all done, night-night, bye-bye, good job,
uh-oh, ooooh wow, and countless others that she will
say or repeat for me when she's in the right mood.
It's crazy! (I know that was long, but it's more
for me to keep record better).

She likes playing with full-size basketballs and footballs
a lot lately.

Ellie is a water addict. The sprinkler was on, and
it took her all of about 20 seconds of freedom to end
up completely soaked.

And she walks! She started really walking a lot
right before Jake left. She doesn't do it all the time
yet, but gets better and better. She can stand up
and walk across the whole room if there aren't
too many dogs and things to trip over.