Is it possible . . .

that Elliott might walk before she ever cuts a tooth? At this rate, I think so! She has been practicing very hard . . . crawling all over the place, pulling herself up any chance she gets, standing on her own, and walking with dad all over the house. But, no sign of a tooth yet! All I know is that I have to watch her like a hawk! She had her first bump on the head. She picked up a fast food napkin somewhere along the way and had it in her hand when she crawled onto the tile. She bumped her head pretty hard and it left a knot and bruise. She was tough, though! She only cried for a minute. Mom, on the other hand . . .

Here is a video of Ellie standing up on her own while we were playing in her room.

Love this ornery look!

Watching "Handy Manny"
Yum! Sharing guacamole with Dad.


I think she's storing some up in those cheeks!

Taking a nap in Dad's recliner

Right after bumping her head.

You can't see the bruise very good here, but it's there!

(She looks like she's in a lot of pain.) :)

"Mom. I do not need an ice pack."

Ellie and her silly faces . . .

My new favorite face!

She does this all the time.

She's really into Wylie right now-

his collar, pulling his hair, ears, and tail, poking him

in the eyes, etc.

I can't believe she'll be 8 months at the end of this week!

We've got a crawler!

Ellie has been gettin' around for the past month or so, but mostly by scooting, rolling, pushing, etc. She has also crawled backward, pulls herself up, and has stood by herself for several seconds. However, today was the first day she crawled (forwards) by herself! It was also the first day she tasted dog food, which is actually what motivated her to crawl! I was getting dinner ready this morning (putting it in the crockpot), and I had put Ellie in the office to play. I glanced over every few seconds and at one point she had a funny look on her face. I ran over and stuck my finger in her mouth. She had a piece of dog food in there! I fished it out and she cried . . . I think she liked it! We don't leave food in our dogs' bowls because Pistol would eat all day long, so it must have been a stray piece she found on her own. Anyway, I fed the dogs shortly after and when she saw Wylie's bowl full of those tasty treats Mom had just taken from her, she was inspired to crawl! I didn't get the first one on video, but here she is with Kyle when he got home from work tonight.

P.S. If the video doesn't work, it is because I got a new Flip for Christmas and have no idea if I'm doing this right. If that is the case (and it wouldn't surprise me), I will try again later!

Happy New Year!

Christmas 2010

We had a busy Christmas this year! Last Thursday, Jaiden, Jasmine, Nini, Tammy, Jett, and my mom came over to the house to make our desserts for Christmas Day. We cooked and played all day long.

Jasmine, Elliott, and JaidenEllie and Nana

On Christmas Eve, my mom, brother Casey, and Kyle's parents came over. We had some yummy food, opened presents, and played games. Ellie got some new toys, books, and clothes!

Momma and Ellie

Ellie lovin' on her mom and dad!


Kyle bought Ellie this dress last Christmas when I was
pregnant with her. We'd just found out she was a girl!



Pistol and Wylie in their Christmas sweaters.

Opening presents

On Christmas Day, we went over to Tammy and Mike's. My nini made Christmas dinner (yum!) and we opened presents. It was fun to just get together and hang out!

Jasmine, Jett, Elliott, and Jaiden

All the cousins:

Kyle, Casey, Jenny, Ellie, Jaiden, Jett, Josh, Jessica

Jasmine

4 Generations

It took us all day on Sunday to open Ellie's toys, put them together, and figure out all the cool things they do! She is now pulling up to her toys and standing by herself! I haven't been able to catch her on camera, but Kyle got me a Flip video camera which is much more handy than my other video camera, so maybe I'll catch her soon. Here are some pics of her playing with her new toys.

Ellie's going to be a pom girl like her mom . . .

I swear she puts her hands in fists, puts her arms in a high V,

tilts her head to the side, and makes a funny face all the time.

I don't know why, and you can't see her face here, but

that is what she's doing. It's so funny!

Just pulled herself up!

Christmas with the Seviers

Last night we had our Christmas with Kyle's side of the family. His sister and her family go to Bartlesville for Christmas so we always celebrate a little early with them. We went over there yesterday morning and opened presents first thing! Ellie got some really cute clothes, pajamas, a My Pal Violet, a zebra rocking horse, a little play kitchen, some books, and some other fun toys! She also had fun in the wrapping and tissue paper, of course! Then we had dinner: turkey, ham, dressing, mashed potatoes, green beans, and rolls. YUM! (Ellie had oatmeal, carrots, and apples . . . mmmmmmm!) After that, we just sat around and talked and watched the girls play with all their new toys (and some of their old toys . . . aren't kids funny???).

This is our Christmas tree. This picture doesn't

really fit in with this post, but I didn't want to do a

whole separate post for just one picture! Ellie found something tasty in her stocking!

With big cousin Haven

On her new rocking zebra

With Dad and Grandma

The Girls

Sadie, Haven, and Ellie

(and Keeper snuck in at the last minute.)

In one of her new outfits

YAY! I love Christmas!

Taking a little time out to rest with Aunt Des

Playing with her new kitchen set once we got home

Elliott at 7 months

I'm so proud of my little girl! She is healthy, happy, and puts a smile on my face every single morning. She is so much fun!

At 7 months, Ellie is doing the following:

-She weighs approximately 18 pounds and is 27 inches long. She wears size 6-9 months and some 9 months clothes and size 3 diapers. We just bought our first pack of diapers! We're so thankful for that diaper shower we had!

-She pulls herself up onto her knees or one knee and one foot. She'll pull up on us, the laundry basket, her toy basket, etc. She's very close to pulling herself completely up.

-Stands by herself if we get her up to a table or something else to hold onto.

-Loves to scream, holler, babble, talk, etc.

-Will clap her hands/fists together when we sing "Clap, clap, clap your hands!"

-Dances to music and sometimes dances to no music!

-Moved on from the baby bathtub. She uses a "tub in a tub" now. She still loves bathtime.

-She's on the verge of crawling. She can move herself around, but hasn't actually crawled on her hands and knees yet.

-She still loves every type of baby food including the meats (yuck!). She's tried several new things this month, and although she didn't love all of them at first bite, she did eventually decide she likes them. She's had avacado, baked potato, sweet potato, egg yolk from a boiled egg (loved this!), yogurt melts, mum-mums, crackers, wheat bread, mashed up bananas, baby yogurt, and several other fruits in the mesh bag thingies. She also loves oatmeal and still loves her bottles. She drinks about 24 oz. a day. She gets so excited when she sees a full bottle. She grabs it and stuffs it in her mouth, and you better not try to take it away! She completely feeds herself now which is so nice!

-Ellie traveled to New Mexico for the first time.

-She moves EVERYWHERE in her bed at night. She wakes up in the funniest positions (see pics below).

-She sits in the highchair and the shopping cart now. She loves to be able to look around at all the people. She is definitely a people-watcher.

-She loves water from her sippy cups and also loves when we put water in our straws and give it to her.

-She's very close to being able to feed herself finger foods. She can pick little pieces up with her finger and thumb, but always loses them somewhere between the highchair tray and her mouth.

-Was sick for the first time. That was terrible!

Here are some of the ways I find Ellie in the morning:

We rode the carousel at the mall. We were both dizzy

by the 3rd time around!

Another silly face!

Happy 7 months, Elliott Rose!