Ellie is eight months old...and quite frankly we can't believe it! Life is excitedly busy and we are loving this age. This month has been crazy with Grandma Sue being out of town at the Iowa State Fair and Ellie going to daycare. Ellie is doing really well and still changing every day!
Some highlights of the past month:
-Digestive issues resolved! Although I'm sure nobody cares and it is a little gross but Ellie finally started pooping. When she was a little younger rice cereal and oatmeal just plugged her up and it was not real fun. Now she can handle it all and in fact loves cereal. She eats at least two solid meals a day and I think I'll credit the daycare teachers with really teaching her how to eat from a spoon. She is a champ now and gobbles down fruits, veggie and cereal. She has slowed down on her drinking a little bit already.
-No teeth! Ellie has no teeth. Silly girl. Who has ever heard of an 8 month old with no teeth? Well actually lots of people have and it is not a problem but hopefully all this drool is working towards something. I'll even give her the one month buffer since she was a month early...and teeth are probably something that would be affected by that but sometime soon we want to see those little chompers!
-Rolling..rolling..rolling! Ellie has been able to rollover for months but she hasn't really done it very much. This month she started rolling over to get things and has started using it is a little form of locomotion. It is pretty funny. She can roll very quickly back and forth and reaches and stretches her little body to pretty much get anything she wants. Adorable! We know it won't be long before she is crawling and walking all over the place. Ahh! We must baby proof. She spends a lot of her free time in her newly decorated "office." She has a great time surrounded by all of her toys, safe from the craziness that is two big dogs. I recently decoraed the walls and the gates. I printed out big 8x10 pictures of family and laminated them and they turned out really nice. She loves seeing the familiar faces.
-Ellie would probably tell you (if she could talk) that sitting is fun but standing is better! Ellie can finally sit without tipping over. You know it is pretty tough when you are distracted! She sits and plays with her toys all the time but if you are holding her she prefers to be standing up. She is pretty stable and is getting better balance. She can hold her self up at a small table but hasn't started pulling up yet.
-Vera! We went up to visit Jesse, Mike and Vera the last weekend of August. We rode up with Glenn and Elizabeth in the big truck. Ellie shared her seat with Sampson the bulldog...well he rode on the floor in front of the carseat. Ellie and Vera took their first bath together. Too cute! Vera is great with Ellie...such a gentle, loving little girl!
Jesse went out for a couple of minutes while Vera was napping and she woke up. I went in to get her and she looked at me and asked "baby?" So cute! This was probably the first time that Ellie realized that Vera was a little person and was happy to watch and learn.
-The little sailor man! Ellie has a little sailor man that fits in a tug boat bath toy. Every time she gets in the bath tub she grabs this toy and sucks on his hat. If she drops him she strains to reach him. It is so funny. It makes it funnier that this is one of the old school toys that we picked up at a yard sale because we remembered it from when we were little. Ellie still loves the bath. She plays with all her toys and splashes around. We're still using the bath seat because it is just easier but I know she'll be on her own soon.
-Ellie is sleeping fairly well although she honestly slept better when she was about 4 months old. She goes to bed like champ. We do the bath, put on PJs, read, and I nurse her and she is out. She goes right in her crib. She usually sleeps pretty well sometimes wakes up and needs her pacie until somewhere between 12 and 3. Then she gets up and I usually nurse her in bed because it is way easier for me and so comfy for both of us....we probably need to break this habit but for now it really doesn't bother me. I guess it is one of those personal decisions and for sure we'll have to cut it off sometime soon.
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