It’s crazy how a heart can burst and ache at the same time. Burst for watching you master new and exciting things, and ache for the days when you were just a small infant. Sometimes I can’t even believe you are nine months old and have been blessing our home for most of the past year. The memories of life before you came along are starting to fade, and you’re officially making your presence known in our family.
These last few months have been big ones for you as we’ve watched you crawl, sit, and now climb! Seeing you army crawl across the floor started slow; but now you’re starting to pick up speed as you get closer and closer to whatever it is you’re after. Over fourth of July weekend, we sat you up and you toppled right over. Then, only two days later, we tried again and you sat straight up with your cute little perfect posture. And the first time you climbed was onto Harper’s step stool. We looked at you dumbfounded as we read stories and saw how determined you were to pull yourself up. Harper get’s so mad when you touch her things, but she’s learning to share and you’re learning to splash her in the pool or pull her hair-ha! On our trips we’ve taken, you’ve absolutely adored floating and splashing in the pool. No matter how much water you get on your face!
It’s been fun watching you eat new things. I don’t think there’s been any food you haven’t liked, but the first one you tried and loved were carrots. At first you weren’t sure what to do, but now you start squealing as soon as you see the package! You love to be tickled and have attention, but you no longer like to fall asleep in anyone’s arms. No matter how long we try to rock you asleep-which makes my little mama heart sad. But as soon as we lay you down in your crib, you fall asleep quick and sleep as long as you can.
We started getting nervous that maybe you didn’t have two front teeth. When your first teeth came in at 4 months, we’ve been waiting months for your top two to make an appearance. Our dentist friend stayed with us over the weekend and he assured us that it wasn’t the timing that should be of concern, but the order. But just one night later I happened to feel something sharp on top and your front teeth are starting to come through. He must have worked some dentist voodoo magic on you!
Your teething symptoms are pretty low key, just some fussiness when you’re tired. We continue to say you’re the easiest and happiest baby we’ll probably ever have. You’re usually just happy to come along and are pretty quiet as long as you’re well fed. We can usually tell when you starting to get hungry, except for the other day at the grocery store! All of a sudden you just started sobbing, but were were already standing in the checkout line! We looked at each other unsure what to do (you’re currently eating every 3-4hrs and it wasn’t time yet) but we got you a bottle and you were just fine after that!
You’re just starting to babble and love to copycat and mimic what others around you are doing. Wether it’s shaking your head, clicking your tongue, or saying “mamamama” you just like to talk and talk until somebody laughs with you. We are so blessed to have you in our home, and to see the girl you will grow up to be. We sure love our Elle-belle!
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