So, my big girl started first grade right after Labor Day. She was super-excited and had no issues adjusting. We were also blessed with THE BEST teacher! Mrs. Leach rocks. Ella says her favorite subject is math. She is a great speller and her reading skills have just taken off! It's so fun to hear her read to Annie and we also read together. She also has art, music, P.E., sign language and world culture classes at school. And I have to say, I started getting into that rut of asking, "So, what did you do at school today?" and getting the same old, "nothing". Instead, I've started just asking, "Did you have a good day at school?" because that will give me a response and she either opens up more about what she did then, or later in the day...or week...she tends to tell me more things than when I ask questions. I love her stories, especially the BS ones. She's a great BSer. :) 
Ella participated in Fall soccer again! She was great and her team went 5-1. We've been taking a break this winter, but next month she starts a short cheerleading clinic that will culminate in her cheering at halftime at a Dexter Varsity basketball game. She is very excited about that! She is also going to start karate and dance again. So, it seems like I'll be chauffering a lot more coming up!
Now Miss Annie...she turned 1 in October. She is now almost 15 months old and on the go! She is into everything and in the middle of everything and climbs on top of everything! She finally took her first steps at 13 months. She's walking more and more every day and soon will be chasing after her sister and the dogs. I don't think she's totally convinced yet that it's faster than crawling, but you can see week by week that she takes more steps before falling on her but and she has found out that if she walks with her arms extended up into the air, she has a lot more balanced...which makes it look like we have a little Frankenstein walking around.
The one thing this girl can't get enough of it food! She would eat all day non-stop if she could and she eats everything in site. There is not one food she has seen and not tried. I can't even really pinpoint her favorite food because she really will just eat anything you put in front of her. She is definitely a growing girl. Speaking of growing, here are her 12 month stats even though they've definitely changed by now: Height 31 3/4" (95th percentile), weight 21.11 pounds (50th percentile) and head circumference was 18 cm.I hopeful this spring she will be taking her first swim lessons. Ella started at 14 months, but we were living in FL at the time. I'm not about to get my pasty white self in a swimsuit in the middle of winter and lug by baby in and out of the cold weather to do mommy and me swim classes! So, we'll wait a few more months which will put her around 18 months, I guess. We are definitely looking forward to being outside again with her able to get around on her own and explore the outdoors which she loves, we just aren't in it too much.
To wrap this up, we all had a lovely holiday season. We were in MI for Thanksgiving and Christmas and we were able to spend some time with close friends and also have some quiet time with just the four of us. It was bittersweet as this was my first holiday without my G'ma, but we all took time out to remember her and reminisce about last Christmas when we were with her. Annie was fun this year too as she was a little more into Christmas and all the decorations. She she actually enjoyed her gifts...and not surprisingly, so did Ella!
I hope 2012 will be a great year for all of our family and friends and I look forward to sharing more with you in the coming months. Happy New Year!
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