Kicking Off Ellie's 2nd Birthday Week!

September 16, 2009 was the day a little squirmy bundle of cuteness and chubby cheeks changed our lives.  The day our daughter Ellie Marie Theurer aka Ellie Bellie Bear, Bear Bear, The Chunky Chicken, Chicka-A-Boom-Boom was born.



She used look like this:

Now:

Wah!  She looks like a big girl.  Where is my baby????

She used to look like this:

See that sweet look of innocence and crazy muppet hair.

And this:

There's that punk!

Now, like this:

Look at that hair!  The back is even longer.
This can mean only one thing. . . I am old.

Oh where has my baby gone?  Who is this full-blown toddler Bear?

A Year in Review:

Beary Special Birthday!
Ellie 12 months-old 

October 2010 / 13 months: Look at how short her hair was!
Obviously she was going to be a bear for Halloween.  This year--a chunky chicken. 

November 2010 /  14 months: The Chunky Turkey

December 2010 / 15 months: Bringing in the Holiday Bear Cheer
Clearly we were not in Texas with all that snow!

January 2011 / ~16 months: Yep, was sassy back then too.
Says "MAMA" :-)

February 2011 / nearly 17 months: almost walking!!!!!
Diva Alert!

March 2011 / 18 months going on 20 years
Walking!!!!!

April 2011 / 19 months
No more oat allergy!  Bring on the pancakes :)

May 2011 / 20 Months

June 2011 / 21 months
Ellie Bug

"I Just LOVE Baby Signing Time!"

July 2011 / 22 months
Officially running, climbing, and giving mama bear heart attacks.

July-August 2011--My favorite photos ever.
Ellie is really possessive of those Converse shoes.

 Beginning of September 2011 / 23 months
Four words: dog, woof-woof, shoe ("oooh"), mama
Now climbing EVERYTHING.