Also, this past month Kyle's parents were able to come visit. It was great having them down here and Ella sure loved having a couple more play mates around!
Ella had a cardiology appointment a few days after she turned nine months, and both holes in her heart have gotten a little smaller, which is good news! At that appointment we learned that Ella is 27.5inches tall--50th percentile and 16.7lbs--about the 5th percentile:( But even though she's a skinny little thing--she seems perfectly healthy.
At 9 Months (Really 9 months and 3 weeks as I'm writing this) Ella:
- Can Crawl!! Hooray!!!!
- Has tried many more foods, and seems to like just about everything, but still has a very small appetite and never eats very much. She especially loves carrots, strawberries, watermelon, green smoothies, fish and banana. She does not seem to be as into waffles or bread-type food.
- Loves to Babble and makes all sorts of different sounds and noises, including lots of mama:)
- Still loves music and singing
-LOVES me to read her books. She'll sit in my lap while I read to her, and when the book is over and I close the cover, she'll cry until I start to read it again.
- Loves seeing people and friends!
-Also loves exploring new places, especially now that she can crawl, we can take her anywhere and as long as I can set her down to explore she's totally content.
-Is really starting to hate the car, and pretty much screams the whole drive unless someone is back there with her. Which means I never want to drive anywhere alone anymore.So I just ordered her a convertible car seat, I'm hoping that being able to sit up and see out more will help her be happier in the car!
- Still wakes up 1-2times a night, usually 2...ugghhhh. Seriously its the worst. After almost 10 months I'm tired of getting up several times a night, every. single. night. But since she eats a full feeding every time she wakes up and she weighs so little, I have hard time saying she doesn't need it.
-Still no dairy.
- I think I forgot to mention this in my last post. But I stopped pumping. I was so sick of it, and the logistics of bringing my pump on my Montana trip and trying to pump while we were there was just too much of a hassle, so I weaned her off of breast milk the 2 weeks leading up to our trip. And she hasn't had any issues or problems since switching completely to formula and my life is 10000000000x better now that I'm not pumping!! The freedom is so so wonderful! I'm glad I was able to give her breastmilk as long as I did, but my next kid had darn better be able to actually breast feed, because I never want to exclusively pump again!!
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| My friend Kim took this adorable picture of Ella |
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| At the beach with Kyle's parents |
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| Checking out the ocean with Grandma |
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| Ella and Grandpa Poulsen |
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| Aren't they so cute together?! |
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| In the backyard at Grandma and Grandpa Jenson's house |
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| Me and Kyle's 4th Anniversary, due to lack of funds and the fact that Kyle had to work that night, we kept it pretty low key with a breakfast out, sans Ella |
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| Loving the exersaucer at Carlee's |
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| First time in a swing at the park! I think she had that big smile on her face the whole time:) |
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| I just love her little baby bum in jeans! |
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| Starting to look like such a big girl! |
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| She was not willing to stay still for the camera, so I had to bring some playmates to the shoot to get her to stay on the bed! |
