It is hard to believe Ellyson will soon be a whole year old. That a year ago, I felt like a beached whale and prayed she would arrive early. And just look at her now!
I don’t know whether to say she is more trouble than Ethan or my memory is very short-term. But I can say with all honesty she is more trouble with Emry. After all Emry didn’t crawl until after she turned one. And when she could crawl, she didn’t get into anything. Ellyson? My house constantly looks like a tornado started at one end and stormed through to the other. Magnatiles, markers, her own toys, my books, even things that have been missing for several days. All of them. Everywhere. Nothing is safe.
But continual disasters aside, Ellyson is a smart little thing. In the last week, I have noticed that not only can she take the cap off most markers (which she always finds because Emry always forgets to pick up at least one of them), but she immediately turns it in her hand and tries to put the cap on the end. And she can do it, too, except she doesn’t have enough dexterity to snap it into place. I guess she has watched Emry and Ethan use markers for most of her life since Emry draws like the world is running out of artwork. I’m still a bit amazed, though, that her motor skills are already that fine.
She has added several words to her vocabulary, but the primary one is “hot”. She learned this one when Ed was firing up the grill one day. However, she had has taken it to mean anything that is potentially dangerous or she shouldn’t be into (although that doesn’t always stop her). So, Legos are “hot”, outlets are “hot”, and the inside of the refrigerator is also “hot”.
I’ve learned that she will happily suck either of her thumbs. She loves Jim Brickman (a pianist). She can clap her hands. She adoresbeing outside, and she relaxes happily whenever she is placed in the tag-along to go on a bike ride. She also loves to “talk” and “giggle” with Emry both when they should be going to bed and in the morning when Emry will crawl into bed with her. In both cases, she is the instigator. Because she certainly knows how to get her way: grunt, yell, giggle, wave, cuddle. Isn’t it amazing how quickly they learn some things?
Looking at the sticker….
Taking off the sticker….
Finally – one with the sticker in place!
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