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Monday, August 12, 2013

Dear Ella, August 12th 2013

Hello my beautiful girl!

Ummmm, yeah, it's been over two months since I wrote a letter.  I stink.  No excuses, I just stink.  But I WILL keep writing these, even if they get a little more spaced out.  I promise!!  Man we have been having SUCH a fun summer.  I really do not want summer to end.  We have been to parks, splash pads, swimming pools, the zoo and really just running around outside a bunch!  There are so many options in the summer, this has been MY favorite summer ever, and you've had a lot of fun too :)
You've been missing Zoe because she hasn't been over in about two weeks.  Her Grandparents are here from Hungary and so she has been staying home with them.  But you have been playing with other cousins and friends.  The other day we went to the splash pad with Grandma Pinson, Keslee and Jayden, and poor Jay broke his arm trying to do the monkey bars :(  It was really scary and sad, but he's ok.  He has a big green cast on and looks like the hulk now ;)
Mommy just turned 29 on August 10th.  I'm gettin' old, but you make me feel young.  You love to dance and sing and rough house with Mommy and Daddy. Oh, and you love to do "exercises" too.  You will do jump squats and calf raises, just like your Daddy. It's really cute.
The picture above is one of many GORGEOUS pictures taken by your Aunt Alex.  You and Zoe had a tea party in Grandma's backyard while Aunt Alex to pictures.  It was so much fun and you look so wonderfully beautiful in all of them.  Your dad was just saying the other night how he can tell already that you are going to be such a beautiful young women, because you are already so pretty.
You have been doing AWESOME with potty training.  You always do your poo poo's in the potty now!!! No more yucky diaper changes for me!!!!  You still wear pull-up's because you haven't learned how to get to the potty before you go pee pee, but hey, I'll take what I can get!  You get SUPER excited every time you pee pee or poo poo in the potty.  It's awesome.  You are getting better and being good in church.  You love nursery and don't freak out when mommy and daddy leave.  You love animals, and just the other day you and your daddy went outside with some chicken and fed the neighbor cat.  You love flowers.  Every time we pull up to Grandma Pinson's, you say "Look at my beautiful flowers!!"  You are a GREAT eater!  You will even eat mommy's funny healthy foods, which makes me SOOOO happy!  But you also like the not-so-healthy stuff too.  We don't feed you a lot of that stuff ;)  We want you to grow up healthy and strong!!
Gosh, babe, you are just so joyful!!  And you like to make sure everyone around you is happy too.  If you do something I don't like and I get mad, you will run over and say "Mommy, are you happy?" and if I say no, you will just keep asking until I say "Yes" and smile.  It's frustrating, but so sweet at the same time.  I never stay mad at you for more than a few seconds.
Well, as always, love the snot out of ya.  You truly are my joy.  Having you and your Daddy in my life every day, I am sooooooo blessed.  Love you baby girl!

Mommy