9 months

Happy 9 month birthday Elliana!! I can't believe it has already been 9 months. We celebrated today by going to her 9 mo. dr. appt. Elli weighs in at a huge 16 pounds 13 ounces (10th percentile) and is 27 inches long (25-50th percentile). She continues to be a little thing compared to her same age peers...looks like we won't need to be getting her a bigger car seat anytime within the next couple weeks....I think we might be able to hold off for a couple of months. Elli got a TB test and had the 1st part of her flu shot (we will get the other half of it after Thanksgiving). She cried for just a couple seconds with the shot and TB test but had more trouble when the dr. was checking her over. Elli CLUNG to me after he was done!



Despite her small size, Elli has been doing a great job eating! Just within the last few days she has really enjoyed eating regular food. My goal is for her to be done with baby food by Christmas! Finger foods she enjoys are: cornbread, grapes, Mellon, goldfish, bread, cheese, doughnuts, french fries, cinn. rolls, oatmeal cream pies, pancakes, mac. and cheese. Although she enjoys these foods, she will occasionally spit them out...it is different from day to day. Foods she isn't quite sure of: pulled pork, hot dogs, green beans, mashed potatoes. We still haven't mastered a sippy cup, as she thinks this is more of a toy and chews on the nipple.


I've cut out Elli's 3rd nap the past week and she has done great!! I'm hoping she continues to do well with only 2 naps!



Enjoy her 9 month photo shoot. It is getting difficult to keep her sitting for good pictures. This is the best I could do....

Time for the floor....

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A couple weeks ago Elli had "school" pictures taken at daycare. We just got them back last week and think they are pretty funny! We are only ordering one of the pictures as we just spent quite a bit of money getting her 9 mo. pictures this past Sunday.....

Her 1st School pictures....

Ummmm.....Yikes! Shake it off Elli....everyone has at least one bad school picture!

Nice outfit....no smile....booo!!

Now, who wouldn't want this school picture hanging on their fridge??

Elli's class
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Elliana is quite mobile and quick! She gets around crawling, but has begun to enjoy her "walker." She thinks she is pretty cool stuff moving around all over the place with this. I have a video that I took yesterday of her squealing while she was moving all around....I'll have to post it if I get around to it this week.