TwO!!!

I have been putting off writing this. Maybe in hopes it wouldn't happen and maybe Ell would choose to stay a baby instead. My attempts at keeping her one have been unsuccessful and thus I must accept the inevitable. I had her professional 2 year pictures taken last week, but there is quite a long turn around time on them so as soon as I get them I will make another post. Here is the photographer posted as a sneak peak.

We had Ella's two year well visit and she is douing ophenominal! She does not need age correction for anything and she is considered advanced in both language and social-emotional skills. She weighs 22 pounds 15 ounces (7%), is 31 3/4 inches tall (6%), and her head was 43 cm (34%).
Ell is wearing a size 3 diaper, and 18 months (typically) in clothes. She does actually still wear 12 months in some brands. Her body is tiny but is gaining length so it may be interesting come fall when we need length. Shoes are about a size 3 (depends also on brand) which would be a 6-9 month. Her feet are growing though so I'm happy. Also that size 3 diaper she wears is getting fewer and farther between. She now has the choice of a pull-up and undies (if we are at home). Both are huge on her tiny butt. She has done pretty well in them when she chooses to wear them. She frequently poops on the potty without being prompted by me. She basically has done this all on her own so I'm good with whatever! My favorite thing about her potty training is that when she poops in the potty I give her a penny. She then puts the penny on a gumball machine that has skittles in it. She gets between 3-4 each time and she ALWAYS makes she she gives one to Mommy. It is so very sweet. Even if I decline she really wants me to have one. She has a really sweet personality.
Ella is very sweet but also a girl full of sass. This is of course nothing new, but now that she has such great language skills it is getting interesting! If she is doing something I disaprove of and I tell her not to she throws her hand up and tells me, "Go away! Go away for a minute and stop it!" Sometimes I can't help but snicker.

Favorites:
Animals - Horses "Neighs" and Cats.
Vegetable- Green Beans, but also likes broccoli
Fruit- Peaches and apples sometimes bananas
Snacks- yogurt, applesauce, pretzels
Treats- cupcakes and ice cream, "candy"
Show- Dora, Yo Gabba Gabba, Curious George
Movie- Monsters Inc. Finding Nemo, Little mermaid, Rio, and Toy Story 3
Places to go- Zoo, Children's museum, farm
Outside- She ALWAYS wants to play outside.

Can identify: circle, stars and hearts 100% of the time. Triangle and square are coming along.
Colors are very unpredictable. She will say an actual color if you ask her, but it's pretty much never correct.
Says E-L-A spells Ella
When she sees words on anything she is excited and refers to them as "ABC's"
She can identify some letters, but in working mother fashion I'm not sure which ones as she does this mainly at school.
She has become a very cute singer and can sing a great majority of certain songs like, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Twinkle Twinkle, Happy Birthday, Rock a bye Baby, The ABC's and several others I'm missing.

Now that her birthday is over I'm not sure how she is going to react. She really loves it to be "my birthday". These are some pictures from her party. She really wanted a bike and I should have video taped her opening it. She was so excited!