I am 16 going on 17 (months that is)

Ella is all grown up.... She now goes to Day Home every morning where she plays with 3 other kids around her age. Although she cries when we drop her off, she usually stops before we pull out in our car.


















Ella at 16 months and 9 days - watching Backyardagins.

Here are a few things that Ella can do.
She can walk on her own (but only when she is certain that she has great balance)
Her vocabulary is expanding... new chinese words include :
shu shu (uncle - dad's younger brother)
da bau (uncle - dad's older brother)
awe shu shu (go pee pee)
kommo (aunt - mom's older brother's wife)
shot (snow)
shuw (tree)
faw faw (flower)
ar duow (ear in manderin)
ha pa (chin in cantonese)
han ha (go for a walk or to go out)
hie gie (shoes)
and tonnes more

new words or phrases in english:
"how do you do"
"fine thanks"
moon!!! she says this with great excitement.
"bye bye, see you soon"
"molly" as in molly the doll on the show the big comfy couch

new noises:
when she sees a duck she will quack!




































old habits die hard. ella still loves to suck her thumb!!