Ella at 18 months old!

Ella was 18 months old, a year and a half!!!! on July 20. She sure acts like she's 2 so hitting this milestone seems appropriate for her. We went to the doctor for an 18 month check up and she did pretty well. In the past, she's been terrified there and screamed for most of the appointment. She still cried when I had to put her on the scale and she cried a little when the doctor examined her, but for the most part it was much better than last time! She was 26 lbs 12 oz and 32 inches tall. That was 90% for weight and 50% for height. She's always been around that growth curve. The doctor was not too concerned about it but did go over some healthy food choices and we can switch her now from whole milk to 2%. She loves to eat but we just have to make sure she's not eating too much junk! She does like pretty much everything (fruits, veggies, etc) so it shouldn't be a problem.
I included a couple phone pictures here...Ella loves her baby and likes to pretend to take care of her, feeding, taking for a walk, putting her to sleep. She'll even tell us "shh!" when she puts her baby down. She also has loved being outside this summer. She gets upset if Daddy and Caleb are outside at all without her. She's not afraid of much and really likes to look at bugs, chase ants around, pick up worms...nothing phases her. Her vocabulary is growing every day and she amazes us at what she says sometimes! One of her latest words is "loud." After knocking over one of Grandma's plants, Ella watched Grandpa vaccuum up her mess and she kept holding her ears and saying, "loud!" She doesn't like the vaccuum. She has also started calling my mom "Ma"...which is especialy cute because Caleb used to call my parents "Ma" and "Pa" too. Ella does say "Grandpa"...it sounds a lot like her word for "brother," though.