Ellie Update

Things are going well in Ellie's world! Everyday she is a little different and is working hard on holding up her head, looking at things, and moving her arms and legs. So far she doesn't seem to know how her hands work but she sure does wiggle.

It is amazing how impatient a little baby can be when she is hungry. Ellie lets us know when she wants to eat. We got into the habit of changing her right before she eats when she was first born and having trouble staying awake for feeding. That way she was wide awake to eat. Well now she screams with two very strong lungs pretty much anytime we change her before she eats. But the dilemma is that she often is very sleepy after she eats and we can easily put her into her crib and she falls asleep. SO..do I really want to have to change her then? I guess for now we'll put up with the pitiful screaming. It is very dramatic with the lip quiver, eyebrows and all!

Speaking of eyebrows...I think Ellie's eyebrows are the cutest thing in the world. She uses them A LOT. Today I even caught her with one eyebrow up and one down like her Grandpa Tom.

We are super excited to have Great Grandma and Grandpa Fleming here for two weeks. We are keeping busy finishing up sewing projects that I meant to finish but didn't, putting up a new baby gate and enjoying our little girl. Grandma made Ellie a beautiful quilt that is black, white and red. She used the scraps from a quilt that I made Jason for Valentine's Day when we were in high school. She also made us a wall hanging when we got married with the same fabric. It is a really special gift that I know Ellie will cherish forever!

Sleep update: Ellie continues to sleep pretty well. I usually feed her around 11-12 and then she wakes up around 2-3 and then again between 6-8. It really hasn't been bad although I can't stay awake unless I get up out of bed and feed her in a chair and play some mindless game on my phone. She usually is pretty good about going right back to sleep at night after eating which is wonderful. During the day she still sleeps a huge portion of the time. She is starting to be awake more often and loves to eat, look around at things, and practice balancing her head on top of her shoulders (man is it heavy!)

Check out the new pictures in the flickr link to the left. I added a new set with pictures of her from one month on so that there weren't so many to look through.