"My swim shoes are too small, Daddy.  I don't want to wear them today." "Look, I can lie down all by myself!" "I don't know if I really want a 'Happy Meal' toy." "Mommy, can you play Taylor Swift?" A few of the quotes by Ella.  She's growing...she's beginning to lose the "baby-face" and take on the beauty she inherited from her mother.  Her eyes are beginning to tell the story of her life and her smile is reflecting the joy she feels through the love that surrounds her.  Her sense of humor is shyly poking its funny little head from under the the veil that hid it as she delights in "big-kid" humor with Ava and Henry. Along with her mental growth she brings a physical growth as well.  She is becoming heavier while at the same time she continues to lose any ability she once had to "help" as we carry her.  We've adjusted several positioning techniques in order to accommodate for ch...