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First of all, do you all have your comments in here? So far it’s been fun to hear from all of you. The following pictures could possibly be items sent your way in the future.

Like I said before, we have some fun stuff planned for Ella on Saturday. Today, I started making a few things in preparation. I am planning a Lady Bug theme, so everything is red and black. Even our dessert will be… chocolate cake and strawberry ice cream.

I also got the cupcakes and cake made, so tomorrow I can decorate them. Let’s hope the idea in my head will turn into a cupcake. This can either go very well, or we might be starting over.

I also had a million bananas. Ok, not a million, but I got my order from Amazonfresh, and somewhere, my bananas didn’t get taken off. I have an order that comes every Friday, but I still had some from the previous week so I thought I took it off my order. Apparently not. So I had tons and tons of bananas. Because of this, Jameson and I made some banana bread today. Since I don’t want to eat 2 loaves by myself, we cut some up and took it to the neighbors. Yes, that loaf does have chocolate chips. I don’t add nuts, I add chocolate chips.

So that was our day. Jameson got to play with a friend all morning, and Ella slept most of the day. Literally. Neither child woke up before 8:30 am (Oh Heaven). Ella went back down by 9:30 and slept till 11:30. Then went back to bed at 1:30 and slept till 5 pm. By 7 pm she was back in bed. Those shots yesterday took it out of her.

Which, by the way, in case you were curious, her stats as of 3.2.2011 are:

22.13 pounds= 75th%

30 1/8 inches= 90th%

18 cm head circumference= 50th%

She got her Hep B, PCV (chicken pox), and MMR shot, so she was not happy. That has to be one of the worst things. To hold your child down so that someone can stick a needle in their little body. Her Ped. was very impressed with her walking while carrying toys skill. The nurse also weighed her on the big scale, because she can stand alone. No more baby scale for her. Ella has also started to grind her teeth, so I asked about that. We pretty much determined it’s only because she’s just discovering her teeth. She only does it while she’s walking around, which sounds horrible. The other news is that the doctor didn’t hear her heart murmur. We won’t know for sure what is exactly going on till next month when Ella is scheduled to have EKG and ultrasounds, but that would be awesome if the hole in her heart has closed up.

That’s right. We survived the first year = Ella is now 1 year old!

But, first things first. Did you see this post? You have till Sunday night to leave your comments. If there’s only 10 of you we might have to send you all something, but I doubt that’s the case. Anyway, on to Ella.

She no longer has the baby face as proven in this picture. Where did it go? We have a full fledged toddler on our hands. She now walks everywhere! This is her new found freedom. She loves the fact that she can now carry something while she walks. Ella is also able to stand back up after she looses her balance, rather than having to crawl to something and then stand back up. She says “Ma” and “Da,” and she actually correlates them with us. This also goes along with the fact that she yells.. aaalot. Since Jameson gets to walk around everywhere at the store, she thinks she should too. Let’s just say, shopping is not so fun. She also tells us she is “all done” in sign language. She does this when she is done, and when she doesn’t want to eat what we have given her. I gave up on not giving her peanut butter or honey. She has gotten a hold of Jameson’s sandwiches too many times, so now I just make them for her. She has also switched to milk. I was tired of buying formula, and she’s 1. She also drinks Jameson’s milk, so what’s the point?

Ella does not like to be alone. In the morning when she wakes up before Jameson, she goes and bangs on his door. You really have to watch her, or she wakes up the whole house. What would we do with out her, though? She started out a fighter…

And grew to be this crazy girl…

So today we did some pictures, including a cake smash. I can’t wait to get them back. We both looked super cute this morning, but I didn’t take any pictures, since someone else was. But, for dinner, I did give her more cake, and we took pictures.

She also got a pedicure by mom…

(Remember, we were all dolled up earlier in the day. This is right before bed.)

And that was how we celebrated Ella’s big day. Don’t worry, we have a big plans for this weekend. Tomorrow we have her one year appointment, so we’ll let you know how much she’s grown. Happy Birthday Baby Girl!