First firsts.

It seems like every day Ellie does something new. Here are just a few.
One day, about a month ago I put her under her under the sea play gym and went into the kitchen to do the dishes. About a minute later I hear her laughing (about the best sound in the world, by the way) and I come back into the living room to see that she had scooted herself about seven feet away from where I had plunked her down, and she had wedged herself back into a corner. She was so proud of herself. Since then she's been on the move.


Then, the first weekend in January Andy put Natalie's high chair together and we sat her in it for the first time. She looked so small in it! We also gave her bananas for the first time, which she loved!




And this was her first time...umm...well, it wasn't her first time doing anything, but it's too cute not to include!
And this was her first time scooting herself under this shelf of baskets. I had cleaned it out and moved it out into the family room so that we can get rid of it, and she scooted herself from her play area into the shelf! She even pushed out the bottom two baskets to make room for her tiny body. I rescued her right after I took this photo.


Lola and the baby are BFF's. Lola will come over and plunk herself right next to, or even ON the baby. Ellie will kick her in the face, pull on her ears and tail, try to gouge her eyes out, but Lola just takes it. She's grateful she's getting attention, even if it is painful at times!

Seven Months. Seven!

I can barely believe that today marks my baby's seven monthiversary.

She has us in constant awe of her. She is the most amazingly happy, content baby ever, and we're so lucky because she is OURS!!! As I type this, she is upstairs with her daddy jumping around in her exersaucer, yelling, laughing and talking. Every now and then she'll blow a raspberry just to shake it up a bit.

Lately, her favorite activities include watching Lola; grabbing mom & dad's glasses; laughing; talking to us; pushing herself in a reverse army crawl; spinning around in circles when laying on the floor; standing up (supported); rolling; eating paper; putting anything that will fit into her mouth; eating sweet potatoes, oatmeal and her newest favorite, pears; and of course growing teeth!! This little bugger of ours is the proud owner of six teeth, with a seventh to come very shortly!

Even though she is very well natured, she keeps us busy! I am so enjoying being able to stay at home with her. I can't imagine leaving her with someone else all day. Sometimes I look at her and I'm just blown away by her. She's a real little person!