Valentine's Day

We had a really fun Valentine's Day.  In the morning Ella and I made Daddy some delicious sugar cookies.  When Liam got home from work we went out and had a really yummy dinner.

Liam brought home a rose for me and a baby rose for Ella.  We are lucky girls because we have the best Valentine!

Sledding

Liam took Ella sledding for the first time about two weeks ago.  We have so much snow right now that the snow removed from our parking lot made the perfect little hill for Ella to sled on.  She hated it!  We will have to try again when it isn't so cold.

18 Months Old!

Ella turned 18 months old yesterday.  She is still as cute as can be. Some of her favorite things include: walking around the house saying "mmmooooommmm", making animal noises, playing the piano, running away from me, and making messes.  Ella often walks around the house laughing at things; she thinks she is pretty hilarious.  She probably is the funniest person she knows (I stole Grandpa's joke)! 

Ella's Favorite Things

What could be better than your favorite blanket, a binky, a necklace, and mommy's slippers?

Ella has sweet skills!

Ella has been talking a lot lately.  She likes to say Grandma, Grandpa, Tyler, Nathan.  (Don't worry Uncle Tyler, even though Ella doesn't really say your name in this video, she usually says it all the time.)  Ella also loves to make animal noises.  She is basically a professional.  Also, Ella really loves to twirl so I thought she would love the game Ring Around the Rosie.  Well she loves the twirling part but hates the falling down part.  Every time I say we all fall down; Ella will fall down and cry.  I think it is pretty hilarious.  She does this every single time I sing the song.

Warning:  You may get motion sickness from watch this video.  Courtesy of Liam.

Pictures

 Ella loves playing with her kitchen.

 Ella woke up one morning and all she wanted to do was wear her boots and hat.  When I opened the blinds to our back door Ella hung on the door handle because she wanted to play outside.

So Daddy took her outside to play.

Instead of helping Ella when she falls in the snow, Daddy takes pictures.

Ella loved playing in the snow.  She did not want to go back inside.

Daddy and Ella are tired.

Ella loves blankets!  She carries around one almost every where she goes in the house.

Snow Day

We made it home from our trip in Utah just before this storm hit.  So far we have gotten about a foot of snow and it is really cold (-1 with a wind chill of -20).  Liam did not have to go to school today which was nice.  It would have been a lot nicer if Ella felt better, but Ella was happy to have her daddy to cuddle her.