Winter Pictures

Ellie in the snow. We got a little less than 2 feet!

Ellie and Daddy

Out our front door, before we dug the cars out.

Out the back door.

Ellie's first Christmas present, a musical plush Christmas tree that spins and lights up, she LOVES it!

9 months and counting!

At Ellie's 9 month doctor's appointment she weighed 18lbs 13oz and was 26.25 inches tall. Ellie is crawling all around as fast as her little legs will take her. She is starting to cruise along the furniture and climb up the stairs. She is keeping us quite busy just following her around.
Ellie will probably be a chatty little girl because she's already babbling a lot. She started with "Da-da," and then her version of "kitty cat," which sounds more like "ke-ka." Other words she says are "doggy" and "Christmas Tree." Of course to the untrained ear it sounds like baby babbling, but we can tell what she's saying.

Ellie's first trip to Lenhart's Tree Farm in PA.



First snow!


Playing on the stairs.


Decorating and trying to untangle the lights... not really...

Another video just for fun!

This one was taken on November 10. She loves to laugh! Enjoy!

And she's officially crawling!

For weeks we've been saying, "she's almost crawling, any day now." Now I have my work cut out for me because she is all over the place. I guess we'll have to get a few baby gates earlier than we thought. Her favorite things to crawl for are, wires, remote controls, cats, and paper (guess we don't need any toys).



Ellie has also started to become much more vocal. She can say "Da-da" which was her first word, and I think she is starting to associate the word with her Daddy. She also has distinct sounds for kitty, and only says it when they're around. Hopefully "Mama" will come soon!

Ellie the scooter

Ellie's really been trying her best to crawl, today she was scooting around the kitchen floor. She's also doing a great job sitting herself up from a laying down position.

Almost crawling

For the past few weeks Ellie has been trying to crawl. She can get into the crawling position and rock back and forth. Sometimes she lunges forward, and sometimes just retreats back to a sitting position. I think we're going to have a mobile baby very soon. She loves to practice standing up, and can hold herself up by holding onto the sofa. Ellie has started eating Cheerios, she can pick them up but hasn't figured out how to put them in her mouth yet. Ellie has also started mimicking us, sometimes she sticks out her tongue or claps when we do. For Halloween Ellie is going to be a chocolate chip cookie, pictures will come soon!

At Brad's 30th birthday celebration in Pennsylvania.

Ellie's friend Grace Mai Huynh was born this month (they are exactly 7 months apart). We paid the Huynh's a visit when Grace was 2 weeks old.

Ellie's first trip to the pumpkin patch.

She loved the pumpkins!

Ellie and her cousins Sebastian and Eve at the park in Piney Orchard.

Grinning with her two teeth.

Ellie enters Autumn

It's amazing how much Ellie learns and changes each month. She has a very happy and smiley personality, and she loves to laugh! She has sprouted her bottom two teeth, and really wasn't too bothered by it. She's pulling herself up in her crib and on the couch, and she lunges herself forward as she's trying to figure out how to crawl.

Our little Terps fan!

Ellie visits downtown Annapolis right before the Boat Show.

Baltimore Running Festival, Ellie was there to cheer on her Daddy, Me, Timmy, and Jim in our races. Great job to everyone, especially Brad and Timmy who ran the marathon!

Grammy and Ellie waiting for the start of the marathon.

Ellie in the tub, laughing at her Daddy.