Guess who's 9 months!
Ella passed with flying colors at the pediatrician yesterday. She's in the 50th percentile for weight, and the 90th percentile for both height and head size. Yes, she has a large noggin!
At nine months she is:
--Saying all sorts of words like mama, dada, yaya, baba, emma (yes, we try and tell ourselves that she knows the dog's name), all sorts of random vowel-consonant combinations (things like "alvin") and our favorite -- "lordy lordy" which she repeats over and over. (Probably because we laugh every time she does it).
--Crawling everywhere and getting into everything.
--Trying very hard to stand up and getting frustrated when she can't.
--Playing with Emma and Nana's dog Eli - she loves Eli and screams in delight when he comes over on Monday and Tuesday.
--Obsessed with balloons - including a red balloon she carried around the house - until yesterday when she let it go in the 2-story family room. Now she just looks up at it and screams expecting us to get it for her.
--Done with baby food. Everytime you try and feed it to her she refuses to open her mouth and pushes it away. Instead, she only wants "big girl food." We went out to dinner last night, and Ella's meal consisted of:
- Basil pesto chicken
- Split pea soup
- Quinoa with roasted beets and squash
- Bartlett pears
--Waiving "bye-bye" - but mostly at random things like the light switch and dining room chair.
--Clapping.
--Making us laugh and smile a thousand times a day!
Hmmm...what can I get into in here?
Look! This is Grammy's sweater from when she was a little girl!
With my Grammy.
Laughing - I do that a lot.
Who's that pretty baby in the mirror??
We saw lots of neat stuff like baby animals and a guy milking a cow. But the coolest thing was watching all of the other people.
Being silly with my Daddy and Nana.
Look! I love to "walk."
Watching intently.
Who is this? Do I know him?
My silly family.
Look who I found at the farm! Riley! (and Mitch and Kelly :)
Riley showed me how to dance.
Pick me! Pick me! Aren't I the cutest pumpkin?
