Holy Moly I cannot believe that Elizabeth is getting so big!! (Well, big for her:) Where did my little baby go?! ::sobs:: Since she figured out that food is delicious, she has shot up in size! I can't believe that I am already planning her birthday!
At Elizabeth's 9 month check up, we found out that she is a whopping 16 lbs (16%)! She is still a petite 25.25 inches (1%), but most importantly, this month her head is ONLY* in the 82%. This means maybe she will get a chance to grow into all of those brains!
She is eating all kinds of fun stuff now! Between 9-10 months, she has started eating breakfast (yogurt--which she LOVES), lunch, and dinner! She has started to eat some finger foods, and really likes avocado, scrambled eggs, carrots, corn, peas, and of course puffs. We still spoon feed on top of the finger foods since half of it ends up in her chair. She eats almost everything, but she is not a fan of anything that has beans in it. Maybe she's rebelling against all of the Mexican food I consumed when she was still cooking?
9 months
As she gets older, she and Grey are starting to be able to play together more and more. He gets so excited to be able to play with her! She gets pretty excited too and starts squealing with delight! She is pretty smart through, and has figured out that if I look away when she's playing with Grey that she can complain and fuss a little, and I will get on to Grey (since he can get a little rough). She is such a stinker that now she does it just to get attention! Already getting big brother in trouble! He was across the room once and she didn't think I was paying attention and did it! We're in trouble...
She has also graduated to the big bath tub which makes life much easier!
The BIGGEST thing that happened this month is that Elizabeth has finally started crawling! She's still working on the speed, but she's officially mobile. Fun times: she is still pretty slow, so she dramatically cries when she can't keep up with our room changes. For instance, if we are in the living room and Grey follows me into the kitchen, she sobs like the world has ended as she she slow-crawls her way towards us. Hilarious and ridiculous at the same time. She has definitely learned to work the crying angle. Goodness gracious, she is such a drama queen sometimes! Haha the 10 month mark has definitely brought on the personality. As soon as you start looking at her she does the huge squinty-eyed grin like "oh hey, just kidding I'm all better now!" I am in so much trouble this summer! Ha!
She has just recently been testing out the "pretty face!"
I will have to get photos to show the comparison between
myself, Elizabeth, and Greyson.
We had the double the fun this Easter! Grey was especially excited to help his "baby girl" with all of the egg hunting, since "she's too little this year."
Before we loaded up the circus to visit everyone, we got to spend Good Friday at home making some Easter goodies. Grey helped me make these cupcakes, and he was so proud of himself! (Serious warm fuzzies that he loves to help bake!) He proudly showed them off to Nana and Gramps.
Easter #1 was in Wichita Falls with them, and here they are in their adorable little outfits.
Mom and I got pinterest-y and made some festive deviled eggs--we're still trying to get Nanny's recipe right.
Before we had dinner Saturday, Grey went to work hunting the RIDICULOUS amount of eggs his Uncle Tom and I "hid" for him.
He "shared" some with Elizabeth:)
Easter bunny goodies!
SUPER excited to see what the Easter bunny brought him!
Easter #2 was on Easter Sunday, and we loaded up and headed to GG and Pops' house! As you can see Grey was pretty excited to get to hunt eggs for the third time! Ha! (he was able to hunt eggs at his daycare on Thursday--Terri is so fun!)
GG painted these amazingly adorable baskets for the kids! I love them, and I am so excited for them to get to use them again and again! I was pretty excited about the baskets, but Grey was of course a little more concerned with the fun stuff inside! Lots of fun Spiderman prizes!
This sweet little thing has grown SO MUCH in the last two months! Things have been so hectic around here with my debate schedule and all of the kids doctors appointments, that I never had a chance to post anything for her 7th month, so I'm combining things this month.
Food!
Elizabeth has come a long way in terms of food! She is a much better eater these days. After we figured out that rice cereal was a definite no-no, we moved onto green veggies and oatmeal. At first she literally gagged EVERY SINGLE TIME she had the first spoonful, but now she is a total pro! She has been eating green beans, spinach, carrots, and sweet potatoes. With Grey I always bought the little jars of organic baby food, but Aunt Morgen got me started with some homemade veggies, so I have been making Elizabeth's veggies! I don't know why I was so intimidated by that before, but it really is so easy! Thanks Morgen! As of last week (Spring Break! Yay!), Elizabeth is eating veggies and oatmeal at both lunch and dinner!
Riding in the grocery cart like a big girl!
7 Months
8 Months
Teeth!
One of the biggest changes between 7 and 8 months is that she now has 2 teeth! If you look in the picture below, they are front and center on the bottom, and goodness gracious the drool from these two teeth is intense! Ha! She is constantly chomping down on her toys and pacifiers, and sometimes me...ouch!
Big bro playing while waiting for E's appt
Waiting at the doctor's office
Stats
This month (the 8th month) we finally went to have Elizabeth's cranial ultrasound, so we got her latest stats. She is weighing in at 15.6 lbs (15%), and she is 25 inches tall (4%), and her head is 18 inches (98%). Speaking of her ultrasound, I got the phone call just last night that we are in the clear as far as problems go related to her big ol' noggin! They said that she does not have hydrocephalus (thank The Lord), or anything else that may indicate a problem, but we are going to check again at 9 months just to make sure everything is still okay. At the appointment with the pediatric neurologist (which I later learned was a COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY APPOINTMENT...ugh) the doctor measured both Greyson's head and mine. Apparently, we all have big noggins! Haha! Lots of room for all the extra large brains, right?
Grey is such a good big brother. He loves on Elizabeth ALL THE TIME!
These two are becoming such good buddies lately! Greyson's favorite thing is to make Elizabeth laugh. He loves when she's rolling around on the floor to play. Their favorite game to play together is peek a boo. Grey covers her up in a blanket and then rips it off (exactly like it sounds...yikes!) and she screams with giggles. This is why she doesn't get to spend too much time on the floor with him (can you blame me?!), but when she does they love it!
Holding hands
Elizabeth has also become quite the talker this month. I swear she knows what we are talking about and responds to us with all kinds of "ga-gas" and "AAAHHHs" and "da-dahs." Lord help us if she's as talkative as Greyson! The only moment of silence that Jared and I get is usually around 8 pm when they are both asleep!
Spring Break!
Cheerleader pose!
Greyson is obsessed with Elizabeth's sunglasses and wants her to wear them all the time.
Can't quite reach, but that's okay because Grey LOVES pushing her around the house!
