Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

8 Months

Well, there is not a whole lot to report at 8 months. Elly has had a busy month traveling to meet all of her aunts/uncles/cousins (with the exception of 2) on Mommy's side of the family. She's a great traveler and she had a lot of fun getting to play with so many new people!!

She is still hovering around the 14 pound mark, but she's not losing any weight, so that's always a positive. She doesn't have any teeth yet, so we're still stuck with baby food for now, but she's officially made it through all of the major foods that are offered puree style...she loves most of them. Green beans took a while, but she will tolerate them now. She definitely doesn't prefer meat--and who can honestly blame her...that stuff stinks and is just gross! She is still nursing several times a day, but is learning to take a sippy cup pretty well. She is scooting along still and rocking up on all fours with leg movement, but a face plant after the legs go forward, so we've made some progress, just not quite to crawling yet. She's so laid back, I think that she'll take a while with the whole crawling/walking/pulling up/climbing thing. I'm not so sure that she will be a climber--she won't even climb over me when I'm on the floor. (not that Logan would EVER hear of allowing her to climb on anything.) She is saying Mamamama and Dadadada now along with a very distinct calling for Logan, but there is really no way to spell the sound she makes for him. Her tongue is still constantly out, but she has a new face completely scrunching up her nose and squinting her eyes. She loves her baths, she loves her massages afterward, she loves playing in the floor. However, her exersaucer will entertain her longer than anything else. She goes for any and all cords and plugs, remote controls, cell phones, and anything else that you really don't want her to have. I guess the thing that I've been pretty hesitant to say about her is that she is SO gentle. She touches everything with the lightest touch just to feel it, she picks up her cheerios very gently and somehow has yet to crush one. Its so strange--Logan was similar, but he still managed to crush cheerios and squeeze your face really tightly--Elly just seems to hold on tight if she's adamant about having something or you not letting her down. She brings such indescribable joy to our family in so many ways!

I love this stage and this age of discovery. There truly is nothing like watching a baby discover the world for the first time--it is a priceless gift!

Elly Bunny

Sorry to be a little late, but Elly wanted me to be sure to tell everyone
Hoppy Easter, Every bunny!

Vowling

My Parents renewed their wedding vows on Friday, April 10--their 20th wedding anniversary. It was a wonderful ceremony--very sweet and personal and it was a fantastic time getting to be with all of my siblings for the first time in nearly 20 years. There are 7 of us all together and 4 of us have children, so it was wonderful to all be together. We also went to the Memphis Redbirds game on Saturday night and had a ball. I'll post pictures of that later as well. I didn't get to take very many "candid" pictures at the renewal, but here are a few of my favorites that I did capture.

Elly Basket

My friend Darla gave me a fabulous idea and basket to take Elly's picture in for Easter! Enjoy!

So proud of that egg!

Maddie couldn't resist!

Bluebonnets

Logan was a little less than cooperative taking bluebonnet pictures...we'll have to try again this week when its not naptime and when he's not been watching a movie that I'm interrupting.

First T-Ball Game of 2009

Logan is LOVING t-ball. He does SO well...they are often hour to hour and a half games with 30 mins. of warm up before the game. Logan stays intuned to it the entire time and loves playing. The first game he got to play catcher and then pitcher. He did awesome as pitcher and got the only "out" of the game!

Funny Conversations

I don't want to forget these:

Monday night was Logan's first t-ball game (a post on that later.) That morning he told me (of his own accord) "Mommy, we're playing the 'Stinkies'." He was playing "The Yankees" so of course we got a huge kick out of this--being the Texas Rangers fans that we are! After I corrected him, he then thought he was playing "The Yuckies" We didn't bother to correct him after that!

Then on Tuesday night we were playing in his room before bed and Jarrod was pretending to be "dead" after Logan had shot him (yes, we're THOSE parents that let Logan play with pretend guns). Logan said "Mommy, mommy get him undead. How can I get him undead? Do I BEAT him?" Needless to say Jarrod came back to 'life' pretty quickly with hysterical laughter!

The Sweetest Words

Today...she said 'em...yes folks..."Mamamamama"

(First, she said them to "Honey" while watching me at school. Then, she said them to me when we got home and were on the floor playing! I love it!)

She's been saying "Dadadadada" for a few weeks now.