16 Months

These pictures are pretty grainy, and I am not sure why! I think I might need a new camera. Anyway, Ellasen was 16 months yesterday. She is getting even better at walking. She can run and climbs on playground equipment! She is so much fun these days. She is talking up a storm. We think she probably knows around 100 words, and she can use them correctly. She can pretty much repeat any fairly simple words you say to her, but it takes a few repetitions obviously before she really gets what it means. The nice thing about all this chit chat is that she can tell me more and more what she wants or doesn't. She hates to be misunderstood so she has gotten really good at asking for what she wants. She is really into Sesame Street characters right now. She doesn't really care to watch them on TV yet, but she loves to find them in her books and on her toys. She is also really into animals and animal noises right now. She loves to go through her animal books and name them and make the sounds they make. She still makes us laugh daily and is such a blessing in our lives.