Red Chair: 8 & 9 months

I think I forgot to post both Elizabeth's 8 and 9 month pictures, so I will post them both now, as her 10 month birthday quickly approaches.

At 9 months, Elizabeth pulls herself up to standing (she has been doing this since 7 months), she "glides" (aka, walks along the edge of stuff while holding on it) a little, still crawls like a mad woman. She says "Da-da," and recently has discovered her scream. She just moved into Grace's room and is still struggling to make the adjustment (did I mentioned she finally learned how to scream?).

She is still a very snuggly baby and likes to pretend to be shy and bury her head in my shoulder when people talk to her. She loves to "flirt" with Bob and Pat, the older couple that sit behind us in church. She loves following her sister around and looks at her with big adoring eyes. She is babbling more and more and we think we might have another talker on our hands.

She has starting eating more foods, she loves finger foods. Avocados, steamed carrots, tofu, cottage cheese, scrambled eggs, blueberries, and pretty much any soft fruit are favorites. She has three teeth and two more that looks like they will pop through soon.

She is still always so quick with a smile and brings us all so much joy. When I was little my nickname was "Sunshine girl" and I am thinking I may have to relinquish the title to Elizabeth as it fits her well.

So here we go at 8 months (these were while Gunnar was in Mongolia):

And 9 months:

I think it is amazing how much she grew in this one month. It seems like everyday she is doing or trying something new. I wish she could stay small and cuddly forever, but it is so fun to watch her discover new things.

Ellie Belle

Here are some recent pictures I took of Elizabeth. I think they capture how grown up her face is looking and her sweet personality.

Ummmmm, tofu!

Grandpa Pa time!

While Gunnar was gone we were able to spend a lot of time with my parents. I thought I would compile all the pictures I took of the hanging out time with my dad into one post.

One of Grace's favorite things to do is to go for walks. One of her other favorite things is going to Starbucks for a "special water." If you think combining the two couldn't get any better, we actually had to walk by THREE playground areas to get to Starbucks. Aren't cities wonderful?

Elizabeth and I were excited to join them on a walk as that way she got to try out the big baby swings for the first time. She loved it, and looked adorable at the same time.
Grandpa Pa and Grace took a self portrait, it was a little bright out!
My dad tried to teaching Grace "urban tracking skills" by pointing out the Starbucks litter as we got closer and closer to Starbucks.
Finally, we arrive! Another day they took my dad's dogs for a walk. I went out to take their picture as the last time I took their picture walking the dogs Grace was 2. I found them both pretending to be "dog tired" and walking with their tongues hanging out of their mouths.
That is my little tired out girl!
The last picture was from another day. I walked in to find my dad and Grace having a tea party. I don't ever remember my dad having a tea party with me! But then again, who can resist Grace's charm?

Happy Birthday Sonja!

Flashback Friday: Fun facts

On the 12th of June, he became a big brother.
Exactly 2 days short of 10 years later, on the 10th of June, I became a big sister.
June must be our lucky month.

Happy Birthday Daniel!

It's my little brother Daniel's birthday today! We hope he has a great one!

Rubber Duckie....

.....you're the one, who makes my bath time so much fun.