It is just about midnight and instead of sleeping I am blogging. Why? I honestly don’t know why it can’t wait until tomorrow. But I love how people write about their babies and what they are doing or how they act at certain times. I haven't done it at all because I feel like they are just silly thing that I have to write about and that they wont change. But I should have started a lot sooner with these lists because I already miss a lot of things she used to do.
So here is my list on Ellenor at 7 months old:
-She LOVES to sleep on her side, she will not sleep flat on
her back and has been trying to sleep on her stomach but we always move her.
- She crosses her ankles when we try to change her. It still makes me laugh every time despite how obnoxious it is.
- She is just about to crawl and I don’t know if I am ready for that yet. We like to call it the inch worm, while up on her hands and knees she will pull her knees in closer and then stretch out and belly flop. She has started grabbing things while on all fours and is getting really good at balancing.
-Speaking of balancing… she is sitting up on her own great. She is even starting to catch herself before she falls and it makes it so much nicer just to be able to put her on the ground.
- She is moving all over the place. She inched wormed her way from one side of the living room all the way into the kitchen.
- She loves to scratch things. She does not just touch them, she scratches and rubs them.
-DVD cases and the volume remote are two go to items if she is screaming uncontrollably. Tom and Jerry is the ultimate Ellenor shut-her-up-er. There is something about that show that just makes her so happy.
-She still loves to suck on her finger and has finally out grown sucking on her bottom lip. Thank heavens!
- She LOVES her cousins. Whenever they are around, she is silent and just watches everything they do.
- She loves to be outside. We usually spend part of the afternoon on the front lawn, especially right after we check the mail because she will scream if we go inside too soon.
- To sleep she has to have a blanket tucked up against her, she usually pulls it in tight and snuggles with it.
- She eats an entire jar of baby food in one sitting plus a normal sized bottle. Twice a day yet she is still skinny and tall!
- She LOVES her bath and splashing. Her first time swimming last Saturday was a great success. I am afraid we have a little fish on our hands.
- She thinks it’s a fun game for me to move things to the other side of my leg that I do not want her to play with, like my textbook, and she climbs over my leg to get it. She finds it highly entertaining.
-She is still a champ with naps and sleeping through the night but has had a few rougher nap times the past couple of days. Apparently someone told her naps are optional.
-She cannot be turned with her back to the world, she has to be facing/standing facing forward so she can see everything.
-She has the squishiest cheeks ever and I kiss them at least 3 million times a day. At least.
- She likes to play in her crib when she wakes up or is delaying her nap. She discovered her crib bumper right after we put it on and she pulls it down and chews on it or scratches it.
- She LOVES Cody. At times I am a little jealous about how excited she gets when she hears his voice.
- She crosses her ankles when we try to change her. It still makes me laugh every time despite how obnoxious it is.
- She is just about to crawl and I don’t know if I am ready for that yet. We like to call it the inch worm, while up on her hands and knees she will pull her knees in closer and then stretch out and belly flop. She has started grabbing things while on all fours and is getting really good at balancing.
-Speaking of balancing… she is sitting up on her own great. She is even starting to catch herself before she falls and it makes it so much nicer just to be able to put her on the ground.
- She is moving all over the place. She inched wormed her way from one side of the living room all the way into the kitchen.
- She loves to scratch things. She does not just touch them, she scratches and rubs them.
-DVD cases and the volume remote are two go to items if she is screaming uncontrollably. Tom and Jerry is the ultimate Ellenor shut-her-up-er. There is something about that show that just makes her so happy.
-She still loves to suck on her finger and has finally out grown sucking on her bottom lip. Thank heavens!
- She LOVES her cousins. Whenever they are around, she is silent and just watches everything they do.
- She loves to be outside. We usually spend part of the afternoon on the front lawn, especially right after we check the mail because she will scream if we go inside too soon.
- To sleep she has to have a blanket tucked up against her, she usually pulls it in tight and snuggles with it.
- She eats an entire jar of baby food in one sitting plus a normal sized bottle. Twice a day yet she is still skinny and tall!
- She LOVES her bath and splashing. Her first time swimming last Saturday was a great success. I am afraid we have a little fish on our hands.
- She thinks it’s a fun game for me to move things to the other side of my leg that I do not want her to play with, like my textbook, and she climbs over my leg to get it. She finds it highly entertaining.
-She is still a champ with naps and sleeping through the night but has had a few rougher nap times the past couple of days. Apparently someone told her naps are optional.
-She cannot be turned with her back to the world, she has to be facing/standing facing forward so she can see everything.
-She has the squishiest cheeks ever and I kiss them at least 3 million times a day. At least.
- She likes to play in her crib when she wakes up or is delaying her nap. She discovered her crib bumper right after we put it on and she pulls it down and chews on it or scratches it.
- She LOVES Cody. At times I am a little jealous about how excited she gets when she hears his voice.
In other news… I did not do anything for Cody for father’s
day, I am a terrible wife, I know! He got home late Friday night and on
Saturday he was awesome and mowed the lawn. We went swimming that afternoon,
made a quick trip to the store, and came home to relax and just watch movies.
Sunday I didn’t even make him breakfast, we both had lessons to prepare and get
ready for church. We did go to his parents house for a tin foil dinner on
Sunday. I am pretty sure he knows that I love him, even if I don’t get him huge
presents or make crazy intense meals. At least I sure hope he does.
I spent all day long, literally from 8:30 AM to 10:30 PM, at youth conference today. We had a blast even though all four young women’s leaders were not even with any of our youth. They had five different stations to rotate between. There was service, geo caching, getting to know you, minute to win it, and an obstacle course. In the minute to win it games they had to blow up a balloon with their nose until it popped and it looked really intense. One girl ended up having a really bad bloody nose and couldn’t even finish.
Our garden is doing amazing! (Note to self- take pictures of things actually surviving and me having a part in it, it’s not just all Cody!) We have quite a few tomatoes that are quite large already, the carrots are about ready, and we picked a good sized bucket of strawberries the other day and ate them all in under an hour.
June has been a crazy month. I have not really made time to run at all which is really sad. I have recommitted and am signing up for my first half marathon. I will do a lot better and start feeling as amazing as I was. I don’t miss actually running itself but how it made me feel and look.
These next couple of weeks are going to be fun. Busy but fun. We are already in count down mode for everything and the list of to do’s just keeps piling up. Oh, summertime!
life sounds fun, its so weird to think you are a young women leader, we aren't much older than them! and little ellie is just a little sweetheart as always. love her! love you!
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