Let's see

How far we can push before mommy has a meltdown!

It's only halfway through the day and mommy is already at the end of her rope. Busy day at work and a whiny baby do NOT go together well.

And I swear, even if she is only 8 months old, she is already trying to push her boundaries.

For example, last night was a late night as we went to watch Andrew play softball. So our normal bedtime routine was pushed off until 8:45 - 9:00 last night. After our bottle, we decided we didn't really want to sleep. Instead, we wanted to headbutt mommy. After my third exclaimation of "OUCH" after that hard little head whacked me on the chin, Andrew jokingly says to her "Keep that up and you'll be in trouble!" She looks right at him and laughs hysterically. Which of course gets Andrew and I laughing. Elisa realizes she did something funny, so what does she do? She looks at me, grins, headbutts me again and then looks at me waiting for the praise. Of course, we laugh more. So she does it again. And again, and again. Little turkey. Finally after five minutes of this game and a very bruised mommy, we decided we had better stop engaging and get her to bed. But oh man, who says this kid doesn't understand English? The timing was too perfect.

Happy 8 months!

Wow, I'm so big now! In fact, I can now HOLD Miss P instead of her holding me! :)



I'm a big 13 lbs 8 oz. I put on 1.5 pounds in a month! My doctor was so happy she was dancing in the room! I don't think I've ever seen a doctor do a jig before. I know mommy hasn't, as she thought it was really cute.

I also was evaluated by physical therapy. Mommy was worried because I get really stiff when she tries to get me to sit and I resist sitting and crawling. Turns out I have a little bit of stiffness in my hips, but I should grow out of it. But I'm right on track for my adjusted age and doing all the things I should for a 5 1/2 month old! But mommy wants me to do things an 8 month old should do, so we are going to learn more about how to help me catch up. I think mommy is tired of explaining why I'm so little and why I'm not sitting and crawling yet. In reality, I'm doing really well for how early I was. Everyone always says what a good baby I am!



I'm a big chatterbox and love to make noise. Mommy doesn't like it when I'm not here because it's just TOO QUIET. So far I just make lots of "gah" "nah" "ah" "yeah" noises but I did decide to surprise daddy and say "da da" right before father's day. Of course I didn't know what I was saying, but it sure made mommy and daddy's day.

And I'm rolling both ways now! And love it! Mommy finds me in my crib on my belly. She doesn't quite care for that. I won't stay under my blankets either.

Oh well. Mommy will get over it all. :)

How little!

Since I seem to be making my way down memory lane, I wanted to post this one. This is the first video we took of Elisa and were learning how the camera worked. Grandpa H and I finally got our stuff together to get them transferred lol.

Compare

4 months old:


Today:

Patience

I love you baby girl but you sure did try my patience today. I knew
when I took on this challenge it would be filled with it's good days
and it's bad days. And I look forward to 50+ years of good days and
bad days.

Tried the swimming thing again!

Lots more fun today! We even dunked our face in the water and splashed water in our eyes and didn't mind!



Here we are actually laughing!



We were so worn out that we are napping on mom's shoulder right now.

I'll leave you with this image of Daddy and Elisa.

Jumpy Seat!

I promised a better picture of her in her jumpy seat. Well, I still can't get a good still shot. So here's a video instead of our play session yesterday!