Ellie Update!

Well. It has been way too long. So here are some updates!

Little El-belle turned 9 months yesterday and is getting cuter by the second. She is pulling her self up all the time, crawling all over the place, waving goodbye to us, making more and more sounds and the best of all is that she playing with us a lot. She loves playing peek-a-boo and chasing us around the house! Just tonight I was crawling around and hiding around corners and when she caught up to me crawling she would giggle and laugh in delight.

She is also very close to standing / taking some first steps. She has let go of support and stood for a second or two. Here comes the craziness of Ellie moving and grooving! And we really are seeing the need for some more serious baby proofing!

As you can see from a few of these pictures a few teeth (toofies as we affectionately call them) are coming in, hasn't been too bad for her. Shes has had a few nights of fussiness while they were breaking through.

We took her to the beach this summer and she loves the sand and water. She would eat fistfull's of sand and go back for more! Katie also took a mommy & baby swim class where she loved to kick and swim in the pool. She did have a little occurrence while in the pool during one class where she forced everyone to exit the pool when she let a little brown log out of her swim diaper. ;)

Speaking of that, she also had her first artistic expression with the contents of the diaper. Katie found Ellie one day and she had taken off her diaper and attempted to paint everything in sight. Our cute little fledgling painter!

She is still a great little sleeper. She goes down around 7:30pm and she usually wakes up around 7:00am and plays in her crib for a little while until we come in. And she gets so excited!

As you can see from this next picture she is also exploring new food groups as she is able to chew a little bit! She pretty much loves eating and will eat as long as we keep on giving her food. It may be one of her callings in life. Professional eater.

Until next time! - Steve, Katie & Ellie