8 Months Old!

Sweet Ellison is 8 months old today. I can't believe it! She has grown and changed so much in this short time. This week she is pulling herself to standing. She uses laundry baskets to balance, I don't know if she can reach to use any of our furniture yet! Over the weekend Jay also found her sitting up when he had not left her that way. And we bought her "big girl" car seat yesterday! She is still little, weight-wise, but she must be nearing the height limit on the infant seat. And despite being small, it has gotten heavy carrying her and her seat! So it's probably time to move on up.

This was the first time I saw her pull herself up!

Fold this laundry Mom!

Ellison is still exploring constantly. She is never in one place for long! She likes to play under the coffee table and in the area between our couch and recliner. She also has managed to find her way under the kitchen table, halfway under the Pack N' Play, and she likes to crawl under the exersaucer. Not sure what the draw of all these little spaces are, but that is what she gravitates towards! She loves to spread her toys and books all around the house!

This is what the house looks like when Mommy is sleeping and Daddy is in charge...hehe!

She is always babbling. In church this week we could not keep her quiet or still...she seemed to be trying to "sing" along every time music played, which was pretty funny. She crawled from Jay to me and back again over and over. The sermon had to do with marriage and family, so during the service they called up the married couples to come renew their vows. Obviously we had to bring Ellison up with us, and I was trying so hard not to laugh as she squirmed and made faces and noises the whole time! She definitely keeps us laughing and smiling all the time.

Thanks to my friend Gianna for some new toys!

LOVE to make music!

This weekend we head up north with Jay's family. It will be fun to see Ellison with all her cousins. I was working the last time they were all together, so I haven't really seen her with the whole gang since she was too little to really notice they were there. We may hit another pumpkin patch, since the weather is supposed to be pretty nice! Also hoping to go to the zoo in the upcoming weeks for one of the Halloween themed nights. Ellison has a very cute elephant costume! Jay and I are also heading to a Packer game in a couple weeks. My cousin Kara is engaged (as of last weekend!) to one of the Jacksonville Jaguars players, so she and my aunt are coming to see him play in Green Bay and taking us along. Very excited to see a game and also meet the love of my cousin's life!!! Just hope no one expects us to pretend we aren't Packer fans...

Ellison's Halloween art project! (thanks Pinterest for the idea)

One other big thing for us...in one week Jay and I celebrate our 3rd wedding anniversary. Looking forward to many more years spent together with our beautiful little girl!

October 24, 2009