Little miss manners

Ella has turned into such a little talker these days. Chris and I noticed this weekend that she is now putting sentences together. My baby girl is speaking in sentences! Yesterday, as we were sitting down for dinner she asked, "Daddy, I need a fork please." Adorable. Later on that evening she said, "Daddy come sit down. Play blocks, please." We are loving her manners as well. There is always, a please and a thank you and a welcome, Mommy or welcome, Daddy. We are pretty certain that the manner stage is going to be short lived so we are enjoying it as much as we can. It's nice to know that our constant reinforcement of saying thank you and you're welcome actually worked!

Some other cute things that she has said lately;

- Chris was humming a song and Ella said "Daddy, no songing."
- When Cooper is stalking her in the hopes that she will drop a teddy graham or a raisin she
says "Cooper...no, no, no, swiping."
- She calls strawberries "strawbabies."
- Ella has just about mastered the alphabet song, she just has trouble with one letter
"...H...I...Jelly...K."
- The other morning Chris went to get the remote to turn on the TV and Ella said "No Daddy. That's Mommy's."

But by far the best thing that she is saying these days is "I love you Daddy." and "I love you Mommy." especially when she is getting cozy in her bed at night and blowing kisses as we leave her room. We're so lucky to have such a sweet girl.

Introducing - Dora, Monkey, Baby doll, Baby doll, and Baby doll
(maybe we need to start naming these baby dolls)