Ellie- 8 months old

 

How is this little sweetie 8 months old?! 

Ellie has started doing so many new things just in the past few weeks.  I forget about all these little milestones and how I need to cherish them because it goes by so fast.

She is now able to go from laying to sitting up on her own.  This is one of those bitter/sweet  milestones.  When she is playing its great for her to be able to do this.  It’s during bedtime that I don’t like it.  Now when she wakes up at night she sits up and just cries instead of soothing herself back to sleep.

She isn’t officially crawling yet, but man can she get around.  She scoots all over the place on her little booty.  Just yesterday she started getting on all fours in the crawling position and looks like she might figure it out sooner than later!

She is trying to pull up on everything!!  She can’t quite pull up all the way yet but she is getting close. 

She learned how to clap.  I have tried to get a picture of her clapping but she doesn’t want to cooperate.  Her top teeth are about to come in, I can see them and I am just waiting for them to cut through. 

 

 She loves taking baths.  She loves playing with her sisters.  She loves to eat what we are eating, but still really likes her baby food too.

 

 Ellie is enjoying her exersaucer more and more these days.  We have had beautiful weather the past week and loves being outside!

I finally moved Ellie’s bed out of our room last week.  Olivia was very excited to have a new roommate!  Ellie is still a great baby during the day but we have taken a turn for the worst at night!  It all started when we got back from our trip and I am hoping/waiting for this “phase” to be over. She still goes to bed great, no crying, but then she is waking up every couple of hours and it’s about to kill me!  I am just hoping it has to do with these top teeth coming in and we can get back to normal soon(but I doubt it).

Maddy's a 3rd Grader!

 

It's hard to believe that this little girl is in 3rd grade!  Maddy was so excited to start school this year(I guess we were beginning to bore her).  She is at Collegeville Elementary and has Mrs. Harris.   Her class is full of her friends, which worries me because she can be quite the chatter box, but I think she is keeping it under control so far! 

Ellie’s 6/7 Month Pictures

 

I did Ellie’s pictures while we were in Utah.  My sister, Marji, thought it would be better to do them there because of the weather and we didn’t have all our other crazy kids to worry about.  Marji did such a GREAT job and is making my decisions very difficult!  She was able to capture her fun personality in a lot of the pictures.  Thanks for the pictures Marji!

 

 

Hot Springs Reception

 

We had Gabe and Molly’s reception this past weekend in Hot Springs.  The girls were so excited for it since they didn’t get to be in Utah.  We spent all day Saturday getting ready for it.  My Aunts and Uncle from my mom’s side came down from Austin to help out too.  We don’t get to see them very often so it is always fun to be with them and catch up. 

 

Gotta have the CRAZY picture! (Livy is doing her infamous cross-eyes)

The girls LOVE Uncle Gabe and Aunt Molly!!

 

I’m glad we got to spend a little more time with the newlyweds here in Arkansas.   

Wedding Fun in Utah

 

Ellie and I headed to Utah 2 weeks ago for my baby brother’s wedding.  Micha took a week off of work and stayed home with the 2 other girls.  We rode out there with my mom and dad.  It was a pretty entertaining ride.  Ellie did so great in the car and Grandma enjoyed getting to play with her every time we stopped!  She got a little cranky on the second morning of driving so Grandma came to the rescue with Cheetos!  The third picture is her sleeping with the Cheeto in her mouth!

   

Gabe and Molly got married in the Mt. Timpanogos Temple.  It was a beautiful ceremony with lots of tears shed(mostly from Molly’s family, they are big criers:) )

 

It was fun to have sister time without a billion kids around!  We all share a love of shoes!! 

Mr. and Mrs. DeVaux!!

The girl cousins that were in Utah.  Ellie wasn’t real sure about the whole grass situation!

This is my nephew, Parker.  This kid has energy for days!  He LOVED the reception and all the food that was available(I was a fan of that also).  He went around finding random plates to eat off of.  I don’t have any pictures from the reception, but it was so nice!!  Molly did a wonderful job planning it!  They had Costa Vida cater it(a popular restaurant out west) and it was so GOOD!  I have actually been craving it every since that night!

The kids were waiting for Gabe and Molly to leave.  They had sparklers and bubbles :)

Ellie enjoying a Twizzler in the exersaucer at Aunt Jenny’s

Parker and Ellie spending a little time together!(Notice how much food is on Parker’s tray)

Parker cracks me up!  Here he is trying to kick down the door(Jenny was hiding from him in her room).

 

Ellie and I flew home from Utah.  This was her first flight and she did awesome!  We barely made our flight because of the huge security line at SLC Airport, they were doing the last call right when we were walking up. We left at 6:00 am so Ellie slept most of the flights.  Everyone around us commented on what a great baby she was.  She loved looking out the window!

 

It was such a great week!  It was nice only having to worry about one kid for a week.  I enjoyed my break!  I hadn’t been to Utah since we lived there 2 years ago, it was kind of weird to be back in our old area.  I am so happy I was able to be there for their wedding.  I love Molly and think she is such a great addition to our family.  I am lucky to have gotten 2 great sister-in-laws this year!