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I'm so happy to have a daughter. This little Ellie is such a sweetheart - so tender and sweet through and through.
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Ellie surprised me by standing up in her crib last week -- so pleased with herself at getting up all by her big self! Since then, she is just loving to climb up to stand by anything she can.
(--Don't you love this little dress?? A friend in the ward made this for her -- I love it!)
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She's happy to be crawling all around now too so she can get where she wants to go.
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Oh how I love her sweet smiles and happiness!