Sunday, November 27th

She might be a contortionist.

Ellie Grace's 1st Thanksgiving

We have no pictures to show for it, but we did celebrate Thanksgiving. Twice, actually. On the Saturday before Thanksgiving we went to the "big house" to celebrate with my dad's side of the family. (The big house is where both of my grandmothers live, that is what we all lovingly call it.) They have a room there that the residents can use for gatherings. Ellie Grace met many of the family members for the first time. It was a great time had by all. 

Then on Thanksgiving day we went to Ms. Tina's house with Gran & Mr. Robert. Unfortunately, Uncle Brent and Aunt Whitney couldn't be with us and they were truly missed. We had excellent eats as always and it was a fun, relaxing day with the family. 

We have so much to be thankful for!

Seven Months

Ellie Grace turned 7 months old this past Saturday. 

I love her expressive eyebrows.

No more pictures, please!

Her monkey is on house arrest, that's why it has that anklet on.  

She tackled the monkey.

Here is what is going on with little Ellie Grace at seven months. 

She is getting heavy! I went to the doctor today to see if she has an ear infection (no ear infection just a red throat, not strep though) so they weighed her and she weighs 18lbs 10oz. I don't know how much longer I can wear her in the papoose. She has 2 teeth. They don't seem to be bothering her too much and I still haven't been able to capture them on camera. Today the doc said some top teeth will be appearing soon. She is still eating solids with rice cereal twice a day. I'm toying around with switching her to three times and stopping the rice cereal. She really enjoys puffs. Did you know there are 73 puffs per serving and only 25 calories per serving?! She doesn't eat 73 though. :) I need to try and incorporate them into my diet. I have tried introducing a sippy cup but I don't think she liked the first kind I bought because the spout was way harder than her bottle so today I tried a new one with a softer spout and she actually sipped a little water from it but then she choked and got really red. We shall try again. She's not crawling yet. She has gotten up on her knees maybe three or four times but not on all fours. She really tries to sit up on when she's laying down, but she can't do it yet. She really gets a good ab workout. She is making lots of noises and that's really cute. The thing I hear the most is hiya, kind of like the sound you are supposed to make when you do a karate move. She doesn't do the corresponding karate move though. That is all I can think of right now. She's precious and we love her. One thing we know for sure after seven months is, like my dad has been saying ever since we got pregnant, a baby changes EVERYTHING. 

Sunday, November 20th

Please notice the silver shoes printed on the panty hose, love that!

Apparently, something was funny. Maybe it was me head banging to get her to smile.

Shhhh, don't tell Ellie Grace

I have a new favorite dessert. It is baby food bananas, a special "healthier" peanut butter I get called Better'n Peanut Butter and chocolate chips. If you've never had baby food bananas, don't knock it until you try it. They are so good. It's like concentrated sweet banana goodness. 

Beary Cute

Ellie Grace has a fleece bear suit. I tried it on her a couple of weeks ago.

Various Cute Things

So serious.

Just chilling out. Oh to be a baby. I love the leg position.

This is a great place to put her because she can't fall down and her toys can't get out of her reach. Just for a short period of time, of course. :)

There are these little balls on top of our kitchen table chairs and she loves them. 

She may or may not be watching TV in this picture. :) If so, it's probably Jeopardy so she's learning. Notice the crossed feet.

New Sink!

Josh & I have been wanting to get a new sink for a while now because our old one was looking rough. Then our faucet started leaking and that pushed us to take action. Yesterday Josh got rained out of work so he tackled the project and did a mighty fine job. Of course, I don't have a before picture. I always forget to take one.

Ellie Grace was a great helper!

Ellie Grace enjoying the new sink.

Playing catch up..........

From Sunday, November 6th

From Sunday, November 13th

She looks really tired here. 

She's not really smiling at the camera as much as she used to. 

She just wants to.........

eat her feet & ...........

eat her dress.

Houston...........we have a tooth!

Ellie Grace has a tooth that I can actually see and feel! It is on the bottom front in the middle. I noticed while brushing her gums yesterday morning. It was very exciting! I can't wait until we can see it when she smiles. I don't have a picture of it because it is very hard to even get a peek at because she won't keep her tongue still. So....... I'll just post a picture of her in her new overalls from our dear friend, Mrs. Sammie and some of her playing. 

Going after the ball, to chew on with that new tooth, of course.

Still going after the ball. 

More Miscellaneous Cuteness

She recently started blowing raspberries. I think Kate taught her :)

"Really, mom? More pictures in the crib?"

I had forgotten about the bumbo. Great place for her to sit up.

She's been chewing on her paci alot. I guess it's her teether too.

Love the smile through the paci.

Moooriffic

Ellie Grace was a cow this year for our church's fall festival. Of course, I don't have any pictures from the actual fall festival because I always forget to take pictures wherever we go. I snapped some in her crib instead.

She promptly found the zipper to snack on.

Sunday, October 30th, Photo Session

Here is Ellie Grace from this past Sunday.