Ellie Update

We finally bought Ellie a jumperaoo so she could play and stand. We tested one out at a friend's house and she loved it, so we decided it was time to get one for her.

There's a tiny mirror on one of the toys, and she loves to bend her head down and look at herself, like in this picture:


We were out running errands and Ellie was contently playing with a few toys, and gripping all of them at once in her car seat.


Ellie has been scooting all over the place. We usually place her on the big mat in the pictures below, and within a few minutes she makes it across the room, playing with toys, or going after anything that grabs her attention. Yesterday she went for the coffee table and was grabbing books off of the shelf underneath. I guess it's time to "baby-proof."





The other big Ellie news is that she cut her first tooth this week! We barely noticed because she really hasn't seemed to be in pain or fussy. She has been eating slightly less, but that's about the only indication that something was different, and suddenly we noticed her bottom gums were a bit sharper than normal! Ellie is such a sweet, pleasant baby. She rarely fusses and when she does it's usually when she misses her nap and is a bit overtired...but, aren't we all a little cranky when we don't get enough sleep?