I've already written this post once, then lost it. If this kid wasn't so cute....
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I know I say this every month, but I can't believe how BIG my baby is getting. Seven months. SEVEN. Seriously. Stop.the.time.
At seven months my sweet Ella Joy enjoys being in the thick of the family action. She enjoys being dressed up by her bigger sisters. I use the term enjoys loosely. Very loosely. She also enjoys finding stray markers that her older siblings have left on the floor.
Good thing that color goes so nicely with her eyes.
At 7 months Ella is sitting up nicely all by herself, obviously. She is oh so proud of herself because she can now do a 1-armed army crawl to find all the paper, plastic, much-too-small toys, shoes and whatever else is considered a no-go for her mouth. She drags herself everywhere and has just about given up being confined to 1 particular spot, like the exersaucer or bumbo.
I do believe, though, that she's at least 1/3 part billy goat. That girl will try to eat anything. In fact, just a week or so ago we brought her in and placed her in her exersaucer near (but not too close - we thought!) a pile of still-stacked groceries. Little Miss Chubby Fingers proceeded to give her Mother a heart attack when she weaseled her hands close enough, ripped off a small piece of plastic bag and then proceeded to half choke, then swallow said piece of plastic. Praise God she didn't seriously choke. I was a nervous wreck for the next 12 hours until I saw that same little piece of plastic show up in her diaper.
Truly though, this kid loves to eat stuff. And it doesn't have to be food. In fact, while I was playing around with the settings on my camera, Little Miss Goat decided leaves were a good snack. The little turkey even took a bite of one and ate it before I could get it out of her little fat hands. However, her appetite for all things non-food is not because she isn't getting any baby food. At night she eats anywhere from 6 - 8 cubes of baby food. The she nurses and goes to bed and sleeps anywhere from a 6-8 hour stretch.
See that yellow leaf? As soon as I snapped that picture she took her a chunk out of it and I couldn't pry her jaws open to retrieve it. Guess I'll see it sometime tomorrow.
Anyway, I'm having trouble remembering all the milestones that she's accomplishing because I've already written this post once and darn it if information doesn't leave my brain the second I tag it as disposable. Let's see, crawling, food, sleeping...oh...food again. She also eats some of those baby rice cake things. With all the other kids those gave a me a good 10-20 minute break. Not so much with Ella. She devours hers like a wood chipper. She's still not so good at picking up cheerios or puffs but I think that's mostly because she doesn't have to. If she struggles with them too long, other people feel the need to help her by shoving them in her mouth. She drinks from a sippy on occasion but prefers her liquid from 1 specific source. ;)
She's got a full 8 teeth in and is working on cutting her 9th. She grinds them constantly. She really belly laughs now, often at the other kids, especially Elizabeth. She gets such a kick out of them jumping and falling down just for her. I think she knows she captivates all of us with her smiles and laughter.
She's still incredibly laid back but she doesn't like be away from the crowd. Wherever the kids are is where she wants to be. She's rarely fussy, typically sweet-natured and has turned into quite the wiggle worm. She used to enjoy just sitting on my lap when ever we went outside or if I was in the floor with the kids. Not any more. She flings her body around like a worm in hot ashes trying to escape so she can crawl...or eat something. Goat. She still enjoys being carried in the sling or kikoi and she's still the sweetest baby I've ever known.
She just delights me so much everyday. They all do really. She makes our home so much more sweet and lives, every bit, up to her name by providing our entire family with unspeakable JOY.
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I know I say this every month, but I can't believe how BIG my baby is getting. Seven months. SEVEN. Seriously. Stop.the.time.
At seven months my sweet Ella Joy enjoys being in the thick of the family action. She enjoys being dressed up by her bigger sisters. I use the term enjoys loosely. Very loosely. She also enjoys finding stray markers that her older siblings have left on the floor.
Good thing that color goes so nicely with her eyes.At 7 months Ella is sitting up nicely all by herself, obviously. She is oh so proud of herself because she can now do a 1-armed army crawl to find all the paper, plastic, much-too-small toys, shoes and whatever else is considered a no-go for her mouth. She drags herself everywhere and has just about given up being confined to 1 particular spot, like the exersaucer or bumbo.I do believe, though, that she's at least 1/3 part billy goat. That girl will try to eat anything. In fact, just a week or so ago we brought her in and placed her in her exersaucer near (but not too close - we thought!) a pile of still-stacked groceries. Little Miss Chubby Fingers proceeded to give her Mother a heart attack when she weaseled her hands close enough, ripped off a small piece of plastic bag and then proceeded to half choke, then swallow said piece of plastic. Praise God she didn't seriously choke. I was a nervous wreck for the next 12 hours until I saw that same little piece of plastic show up in her diaper.Truly though, this kid loves to eat stuff. And it doesn't have to be food. In fact, while I was playing around with the settings on my camera, Little Miss Goat decided leaves were a good snack. The little turkey even took a bite of one and ate it before I could get it out of her little fat hands. However, her appetite for all things non-food is not because she isn't getting any baby food. At night she eats anywhere from 6 - 8 cubes of baby food. The she nurses and goes to bed and sleeps anywhere from a 6-8 hour stretch.See that yellow leaf? As soon as I snapped that picture she took her a chunk out of it and I couldn't pry her jaws open to retrieve it. Guess I'll see it sometime tomorrow.Anyway, I'm having trouble remembering all the milestones that she's accomplishing because I've already written this post once and darn it if information doesn't leave my brain the second I tag it as disposable. Let's see, crawling, food, sleeping...oh...food again. She also eats some of those baby rice cake things. With all the other kids those gave a me a good 10-20 minute break. Not so much with Ella. She devours hers like a wood chipper. She's still not so good at picking up cheerios or puffs but I think that's mostly because she doesn't have to. If she struggles with them too long, other people feel the need to help her by shoving them in her mouth. She drinks from a sippy on occasion but prefers her liquid from 1 specific source. ;)
She's got a full 8 teeth in and is working on cutting her 9th. She grinds them constantly. She really belly laughs now, often at the other kids, especially Elizabeth. She gets such a kick out of them jumping and falling down just for her. I think she knows she captivates all of us with her smiles and laughter.She's still incredibly laid back but she doesn't like be away from the crowd. Wherever the kids are is where she wants to be. She's rarely fussy, typically sweet-natured and has turned into quite the wiggle worm. She used to enjoy just sitting on my lap when ever we went outside or if I was in the floor with the kids. Not any more. She flings her body around like a worm in hot ashes trying to escape so she can crawl...or eat something. Goat. She still enjoys being carried in the sling or kikoi and she's still the sweetest baby I've ever known.She just delights me so much everyday. They all do really. She makes our home so much more sweet and lives, every bit, up to her name by providing our entire family with unspeakable JOY.