I can't believe we have had Ella here with us as long as I was pregnant with her. It goes by SOOOOOO much faster when they are actually here than the months and months of pregnancy! With the nine months we have had Ella as part of our family we have enjoyed them, and can't imagine our lives without her in them! She has sure developed her own little personality, full of smiles, laughing, playing, getting into things, and most of all being a mommy's girl!
Ella has finally decided to start full on crawling and did just a few weeks after she turned eight months. Now she gets around so much faster and hasn't looked back! Now that she is even more mobile that her army crawling days, I find myself cleaning up more often as she likes to be a little trouble maker with her brother, but she is so cute it is hard to ever get mad! The other day she got into the vaseline and had it all over her arms, legs, and even face! Her skin is still so smooth now because of it!
This little girl has even more milestones this month; like eating table food, saying "mama" (yay!), and even sprouting her first tooth! It all happens so fast it is hard to keep track of each new thing she experiences, but I am so glad I get to stay home with her all day so that I don't miss it!
Her favorite food is bananas still, and would choose baby food bananas over real bananas any day. She loves cheerios, carrots, bread, apples, and potatoes, but loves them even more if she can feed herself. Pulling out all the diapers and making a mess of them is one of her favorite activities, as well as playing tag with her big brother Boston. She loves to feel the "touch and feel" books and even likes to turn the pages herself! If she can pull herself up onto something, that is what she will do. She loves to walk along furniture and will even let go and stand for a few seconds before holding on again. Her smile is so contagious and I can't help but smile when she laughs. Getting a picture of her is nearly impossible because she is always on the move. If she could have it her way, she would be held all the time because she loves to be carried, especially by me - she is such a mommy's girl!
She is measuring great and according to the charts a little bigger than average in height (28 inches) and weight (19 pounds), being about 64% in both areas, this is a drop from the almost 90% in weight and about 70% in height from last visit, but is proportioned well! She is now in 12 month clothes, although she still wears some 6-12 month sizes. Where did my baby go?
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