Nineteen Months Old

Another month has gone by already. This month has absolutely flown by! We began it by visiting family in Idaho (just Ellie and I) and we are ending it by taking off on our first family vacation since Ellie was born! We are heading out in the morning to drive to see Tim's folks for a few days, and then we are off to a little resort town to spend a few nights, just the three of us. We are very excited!

How Ellie has changed in the past month:

• Ellie is back to sleeping well, after a looong rough patch when we got back from Idaho. She isn't napping great, but I'll take the nighttime sleep over a nap any day!
• Ellie feeds herself now. She will no longer let us spoon anything into her mouth. This is very messy, but also frees up Mommy and Daddy to feed themselves at meals!
• Ellie has added cereal to the list of foods she requests at breakfast. She became really interested in Daddy's cereal and now she gets a little bowl to eat all for herself!
• Ellie talks in two and three word phrases now, including the occasional sentence. Her favorite things to say are: "I jump," "I walk," "I want Daddy," and "I go outside."
• She said her first complete sentence the day after she turned 18 months old. Tim says her actual first sentence doesn't need to be recorded for posterity (let's just say it had to do with her diaper), and so we'll go with her second: At the airport flying home from Idaho she told a little baby, "Baby don't cry." It was very cute.

Events of the past month:

• Idaho trip
• Visit to the fair.
• Visit to a carnival.
• Lots and lots of playing with friends, especially Jamison.