Ella One Year Old

I am over a month late on this post! 

We have enjoyed the last few months with celebrations and lots of activity but we have also had some downtime as well. In the midst of it all I failed to get this blog post up. 

These pictures were taken on Ella's birthday: 

At one year she had not started to walk yet, she really liked pushing things around to practice walking  but wouldn't do it on her own. In this last month she has really taken off and will walk almost everywhere.

It is amazing to watch Ella learn how to respond to commands, it seemed like it happened overnight. Ella can say "mama" and "dada," calls Obie "Buhbuh," occasionally she says "Thank you" and can also say "That" and likes to point when she says it. 

It is so sweet to watch the friendship grown between Obadiah and Ella. of course they get mad at each other as well, but they can be so loving to each other. 

On the day Ella turned one we had a small party for her and it was such a nice time to celebrate her life and all the Lord has done this year. 

Its hard to believe we were in Uganda for her birth. This year has gone by way to fast if you ask me. 

Ella continues to show a cheerful disposition, and has a balance of wanting to play with others but is also fine doing her own thing sometimes. She can be pretty bent on her own way, she loves to wave at strangers in the grocery store. When she turned one she only had 4 teeth but in this last month has cut another one on the top and as I type this another upper tooth is trying to break through. She is in the 100th percentile for height and in the 50th percentile in weight. Ella gets so excited when her daddy comes home and she gives the best hugs. 

We are overjoyed watching her grow and learn so many new things. Our continued prayer for her is that she would be set apart for the work of the LORD.