August - september....

The last month and a bit has been all about Ella learning to talk, it happened all of a sudden really. After being quite a quiet little girl she has turned into a chatterbox, most words only she will ever understand, but slowly her vocab is getting fuller. "Mum" and "Dad" roll off the tongue quite easily now....( sometimes they get mixed up on occasions ) she says other words like mess..."mumma mess" is a good one, keeping me on my toes! some other words are nose, NO...used quite frequently, YES ( sometimes confused with NO ) stretch...or more like "tch" but we understand. Car, if she sees one...ELMO ( MO ) , her favorite furry friend... and the rest are usually just parroted words that i say to her...it really is cute to hear her voice.

The last week has been beautiful weather so we have been outside more that usual, which has caused a lot more bumps and scratches than normal. she had her first knee scratch this week, she was a brave girl and waited for mummy to clean the "mess" and put on a band aid, which made it all better with a kiss.

she has started a music class with her friends cooper and Robert , and loves running around with the instruments..but her favorite bit has to be the bubbles, also another new word she has learnt! Daddy had Friday off ( poor thing not well ) so he came along to class with us,before class we went and fed the ducks at the eltham lake, and later for a treat we had ice cream at Mc Donald's which Ella kindly shared with her daddy...awwww

each week is more and more exciting as we watch Ella grow into a little girl...it seems to have gone so fast. she will be 18 months next month, can you believe it!