Jail?

 Weird baby...

 Who knew baby gates were so much fun? It's a good thing it's there. She is all over the place!

Of course it was Dad that put the duck in her pants. Who else would it be?

Applause

 

 She has learned so many things lately, we forgot about clapping. She does not like her hands touched very much, so we kind of quit trying to teach her to clap. While we were in the yard today, building the block wall, we looked over and she was just sitting in the grass clapping. Just clapping away. We must have been entertaining.

Love that grin.

The Proof!

Ellie climbed up on me this morning and stayed like this for about 5 minutes which was pretty surprising. This little girl may end up a cuddle bug after all!

Happy Mother's Day!

 Our First Mother's Day

Crawling Like a Pro

She was up bright and early this morning in her unicorn jammies.



Grass and Bare feet

Still not sure about the grass.

Nap Time?

 Look what I found this little girl doing when she was supposed to be sleeping...

 Licking the crib rails.

Looks like we lowered the crib mattress just in time (yesterday!).

Spring is Finally Here

 It looks like Dad dressed her today, but no that was mom's fault.

 Dancing with cousin Abby while we were supposed to be watching cousin Miah play soccer. Turns out Ellie isn't a huge fan of grass. She'll have to get used to it because... it's summer!

 

I can't get enough of this sweet sleeping baby!

9 Months

 

I am 9 months old today and on the move! Mom can't get me to stay in a chair for my monthly photo shoot very easily. I army crawl everywhere and am a speed demon. I get up onto my knees pretty easily, but flatten out when I try to move. I can easily get to a sitting position after being on my belly. I weigh 16 lbs 12oz and am back down to the 17th percentile, and am 27 in long, 33rd percentile. I'm starting to get my second tooth, but it doesn't bother me much. I love to make noise, my newest is growling. Despite my small size, I eat a lot! I'm eating 2 jars of baby food, 3 times a day. I went to the opthamologist this month to check out my wide eyes, apparently not normal, but shouldn't be a problem. My parents thought they were just really interesting! I still have pretty crazy hair, but it will be sad for mom when it starts to lay down.

New Noise

Are we raising a bear or a lion? I'm confused by all the growling!

Beautiful Bride

Congratulations Hillary and Mike Johnson!

Grocery Shopping

Sitting up in the shopping cart big girl style! She thought she was pretty special.

Projects and More Projects

I've got to stop looking at Pinterest! But I really like this one. All the hearts are cute words from the dictionary and raised. The background is shiny scrapbook paper.

Opthamologist

Ellie wasn't too sure what was going on with her eyes dilated!

Finally Getting some Decorating Done

Another Pinterest project I'm excited about! $2 frames from Walmart, pages out of an old road atlas, and travel photos! What I'm impressed about is how level I hung them! Dad, you will be proud when you see it.