Thursday, July 06, 2006

Happy Birthday Baby Ellie

Ellie Rose turned 1 year old today! She celebrated with a party on Sunday with a lot of friends and family. She liked the cake but didn't get too messy and she crawled around and played with all of her gifts.
Today we went into the North End and to see the USS Constitution with Grandmom and Pop Pop. Ellie and Eric behaved so well. They loved riding the train. Ellie entertained everyone by screaming ba..ba..ba...ba...ba the entire time! We had a funny time at the restaurant when Eric wanted a binky but refused to use Ellie's purple one. When Pop Pop produced a "new" purple one a little later Eric took it, no problem. Too funny! They both loved eating pasta and Italian bread.
Ellie is surprising us every minute with new words. She can say Daddy, Mum Mum (the cracker, not the person,) Eric (Ikey), Ellie, dog, duck, bike, baba, yucky. She is getting braver and leans over and lets go and stands for a few seconds. She took a step the other night.
Tonight we ate brownies and sang to Ellie again. We even had to sing a sound of "Happy Ellie's Birthday to Eric."