April

When Elly goes to sleep, she always sleeps with her mouth open. Someday she will be very embarrassed by this!

Elly is in her Easter dress. She is so fun to dress up!

One More Month Gone

I can't believe how quickly each month has gone by. Elly has learned so many new tricks with many more to come. She pulls her self up to anything and everything. She patty cakes and claps for herself (that is one that I have not been able to get a pic of yet because it has to be on her time), and she follows me around the house and cries when I leave the room. She has become so attached. I also can't believe how quickly she is growing. She is 8 months and before I know it, she will be a year old. I pulled this toy out the other day and the next thing I knew she was standing up to it. I was a little scared because it is not very sturdy. She was so excited to be standing there.

I have a feeling it won't be very long before she starts walking.

My grandma calls Elly her "little ray of sunshine" when she wears this outfit. I thought it was a cute way to describe her.

Elly will do anything to get her daddy's attention. She loves to stand up to him and try to get him to stop working on his homework. She usually does. She definitely has him figured out :)

I had parent teacher conferences and I was working on putting things together. It was more than Elly could handle because she kept climbing up and trying to rip all of the papers out of my binder. I think getting everything done took me twice as long. *Notice her binky is upside down. This absolutely kills me. It doesn't even phase her that it's upside down*

Elly trying to attack the camera.

Elly was playing with her doll. She likes to pull their hair and throw them around a little bit. I have been trying to get her to love the baby but I have not had very much success.

Still playing with her doll.

This was a day where I stayed home from school and she was in the BEST mood (so was I haha). She thought playing in her crib was pretty fun.

The Month of February

So....it has been a while since I updated this. It has been such a crazy month and so much has happened. Elly has learned how to crawl and is now into EVERYTHING! I always thought that we wouldn't have to baby proof that much but boy was I wrong. Here are some of the fun things that she learned how to do.

Taken a nap with daddy.

Elly pulled herself up to the couch and then freaked out because she couldn't get down. I was trying to get ready for school and then I heard her cry. I went into the front room and this was how I found her.
After a long day of playing, she really can sit still and relax. Thank goodness for small favors.

Her super model pose!

Elly is obsessed, and I mean obsessed with the diaper bag. She also loves bags in general. She truly is my daughter :)

More of her playing in the diaper bag.

Elly hanging out in the stroller.

More in the stroller.

Elly and daddy!

A Few New Tricks

Everyday Elly seems to learn something new. For example, I thought that instead of carrying her into the store in her car seat, I would try and see if she would like to sit in the cart. Well that was definitely a dumb question! She loved it! She was able to see everything and try and grab things (which she was successful at a few times). Our trip to the Dollar Tree was very successful and we made it through with out her getting upset. :) While I was driving the other day I looked back in the mirror and I saw Elly's head poking out of the seat cover that goes over her car seat. She figured out that if she sticks her head through the hole, she can look around better. Elly likes to know EVERYTHING that is going on. This was how I found her when I got out of the car to take her inside. She thought it was pretty funny :)

One More Big Moment in our lives!

Elly finally sleeps in her own bed!!! It's a miracle. We have been waiting for this now for a few months. She needs a big bed to sprawl out in instead of her bassinet. She does not like to be trapped. The only problem is that I hate having her in another room. That has been tricky and I find myself worried and checking on her all night, but it is worth it. Doesn't she look so peaceful :)

Solid Foods Here We Come!

So honestly, I can't believe it is time for Elly to start eating big people food (well at least the baby kind). So last night was our first experience trying rice ceral and prunes. It was quite an experience. She really liked it at first, but after 5 or 6 bites she had had enough. She started gagging and had a really sour look on her face (as you can see haha). I hope that she will eat it again tonight and enjoy it a little more. Let's hope :)