Beach was a Blast!!!

So I got to take Ella to the beach last week. Jonathan had to work, but sent his love:-) I went with my friend Brandy and her family. I was able to take lots of pictures of Ella while we were there. She loved the beach and absolutely loved the water!!! Everytime the tide would go back out she would try to walk out to it. Too Cute! Here are a few pictures of her at the beach! 

July 4th Vacation

We had so much fun on our family vacation. We stayed at the Lake for the week of the 4th of July. We celebrated Ella's 1st Birthday, July 4th, and my birthday. We went out on the boat to go tubbing and watched the fireworks. It was such an awesome week. Ella loved the boat and loved playing in her baby pools. She really just loved crawling everywhere!!! She is getting into everything and is so sweet. In the mornings you get 1 kiss and then she is ready to play. She talks up a storm in her own language. She says MaMa, Da Da, Thank you, G G, Yeah...and many other things I am not quite sure of:-) When she gets into something she goes "OOOOOOHHH" and "UMMMMMM". Too funny!

On July 14th she got her third bottom tooth in. She went for her 1 year checkup and she is growing great. Still only 18 pounds though... She started drinking whole milk. Not sure how she likes it quite yet. After we get the hang of that we are taking the bottle away...

It is so exciting seeing Ella grow up and learn so many things. It amazes me everyday