We've got a 9 month old!!

Ella's first night in her crib!

Not-so-little-anymore-Ella is 9 months old. Hard to believe she's been in our lives for 9 whole months! Even harder to believe, she will be a year old in less than three months!

So, here's her little update. She has moved into her own room and into her own crib. It was virtually a seamless transition, aside from the second week into it, when she got a bit of a cold. As soon as she was feeling better though, it was back to sleeping through most nights. She is wanting to crawl so badly, but hasn't figured it out just yet. She will go from a sitting position to almost down to her tummy. Mostly, she scoots. She scoots around on her bottom all over the place! Some of the places she scoots into are quite funny. She also gets close to being on all fours and then will rock back in forth like she's wanting to crawl. I'm sure it won't be too long and we will have a babe on the move!

Ella's first time eating scrambled eggs!

She's still loving her foods. Sometimes she gets some finger foods like puffs, rice rusks, and bananas. She loves bananas and will start squealing and waving her arms whenever she sees one of those things! She's even had some eggs!

She's also been in school the past few weeks while I've been working at the preschool. I was very worried over how she would do, but after a couple rough days, I am happy to report she LoVeS it. She gets excited every morning walking into the classroom because she knows where we are going. She loves her teacher and will even reach for her and try to suck in her face. With this, she's even gotten better outside of school in terms of letting others hold and interact with her. It is a nice relief to get to hand her off for a few every once in awhile. Last week, she even stayed at home with Doug for the evening while I went with Lisa to take the older two to an ice skating show. Progress, and I'm loving it!

Sisterly Love <3

She is such a happy smiley baby, and I love it! I love the little smirks she will give out of the corner of her mouth and the sweet mischievous glare she will give with her eyes. She loves clapping and can even do pat-a-cake whenever someone sings it to her. Her giggles are contagious and she's super ticklish on her tummy and at the back of her neck. Biggest news! She says momma! In context! Love it! She will also say "more" when she wants more food and we are working on getting her to use the sign language sign for "more" also. I wouldn't be surprised if she starts using it any day now.

She had her doctor's appointment today! Tipping the scales at a whopping 16lbs and half and ounce, haha! I was sorta shocked at how small she was! I think I was most surprised at how "short" she is, especially because she seems so long to me. Here are her stats:

16lbs .5oz (25th%)

27" tall (30th%)

17.5" head circumference (75th%)

And for compasrison's sake her big sisters' stats at 9 months:

Addisyn- 14lbs 10oz and 27.5" tall

Alyse- 19lbs .5oz and 28.5" tall

Ella at her checkup and finishing up a leftover bottle from school :)