“I feel a little bit like a drill sergeant sometimes.

Here’s everything we know about Ella Gaines.

That’s the reality for Ella Gaines.

Chip and Joanna Gaines posing

“My second one, Ella, she’s graduating, this is her senior year.

I can’t even …

I just look at her and I wanna cry.

Chip and Joanna Gaines recording a podcast

Joanna didn’t let her emotions keep her from making Ella’s transition into adulthood spectacular.

The master interior decorator took toInstagramto share her excitement with avideoof the strategic decorations.

Joanna paired the video with the caption, “One more sleep til our Ella is 18!

Ella Gaines baking

My how time flies.”

Ella, in particular, follows after her mother.

The year prior, Joanna had shared a post onInstagramshowing what Ella was doing.

Chip and Ella Gaines after voting

She’s going to make a heck of a businesswoman #magnoliatablecookbook #ellassweetdeliveries.”

Her passion for baked goods hasn’t wavered over the years.

In November 2024, Joanna posted anInstagramvideo of Ella slaving away over some donuts.

Chip and Joanna Gaines on the red carpet

Chip memorialized the significant occasion with anInstagrampost with his daughter, flaunting their “I Voted” stickers.

“My three oldest grandgirls are all first time voters.

So proud of them.

“One user commented.

“Can’t believe you have a voting aged child?

Time is a thief.

I hope she enjoyed the freedom of being able to do so!!!

How lucky we are,“wrote another.

Both Chip and Joanna follow her, but it is currently set to private.

Keeping up this rule was no easy feat for the Gaines as parents.

“you could tell these kids want it before that,” Chip added during the interview.

I didn’t want it to begin with.'

They wanted it at 12, 13, 14.”

Since Ella has reached that milestone, the sky, or the Instagram guidelines rather, is the limit!