Eloise at 7 months

Oh Elo, how are you so cute? We say this every day to our sweet Eloise who is now 7 months old! As expected, each passing day brings more and more excitement into our home as the girls grow & change. We are especially enjoying the happiness that Eloise exudes about 99.9 percent of the time. She is still such a mellow, go with the flow kinda girl that is never short on grins.

What Miss Mellow is up to at 7 months:

• saying bababa & dadada & the oh so sweet....mamama! She reserved this as a gift for me on our anniversary right before I put her to bed. It made me cry even if it wasn't on purpose!
• eating like a little piggy crying between each bite as if we can't shovel it in fast enough
• drinks from a sippy fairly well, if someone is holding it up for her
• really enjoys being read to
• enjoys eating the books even more than reading them
• thinks Charlotte is just about the greatest person in the world
• teases the dogs with leaning in close for kisses (pictures to follow)
• laughs really hard when you blow on her belly
• would rather sit up than lay down but can't get to a sitting position on her own
• sucks on the back of her wrist when falling asleep
• grabs at anything and everything that is within eyesight
• she frequently has a mini Mohawk....naturally
• has pushed up on all fours from laying on her tummy one time
• still no teeth but lots of drool

She loves her Daddy



and her mommy

 She is nursing 4-5 times a day usually at 7:30,11:00, 3:00 & 7:00. There is a 5th feeding on days that start earlier, end later or are just plain out of whack which lately are about 50 percent of the time. On days that I work, she prefers 6oz per bottle. She eats about 4-5 ounces of solid food at lunch & dinner.  New foods for this month: oatmeal, brown rice, sweet potatoes, avocados, butternut squash, green beans, peas, pears, apples & prunes every once & awhile to keep things moving if you know what I mean ; )

She is napping around 8:45-10:45, 12:30-2:45, 4:30-5:15 & then sleeps 7:30am-7:30pm.  She is very consistent with her sleeping...now if we could only get Char to do the same I would feel like a million bucks every day! I think Elo must be hitting a mini growth spurt because she has woken up around 5 the last few mornings to nurse.  Either that or she has been missing mama & needs some extra snuggles....both valid reasons right?  I mean really, who could turn this girl down for a snuggle?

We will conclude this months update with some pictures of Elo with her puppy dogs....

staring contest that Eloise won



We don't allow this on a regular basis but she was totally asking for it leaning into Benners with her mouth wide open! We laughed so hard looking at this picture because the gigantic tongue looks like it is coming out of Elo's mouth, not Bennett's!  Building her immunity.....she'll thank me for it later ; )

Onto 2012! Growing girls, delighted & thankful parents looking forward to seeing what is next!