She's 2!

Ellionna is now 2!!!  Oh my!  I've been all sentimental this past month knowing that our time in Ohio is almost over.  Having Ellionna join our family has been a great part of this chapter of our lives.  I'm so happy that I got another little girl!   Ellionna has been showing some great independence.  She has learned from the best-- 3 older siblings.  

She knew what this birthday thing was all about.

She mastered opening presents!!

and blowing out the candles on her cake. 

 

She loves her new riding toy!

This little Miss is starting to avoid her naps when she can.  Sundays are usually the day when that happens.  Ellionna loves just playing in her room by herself.  I often let her be, as I can hear her through the baby monitor downstairs.  One day after church I realized it was mighty quiet up there, so I went to go check..... She put herself to sleep while reading books.

If an afternoon nap doesn't happen, she usually treats herself to a dinnertime nap instead.  

Ellionna loves changing her clothes.  I don't even bother getting her dressed in the morning anymore, because she will change her clothes soon after.  They are often inside out or backwards.  It just cracks me up.  She loves dress up too.  I just had to capture the bat-woman look.... (with her backward clothes on!)

One night, Ellionna woke up crying (which is pretty unusual now).  I went up to find out what was wrong and found her completely soaked.  As I took her out to investigate, I noticed she didn't have a diaper on!  I put her to bed with pajamas and a diaper on.  Before she made any effort in going to sleep, she must have unzipped her jammies, took off her diaper, and zipped them back into place. 

Ellionna isn't saying many words, but the ones we hear are:

 Dada (no mama yet!)

Jesus

two

Ta-Da!

Ray! (For Hooray)

She loves making all the sounds for pretty much every animal, as well.

Her preferred way of communicating still is by screaming.  

Ellionna is becoming quite the picky eater.  She loves any kind of drink and would prefer that over food.  She loves fruit, yogurt, cheese, and Chicken nuggets.  

Her favorite place to play when we are outside is in the car.  That can be a good thing and a bad thing.