FINALLY!!!

HOLY COW am I behind! SO by popular demand I am now finally updating the blog.

Where to begin? SO much has happened that I will try to catch everything, but I apologize that it will not be in chronological order.
Ellie now has 5 teeth! She has been a real trooper with it all too. She got her two bottom teeth and then her to right middle and right eye tooth followed by her left middle top tooth. She is working on her other eye tooth as we speak and you would never notice. She is awesome!

Ellie has gone from crawling like a mad woman to pulling herself up on things to walking along things, to now letting go and walking a few steps here and there. For a little bit we really thought that she would take off on the walking thing, but she has realized that she can get to places a lot faster by crawling so the walking thing has kind of been put on the back burner. This is totally cool with us, because it keeps her our little baby just a little bit more.
Elna has also mastered waving bye-bye, however we are trying to teach her to wave hello and she thinks we are nuts. She is totally hooked on the "bye-bye" and not the "hi-hi". But in time we know it will come. She now knows who mamma is when asked and who kitten is. So she is getting it all very quickly.

Elna and cousin Alana (Easter)

So pretty in my dress! (Easter)

Eric, Elna, Aunt Ashley, Cousin Weston (Easter)

Let move on to another milestone. Called the “Da Da” milestone. This milestone may also be known to others as my best friend milestone. Ellie loves Eric so much that every time the phone rings she starts yelling “Da Da”. It’s very cute especially when she is in the car and she thinks I’m talking to Eric and I hear a big “HI DA DA!” in the back seat. Yes Ellie knows how to talk a little. She has mastered Hi, dada, mamma, and titten (which is Kitten). She also has mastered the attitude that goes with it. One night we were trying to get ready for bed and Ellie decided that it was time to play. In her closet we have a couple toys that she’s still a little too young for, however when she gets the chance she likes to go in there and explore. So as she was playing I was sitting on the floor say Elna, which was followed by a Mamma, then another EEElllnnnnaaa followed by a MMMAAA”MMMAAA. She mimicked every Elna I threw at her. If I said her name fast she said mama fast. It was really cute and I tried so hard not to laugh because I didn’t want her to think it was a game. However I was out played by a 10 month old. She won that one.
With all her milestones probably the most shocking was the stairs. One day we were playing hard in the living room and Kit was around and Ellie decided that it was a good idea to chase Kit like she always does. Kit b-lined it up the stairs and I wasn’t too concerned because Elna didn’t know how to climb stairs, or at least we didn’t think she did. I casually made my way over there which was about 30 seconds after she went and the next thing I saw was Kit at the top of the stairs and Ellie on the 3rd step! I was so excited and scared at the same time I had no idea what to do. I cheered and tried to discipline, but yet again round 2 when to Elna.
Also since our last blog Ewe celebrated Elna’s first Easter. OMG was that fun!! She had so much fun playing with all her cousins. We did an eater egg hunt at Grandma and Grandpa Burts and Ellie had a blast with the eggs. She thought they were the coolest thing ever! We were so lucky that she was able to hang out with all our family. We are so blessed to have great family get together were Ellie gets to play with all her cool cousins.

Like you don't think I'm cute??

Me and G-ma Koch in our cool shades!

Elna's first time in her swing.

We also were able to celebrate Ellies boyfriend Noah’s first birthday. (Yes Brandy you made it on the blog again! LOL) Ellie and him are so cute together! You may remember a few blogs back that I mentioned that we went to the Tundra Lodge with our friends that we met in Lamaze. We had a blast hanging out with them! Ellie like to hang out with Noah to especially cause he has some sweet toys that she doesn’t. I can’t wait to see both of them grow together. Since they are so close in age it’s amazing how they hit the same milestones together. We also have the same struggle together to. It’s great having someone else to lean on when you are just at your wits end.

Noah "the BF" and Ellie

Well I’m going to wrap it up because soon we will be reporting that Elna has turned one!! I can’t believe it’s been a year already! This time last year I was thinking is this baby ever going to come out!!! Freaky how fast the time flies!

Hugs to all!
Eric, Monica, Elna, Kit

HEY I'M STILL HERE!!