ima! ima!

** ima **
it's the most adorable thing in the world is when your child starts calling you. i walk out of the room to get something or do something, and i hear her pure little voice calling "iiiiii----mmmaaaaaa" :D it makes me so happy!!!
(i'm sure i'll sometime regret this day... but whatever. i'm happy now).

** walking **
this weekend has been a leap in Ella's confidence in walking about on her own. i actually had to think about childproofing the house, since she's more apt to wonder off on her own and explore. this means gates by the scrooge toilet (not that she's ever shown interest in it), moving away their secondary water bowl (which she has shown great interest in), and just generally making sure no scissors are lying around where she can reach them. nice. i like it. we can finally regain feeling in our fingers, now that the grip is relaxed.


** body parts **
today i noticed that Ella knows almost all of the body parts. some in english, some in hebrew, and some in both. it's all ben's and daycare's work, i had nothing to do with it!
she successfully points at: rosh/head, aff(nose) ayin/eye, pe(mouth), teeth, ozen(ear), katef/shoulder, gav(back), pupik(belly button), foot, toes.
for full disclosure, she can't point at her own back, but she leans over so that you can pat it when you ask "eyfo gav".
i also noticed that she understands "where is" as well as "eyfo", and understands simple suggestions like "let's go sit on your couch".


** weekend buys **
when do babies stop growing so fast? we just got her these white sandals, and she's already grown out of them. one of the missions for this weekend was to find new sandals for Ella. we did. they're so pink. they're too pink, i don't really like them. but she liked them a lot! so we got super pink sandals. they're really too pink. how do i know she liked them you may ask? she just started running in the store, not asking for help, whereas with other sandals that she tried on she wasn't feeling that confident. who am i to argue with that :)
besides, i think she has a tiny little shoe fetish. her two favorite thing to do these days are trying to put on her shoes, and trying to buckle anything that buckles (does that remind you of a certain cousin?!?)
as you can see in the pictures, we also bought a little couch for Ella to sit on instead of the register.


ben is out of town for a couple of days, so i should really go to bed early... sigh... i hope i don't have to get up at 6 tomorrow morning!