Ella turned eight months old on Christmas Eve and while we were making cookies for Santa I decided to make some cookies shaped in her name for the occasion. This was the best picture I could get of her, not smiling and not looking at the camera... oh well.
As for Ella's growth and development she just LOVES to pull herself up and stand. She does this all the time on anything she can crawl over to and stand up. She is getting so big and so fun. Ella also loves to "walk" by us holding her hands and guiding her around while she moves her legs. She has yet to "officially" crawl but will traditional crawl a few steps and then resort to her army crawl because she is much fast that way! I think she might just skip the traditional crawling and move on to walking. I can imagine having two kids walking around!
There have been so many new things Ella has discovered as she is learning more and figuring out things for herself. Things like; discovering her reflection, experimenting making sounds with her mouth, including spitting - which can be frustrating when trying to give her baby food, and reaching out for you to hold her (she loves being held and would much rather be held than sat on the floor to play). She still loves to scream when she is excited and will copy you back is you mimic her.
Ella has tried a few more baby food flavors as well as table food. She really wants to eat what we are eating but has no teeth yet (but see little buds, so they must be coming soon) so she is stuck with puffs and baby food. Banana is still her favorite, and she will eat any combination of baby food as long as there is banana in it. Ella also loves to suck on apples and if she sees you eating one, she gets excited and cries out a little bit because she wants it so bad, but doesn't care too much for applesauce which I found ironic.
I am pretty sure Ella is going through a growth spurt because she has not been acting like herself. She hardly wants to take naps or eat and doesn't even sleep through the night at all. She usually can make it to about four or five in the morning and then sleeps until about eight! It could also be that she shares a room with her older brother which makes sleeping harder or that she is teething. Can't wait to get a full nights rest! (It would probably help if I went to bed sooner too!) But when she does sleep she takes good naps, and that must be when she gets all her growing in because she is almost ready for a bigger carseat! Her infant carseat still fits her, but not for long! Can't believe she is only a few months away from her first birthday!
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