Playtime

She's very talented!

Elle loves to stand up, she has the strength, but still needs to work on her balance.

Elle rolled over a number of times last night, however I was not able to record it. Here is a great picture of her warming up. As you can see her hand is in her mouth, when she starts sucking on her hand she forgets about rolling over. This picture also shows off her adorable chubby legs.

little & soft vs. BIG & hairy!

Cute

Big Updates!

The last couple of days Elle has been looking like she wanted to roll over. She would be playing on her back, then toss her right leg over and roll on her side; so we knew it was just a matter of time before she would roll to her tummy. Well, she didn't make us wait too long because she rolled over yesterday morning for Jonathan and again this morning for me! I'm so excited, I thought for sure Jonathan had helped her out, but I saw her do it with my own two eyes, it was for real! She is still trying to figure out how to get her little arm out from under her, but she is so strong and smart I'm sure it won't be long. I hope to take a video catching her in the act sometime soon.

Everyone always asks, "is she sleeping through the night?" Unfortunately the answer is no, BUT she definitely has a night-time routine now. Ellison has been going down for the night around 9pm or 10pm and sleeping to around 2am or 3am. After the middle of the night feeding she will sleep until around 6am. Elle is the happiest in the early morning, we will sometimes hear her cooing and cheerfully screaming from her crib when she wakes up, which is the best alarm clock in the world!

Ellison currently weighs 11 lbs 8 oz (at 3 months). At 2 months she weighed 10 lbs 11 oz, which means her metabolism has finally slowed down. I am still nursing her and she eats every 2 1/2 to 3 hours. I pump so Jonathan can feed her while I go out for a run or to the YMCA for a workout. Eating has never been a problem for our little Peanut.

Wausau Weekend

Daddy's girl

Natalie and Ellison

Random cute pictures

Cooing

4th of July with Grandma Marcy

The onesie says it all

Elle's favorite thing

Ellison's favorite thing is the wall light in our living room. Regardless of demeanor, whenever her eyes fix on the light (on or off), we receive a wide array of smiles, coos, caas, and laughs. Who would have thought that an ikea product could bring such joy to a 2 month old! (First image above is of her smiling at the light; second image is to show what the light looks like - it's pictured in the background)