1 1/2

Ella Kate is 1 1/2!!! Time is flying by and we will be celebrating birthday number 2 in no time (I am a bit obsessive and have already been searching for birthday themes/invites for June...I know, I am crazy!) Anyway, Ella Kate has had a great month and has spent more days away from her own bed then in it. We are so lucky that she will sleep wherever we drag her and just roll with the flow. She and I have been staying in Madison this week while J has been at the Breakthru youth retreat outside Jackson. I have been going back and forth to camp and EK went out there one day too. She is LOVING staying at Kay Kay and G's house and will probably pitch a large fit when she has to go back to Hattiesburg!!!

Ella Kate has had a bit of a cold this month and had a double ear infection. Please pray for her ears to clear up and stay clear because her doctor has mentioned tubes and I just would rather avoid it if we can right now. As far as new words/tricks...one is that due to her runny nose situation, she has learned to point to her snot and say "bubbles" (thank you Haley for that one!) She is still loving her books. Goodnight Moon is one of her favorites and she can identify every detail in the book. She also loves the Heroes of the Bible soft book that was Haley's. It has all these little stuffed characters and she takes them all out and then puts them all back over and over again. She is obsessed with watching the fire place. She does not get close to it, but insists that the "hot" be on at all times. She still loves the Christmas tree and she is going to not be a happy camper when we take it down. She is eating about the same things, but has discovered that she really enjoys Jello. EK has also started telling me when she goes to the bathroom. She will point to her diaper and say "poop"...I know that is probably TMI, but I am proud that she tells me!!! It gives me hope that maybe we will only be buying diapers for several more months.
Today, we had lunch with our sweet friends Amanda Blair, Sally and Vera Kate Ray and Sally's mom Vera Ann (Annie). It was so fun to get to visit and Ella Kate LOVED Vera Kate. Sweet VK started to cry because she was hungry and EK just watched her with such a concerned look. Once VK stopped crying, EK went on about her business. She was just taking care of her "baby" as she calls her.

J and I are heading to Jacksonville tomorrow!!! Let's go State!!!