19 Month Photo Shoot

I have to brag on my awesome, talented and lovely friend... Gara Hill.  She did a great job capturing Ellasyn's personality in these pictures from the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens a couple of weeks ago.  Here are few of my favorites...



~ "Flower" ~

~ so sweet ~

~ Cheese ~

~ stop and smell the daffodils ~

It was much cooler than we thought it was going to be so we added a long sleeve shirt under her little dress and she has on baby legs too!

She gave this look the the four, yes... four, adults that were jumping around, dancing, making crazy noises and waving about trying to get her to crack a smile.  Gara is quick... she got some great little smiles out of this one!

19 months and then some

I am a little behind in my blogging. Who, me?  I know, not really a surprise seeing as most of my blogs begin the same way. Oh well...

~ I only have eyes... for youuuu ~

~ peek a boo ~

Ellasyn is 19 months! And then some.  She is growing, growing, growing! Her hair is getting longer and she seems to have grown six inches in the last couple of weeks.  This series of pictures totally captures who she is right now.  A stinker!  She was playing, "Let me see how fast I can get out of the chair before Mommie takes a picture."

She loves to answer questions with "Sshh" (Yes) and nod her head.  (Which is waaay better than the previous phase of answering everything with "No!")  She does still enjoy using the word "No" and has added "Mine" to the mix.  Since most days she does not have any one to share with, she will just walk around and say "mine, mine, mine... MINE!!! mine, mine..." In most cases I answer with, "Yes, baby, that is your (fill in the blank)".  Another fun conversation we have, usually in the car, is:
E: "Daddy?"  Me: "Where is Daddy?"
E: "Ouu" (Work)  Me: "Yes, Daddy is at work. Where does Daddy work?"
E: "Coo" (School)
I am so glad that I can interperate Ellasyn speak. :) Silly girl.

We went to the Science and History Museum in Fort Worth with some great friends.  Ellasyn loves that place! Her favorite things were dancing to the music and digging for dinosaur bones...

~ Checking out the snake ~

~ dusting off her "find" ~

~ swaying to the music ~

Climbing has become a favorite thing and she has really gotten very good at it lately.



~ climbing to the top of the big kid slide all by herself ~



~ ready to slide down ~

~ tuckered out after all that climbing ~

Spring is on the way and the dandelions are in full bloom. ;)  Ellasyn's obsession with picking every last "Ow" (flower) in the yard has given me a new appreciation for weeds.

~ looking for flowers with her new Canton rain boots ~

~ She picked so many that she couldn't hold them all ~

~ airplane ~

~ so excited ~

~ I just can't get enough of this precious face ~