Ella Says...

Month 32

I asked her what she was doing. "I'm going shopping. By myself! Sound good guys?"

Nomar was playing and kind of running around. Ella says - "Oh Omar, Omar's being silly. I go check him. See what's doing." Ella goes into the laundry room and I hear "Hi Omar, what doing? I close the door, go downstairs." Very proudly - "Mommy! I made Omar go downstairs."

I was making her lunch one night. "You're making pasta for my lunch. What else?"

Eating breakfast one morning, "I need to get down and go pet Cory REALLY NICE (with hand gestures to show just how nice she was going to be). Then, with a finger point, "I not hit Cory EVER (very big eyes) - I am REALLY NICE to Cory." And then she yells to Cory, "Hi Cory. I be nice!"

"I need to stand up and put my shoes on, Mommy says."

Me: How do you feel this morning? Ella: Happy!

Ella was working on stamping a piece of paper with her stamps. I asked if I could see her project and she said "no, you cannot." I said "why won't you show me?". Her reply - "this is MY chore, not your chore."

"Daddy used my stool to hang a picture. I shared!!!"

"Thank you Steve!" (this one really shocked us and seemed to surprise her too!)

"I love my toys. In my house. All my toys!"

Erin: Ella, your hair is getting so long! Ella: And very beautiful.

With Glenn, walking up the stairs. Glenn: "Ella, do you want to come to New Jersey with me?" Ella: "I can't. It's too late!"

"I used my manners!"

On her toy phone. "I call Grammy. Grammy, Hello? Hello?" Annoyed - "Her's not talking!"

We were in a parking lot waiting for Steve. Ella: "I see Daddy!" Me: "That's not Daddy, that's a lady!" Ella: "Ohhh, a neighbor!" (it was not a neighbor)

"I get older, to 3 and a half, and I eat peanuts and drink coffee!"

Playing with her birthday cake toy. "Mommy, wait - don't sing Happy Birthday! I add a candle!"

"Mommy, what happened at work today?"

Completely unsolicited, "I had a good night of sleep."

"Sometimes, the playground gets broke. Can't play on the playground. Daddy fix it tomorrow?

"Daddy, talk with your voices!"

"I see an old lady!" (Said within very easily heard earshot of the not-so-old lady.)

"I drink milk and it makes me really big. And strong. And FAST!"

"I give big kisses to Mommy all day long."




Month 31

8/1/10
Do it myself.
By myself.
I do it.
My turn.
(She's been saying these for a while but says them so frequently I had to add them!)

At the pool last weekend there were 2 older girls that were playing with Ella. One of them said to me (referring to Ella), "I just love playing with babies." Ella's reply - "I love playing with babies too." Ha!



7/31/10
I not need any help.

Baby Morgan just sits back! (explaining what Morgan does in her stroller while Ella and Dominic are going back and forth playing)

7/29/10
Daddy, I kiss you on your face!

Mommy, take my alligator. In your bed. I share with you. (Ella didn't want her alligator in her crib and instead told me I should put it in my bed. Very generous, right?)

7/27/10
Mommy, get happy when you eat your lunch?

7/26/10
Said with a sigh: "I wish I could fix my puppy tomorrow. By myself." (my-se-lf)
"I not spill milk on my shorts. Or my shirt."
"I not hit Cory. Ever."

7/25/10
I'm going to get a book. I'll be right back! (the "be right back" is what I thought was so funny)
Mommy, stop singing. Go make my pasta. (definitely not her nicest phrase but she is definitely very blunt like this!)


7/21/10
hurry up
wait a minute
wait a second

7/20/10
No, I don't want to.
Oh, man!
I need to go to work. I'm working.
I want one more chance, I want one more chance!
delicious
binoculars


7/16/10
You make me happy. Every day!

7/15/10
Steve was going to go up in the attic to get the bassinet so we could bring it to Erin. Ella said "what doing?" and I said "Daddy's getting something for your baby cousin to sleep in when he gets here" - Ella said "Oh, I know - jammies?"


7/12/10
I had fun day wif you. (melt my heart)

7/10/10
When I went to get Ella up from her nap and I asked her how her nap was - she said: "I was crying in my crib, Daddy came and took me out of my crib. He rocked me on the chair and my eyes stopped crying."

We were reading Goodnight Moon: "That Mommy is not Ella's Mommy, that is the bunny's Mommy."

"Cory does NOT wear underwear."

"It's great."

"That would be nice."

"I want to catch a bird in my hand."

"I'm going shopping!"

7/7/10

I wanted Ella to get out of the bathtub - she said to me: "Mommy, not time to get out. It's time to play with toys!"

7/6/10

Dropping Ella off at school this morning, she wanted to be held but my hands were full with the different containers of her lunch so I told her my hands were full and I couldn't pick her up. She said "I know - put down the food, and carry ME." She was so pleased with herself for coming up with the solution, it was so adorable.

We were being silly and I was asking Ella different nicknames like "are you my pumpkin pie?" "are you my blueberry muffin?" "are you my strawberry shortcake?", etc. - Ella's reply: "I'm your BAGEL" - hahaha, it was sooo funny!



Month 30

7/2/10 - Driving in the car to pick up Kelly
Me: Alright Ellabella, xxxxxx (I can't remember...)
E: Noooo, not Ellabella!
Me: What, you don't like me calling you Ellabella?
E: No, no Ellabella and NO BABY
Me: Ohhh I can't call you baby either? What should I call you?
E: Big girl!


7/1/10
Ella's first complete knock-knock joke -
E: Knock knock
Me: Who's there?
E: Grammy!
Me: Grammy who?
E: Grammy's knocking on the door

what a little comedienne!!

6/25/10
Last night - E:I really miss Daddy. me: I know, me too. E: I love Daddy so much!
This morning in the car- E: I kissed Daddy on the computer!! (talking about Skype)

6/22/10

She was being really silly in the bathtub and I asked her what she was doing and she said "oh, I'm just goofing off!"


6/16/2010

Last night I put a piece of gum on the console between the front seats and then loaded Ella up in her carseat. She saw the gum and said "It's gum Mommy. Eat gum! Eat gum!" When I got in my seat I put the piece of gum in my mouth and she clapped and cheered and said "Good job Mommy, good job!"

Which reminds me of a time about a month ago when I put a piece of gum in my mouth she said "Is your gum good Mommy? Is it a tasty treat?" The 'tasty treat' was just too funny.


6/14/2010

When we were in Charlotte last weekend, I asked her to do something and she said "Nooo, I hang out with Erin and Josh."

The other day she was digging through my make up drawer and I asked her what she was doing and she said - "It's okay Mommy, just checking it out."

After taking her shirt off, she said "I take off my tummy too." And then tried to pull on her tummy. And then says "Ouch, it's stuck!"

"My belly is hungry."

"I burped. In my mouth."

"No, thank you. I'm fine."

"I sirsty." (I'm thirsty)


Month 29

6/1/10:
swim in my ocean
beach
tiny pool
my suit (swim suit)


5/27/10:
sounds good!
talk to you later
see you later
mommy's big girl
sweet dreams
Sarah
Vince
Jillian
Jehad
thunder
picking strawberries
jingle bells, jingle bells
spider web

5/10/10:

Oh no Mommy, what happened? (asked when I opened the fridge door and it crunched some of the macaroni from her school project, in a VERY exasperated voice!)

Omar, no touch daddy's soda (Steve would not care at all if Nomar rubbed against his soda box, but apparently Ella did not like it one bit)

strawberries
lunchbox
Happy Mother's Day (yipppeee!)
pull-ups
big cough
big nap
little

5/6/10:
stop sign
tunnel
kitchen table
fall asleep
rest
no playing Ella, it's night-night (Ella told me her teacher Miss Erin said that at nap time!)
Ella sad, mommy gone
I liked it!


Month 28

5/2/10:
crockpot
tomorrow
good morning
more story
daddy look, it's fly, no bee! (explaining to Steve that it was a fly in the kitchen, not a bee)
mommy daddy back home tomorrow (she told Mom that we'd be home tomorrow from our trip!)



4/29/10:
"Ella help Mommy lunch" (she helps me make my lunch every day and this morning was ready to get right to it)

First things she said this morning "hands cold"; and then "Daddy pick up Gee plane" (= Daddy picked up Grampy G from the airport) and "Gee back home"



4/28/10: Ella now repeats just about every single word we say, so I'm just going to record the really notable stuff, there's no way to keep track of it all!

She frequently puts 4, 5, and even 6 words together to make sentences and have conversations.

"Grammy's house is fun"

The other night when I put her to bed, she was pretty cranky and tired and said, in a relieved way, "It's Ella's nighttime!"

When I said, "Ella, I love you more than anything" - she replied "I too"

"Wake up play game."

some words she surprised me with - medicine, wednesday (both said very clearly)



4/23/10:

Daddy, slow down! (when he was running at a softball game)
Grammy (I got off the phone with Mom and Ella must have realized it was her and said "it's Grammy?")
Chico (Chewy)
Ame (Aunt Erin)
Bath is fun
Softball (off-ball)
Soccer (sock)
More clean? (she wanted me to give her more 'chores' when I was cleaning the kitchen after dinner)
Honey, Honey Daddy (she hears me call Steve 'honey', so she started calling him that too!)

4/13/10:

Cory, Daddy back soon (Steve went out to the driveway and Ella was explaining to Cory that he'd be back soon)

Ask Daddy froggie go? (Ella wanted me to ask Steve where her little frog was because they played with it earlier in the day)

I miss Mommy (she said it to Steve when I was at work!)

O-J (for orange juice)



4/10/10:
I love Mommy, I love Daddy
gym
crib
I had fun play
blank (blanket)
bink (binky)
closed


4/7/10:
game
Daddy Ella play game outside
fan off
pets
pasta



Month 27


4/5/10:
drain
clothes
open
broke
fix
I find you (= I found you)
I love (I luff)
right!
chick
sunny
jammies



3/28/10:
toy
toothbrush
toothpaste
tummy
friend
buddy
Ashley (Rhonda's baby)
let's go Mommy!
I know!
wha-at? (said with very funny inflection)
I try!
turn (as in, it's my turn)
fast
strong
boy


3/22/10:
sun
Josh
blue
wet
sand
sand in shoe
pray
throw rocks
doe (for the song 'doe a dear')
itsy bitsy (for the song 'itsy bitsy spider')
bike
that's mommy's? (daddy's, cory's)
bed
daddy is back!
done
gone
bright
milk
food
Cory's food / meow's food
mess / that's mess (said with disgust)
Buzz (Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story)
wash hands
stool
underneath
Daddy throw ball Ella

3/12/10:
shower
mud
lake
towel
Oh, nice baby!
fly

3/8/10:
bye guys!
Max


Month 26

3/5/10:
I do!
leaf
rock
Katie
no touch

3/3/10:
Gee(for Grampy Glenn)

3/1/10:
I see you!
sky
wall


2/28/10:
so gross (about something she didn't want to eat)
Cory, I'm nice! (coer-ry, I'm nichse) - to entice Cory to come around her
leash
I did it! (I did eet!!) - said anytime she is proud of something she just did)
more walk (to ask to go on another walk with Cory)
no, stop it (nooo, stop eet) - when she wants you to stop something


2/22/10:
wash
nope!
stove
neck
knee
chest
yikes
wet


2/17/10:
ewwwww
nice


2/16/10:
Jack (her cousin)
I want up! (trying to climb up to her booster seat)


2/14/10: These are all from within the past few weeks, I keep forgetting to add them
popcorn (dap-dap)
late
eight
nine
two
one
backpack
daddy (she's always said Da-da, but now it is a very clear Dad-dy)
not cool (she got this one from Steve!)
rats!
yesss!
map
Cooper (oop oop)
treat
vitamin (aan aan)


2/9/10:
store (stoww)
why?
ring
blocks


2/8/10:
boot

2/7/10:
I want some water please (iwan some wawwaw peas)


Month 25

2/4/10:
nice
rice
piece
mean



1/27/10:
nap
note
school bus
boo-boo
kick


1/19/10:
happy (appp-y)
she jumped! (to answer the question: How did Violet get out of your crib?)
no way! (she's been saying this one for a while, just keep forgetting to add it - it's always said with a lot of flair!)

1/17/10:
Ryanne (her friend's name)
eggs
sit
walk


1/15/10:
bowl

1/14/10:
water (wow-wow)
rain (wain)
hand (aaahnd)

1/13/10:
wipes
peekaboo (bah-boo)

1/12/10:
loud (oud)

1/11/10:
meat (funny how she'll 'eat' plenty of meat playing in her kitchen, but when it's real meat she's not interested!)
wait

1/9/10:
what's that woof-woof? (= I hear a dog)


Month 24

1/3/09:
cupcake
here you go


12/30/09:
away
this away (I'm going to put this away)

12/28/09:
pee-pee
oh my!
Cory go (coer - go)

12/27/09:
yuck (cuck)
puppy
choo-choo
duck
now
cory up (Cory upstairs)
mommy come tay? (Mommy, come, okay?)
tissue
baby night-night (the baby should go to sleep)
wake up (kup kup)

12/15/09:
clock

12/14/09:
puppet

12/12/09:
thank you

12/10/09:
Einstein

12/9/09:
cup
truck

12/7/09:
No, mine (self explanatory!)
truck
room


Month 23

12/4/09:
bottle (bah-bah)
on
mine

11/29/09:
shampoo
football (she said this one this afternoon and it shocked us!)

11/27/09:
Nola

11/25/09:
play (pway)
bubbles

11/23/09:
home (she says this every time we pull into the driveway)
TV (Vee-Tee)

11/22/09:
Ella
I want
tea (for her teaset)

11/17/09:
okay (tay) = yes
woof-woof

11/16/09:
banana (anana)
mama see (= mommy, please let me have that)
want dadda (= I want daddy to hold me)
hide
apple (app)
poo (pooh bear)
cory (coer)
three (fee)

11/14/09:
baby
phone
please (peease)

11/13/09:
beebee (how she says binky now)

11/12/09:
light

11/10/09:
off
potty (pah-ee)


11/09:
pop - for popsicles

11/08:
elbow - she was hugging my elbow when I was changing her into pajamas and kept saying "belbow"
where'd it go?


Month 22

11/03:
night-night - she said it several times when I was putting her to bed

11/02:
moon - when we were on a walk tonight, she kept pointing to the moon and saying "moon", over and over (it's a full moon!)

10/29:
no see - this is when you ask for something and she doesn't want to let you have it

10/27:
bath (baa)
trick or treat (teechee tee)
what's that?

10/22: Steve asks Ella: "do you know where Mommy goes every day?"; Ella's proud answer: "outside"
me see (what she says when she wants something)
binky (beee)

10/18/09
book

10/15/09
coat (She pointed to her coat and said it, then pointed to mine and said it!)
cookie (cook)


Welcome to Ella Says...!

This is going to be an ongoing post where I update all of Ella's words and things that she says. I'm starting this because she says new things all the time and this is my effort to keep a consolidated list that I can keep adding to. As she gets older I imagine there will be some real treaures on here!

I'm not implying that Ella says these words in a way that would be understandable to other people (although certainly there are a bunch that are very clear), but a word will 'make the list' once Ella repeatedly says the same thing to describe a certain word.

It's crazy that with everything I record and keep track of, I still had to really think to put this together in terms of timeline so I'm excited that I got the idea to keep it all in one place and will be much more accurate moving forward. Use the new button "Ella Says..." to link to this post at any time :)


Month 21
more (mo) NOTE: finally spoken and not the sign
go
sneeze (eeze)
soup
me
sorry (doughy)

Month 20
ow
Nomar (nomah/nono)
juice

Month 19
jump
diaper (deee)
eye
up
down
out
shoes
eat
snack

Months 16 - 18
cool
cold
teeth
woah
wow
hey
hi
all gone
bye
keys
mom / mommy (memmy)
nose (noooo)



Month 15
tickle-tickle
uh-oh
no
cheese
hat
hot
teeth


Month 14
hey
hi

Month 13
woah
cat
dog

Before 12 months
dadda