Thursday, January 22, 2009

9 months








The skinny on our minnie @ 9 months:
  • she always has tons of energy

  • loves to walk around holding onto our fingers and pushes cart on own

  • pulls self up to furniture and walks along it

  • happy most all of the time - but has a little attitude and can be quite sassy

  • very good eater - still nursing 4-5 times a day. Eats pretty much anything we give her (she begs for our food all of the time like a little puppy) drinks water on own from sippy cup, and loves to pick up cheerios, puffs, pieces of banana, apple on her tray all by herself.

  • she loves her books: being read to, turning the pages, and touching different textures/opening flaps etc.

  • she has 2 teeth (on the bottom)

  • can be very scared/concerned with noises (ex. airplanes, sirens, cars driving by, the vacuum, the hair dryer, blender, garbage disposal...)

  • still not a good sleeper/napper, takes two half hour (sometimes 45 min. or an hour) naps a day. Goes to bed around 8pm and wakes up 2-3 times at night, finally being awake for the day around 7am.

  • not much of a cuddler, but likes to have her parents very near by (a little clingy)

  • has a lot to say and screams at stuff but mostly "da da da da" says "all da" (all done) when she is done nursing. She'll point at something and we'll tell her what it is, such as "that's a bunny" and she'll say "da" (it's her response to most everything).

  • loves to play hide and seek and peek-a-boo!
We were in IL for the last 5 days. Jonathan worked, we looked for houses, and hung out with friends!
Chase (5 1/2 months) and Elle played so nice together.


Noah (almost 3) Reese (2), Elle, and Avery (1 1/2 ) all got along great. Noah and Reese wanted to give Elle lots of love, while Avery just liked having someone close to her size to be around.





Reese just couldn't take her hands of Elle - she calls her "baby Elle". We had so much fun.

our little helper




Friday, January 16, 2009

Half day, fun day, jam out with Dad






Jonathan came home early today as it was his last day at his job in Green Bay! For those of you who do not know, Jonathan accepted a new job (still selling with KI), and he will be working in Northwestern Illinois/Chicago land area...which means we are moving to IL (as soon as our house sells). This major transition in our lives has been a long time coming, and we are ready to make this move together.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Staying Warm



(by the way, Jonathan dressed Elle today!)

Thursday, January 8, 2009

She would rather play than sleep


Ellison always has so much energy, it's hard for Jonathan and I to keep up. Last night (around 8pm - which is usually her bedtime), she pulled all of her pants from her dresser drawer, after that she tuned up her new little car (just before I took these pictures she was pushing her little car across her room). Recently she has been pulling herself up to everything, we really have to watch her now!

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Christmas #2!

Ellison saying "hi" to Santa
(Elle just recently started using her pointer finger to point/poke at things)

Elle and Uncle Tim - not happy about the Blackhawk's loss
Elle and G.G. (aka Grandma June)


Opening MORE amazing presents...






Our favorite gift

Elle and Aunt Jenna

Elle playing peek with my new purse (or trying to lift it)

kisses

hugs from Grandma Marcy

Friends Anthony, Mary and Ava (7 months) came over to hang out (Anthony, not pictured, was an usher at our wedding)

the girls had fun playing together

Marcy has her hands full, and loves it

We had so much fun, but it feels good to be home.




It was so wonderful seeing all of our family over the holidays!