Saturday, January 23, 2010

9 Month Appointment


Ella had her 9 month Dr. appointment this week. She weighs 17lb 11oz (30th percentile), she's 28 inches long (60th percentile), and has a 42cm head (20th percentile). The pediatrician said she's growing like a champ (although down a little on her weight probably because she's moving around so much) and that all looks well.

We went on a walk to the neighborhood park today and Ella swung for the first time. I held her on my lap on the "big kid" swings. She seemed to like it and just relaxed and laid back against me as we swung, probably could have fallen asleep if we swung long enough. It was such a pretty sunny day here! It makes me anxious for spring to be here. It's so nice to see a bit of blue sky to break up the gray cloudy days!

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Crawling and Climbing

You can't be a toy in our house unless you taste good too!


Ella figured out how to really crawl last weekend. Since getting the hang of it she's movin all over the place. She'll follow us out of a room and into the next, which has been nice for us - rather than either picking her up and taking her everywhere we go or listening to her complain about us not being right next to her she can move where she wants to go quickly by herself. We better get to baby proofing stat! She isn't getting into things yet, but we think it's the next thing coming! She's really into climing things this week too. She's started to pull up on our couch and coffee table and her toys, not to mention Jason and I as we sit on the floor with her (we're now known as mom and dad the human jungle gyms!).

These photos are of Ella playing with her new playcube that we bought on Craigslist for $10...SUCH a steal, this one is about $75 new. Our $10 version is in great shape and Ella loves it!
Look at this girl playing on her knees! She needs kneepads for those poor little legs.



"I'm so tired I have to lay my head down to play but I must not fall asleep...must keep playing!"

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

So huggable!

Wanna play?

Bear crawling is the best way to get around!

I see you!

Monday, January 4, 2010

Sweet Pea

Deep in thought....it's hard work being a baby!

Can I please go outside and play?