Ellie ~ 18 Months Old

(Ellie in mid sentence of "Ellie language")

At 18 months old Ellie.......
* ate her first corn on the cob.
* helped Daddy light off a few fireworks. She liked the popper gun.
* climbed onto the couch for the first time with no help.
* received the first quilt Mommy ever made.
* ate a bite of dog food before Daddy could stop her.....then carried around another piece of dog food trying to hide it from us.
* said "elp" while playing at the park. She wanted help getting down from a climber toy.
* initiated to wave at Tom and say "bye bye Dada".
* played with play dough.
* on July 29th finger painted her first four masterpieces to send to her grandparents then decided to paint her face.
* can say "eyes" and point to eyes.
* will get really excited if we say "let's go outside". She will run to the door and sometimes try to say "oughsie".
* said "ay Dada" an the phone to Tom.
* will take little scraps or whatever little lint like things she finds on the floor and put them in the garbage.
* said the Russian word "nyet"(no) to her babysitter who speaks Russian.
* discovered she can walk backwards.
* helped Tom push the wheel barrow to load rocks.
* discovered her shorts had pockets and ensued to walk around with her hands in the pockets.
* rode her first carousal ride.
* still loves to carry around her baby doll and always makes sure the blanket is not far.
* still carries around any kind of bag or bucket to put treasures in ( at one point she has had five strung up one arm).
* loves to get tickled and kissed.