June 20, 2011 - Elenor took off her own diaper during nap time... This first time there wasn't much but the next few times there was definitely poop involved. The first time I laughed woke Nate up because I thought it was so funny that it was happening to us. (I had been praying she wouldn't figure it out that soon) But alas our little 7.5 month old figured it out.
July 2011 - This month Ele would start laughing when others would laugh. She loves hanging with her Daddy and it was darling watching her get excited every time he came in the room. She is going to be a Daddy's girl for sure.
July 28, 2011 - Ele stood up all by herself for the first time.
August 4, 2011 - Nate was doing baby acrobatics with Ele, when he stopped she started crying. So he picked her up and started again, she started laughing immediately. This kid LOVES acrobatics and her dad is pretty good at acrobatics.
August 11, 2011 - Some kids crawl because they want their Mom, some crawl because they want a toy, Ele crawls because she wants the laptop keyboard. She loves keyboards. We have a video of her army crawling. Some of the first real progress she has made in the crawling area.
August 16, 2011 - 9 month stats: Height 25.5 inches (5th %) Weight 14 lbs 15 oz (10th %) She's hitting EVERY milestone. Our pediatrician is very impressed.
August 21, 2011 - Ele likes asparagus (note she no longer likes it)
August 2011 - By the end of ths month Ele was putting herself to sleep at night. I'll start earlier with my next child but still so proud of Elenor. She is such a cute girl and an amazing baby. She hardly ever cries and just knows how to make me love her even more.
September 3, 2011 - Roday our stake put on a huge neighborhood party, bounce houses, face painting and a petting zoo just to name a few. Elenor fell in love with this little kitten that they were giving away. I truly almost claimed it. Who knew a ten month old could be so gentle? And the kitten would wriggle out of other kids hands and come back over to Elenor. She would just snuggle up in her lap and Elenor would just pet the kitten. It was ADORABLE!
End of September 2011 - We went on a trip to Boston and Maine. It was amazing. I will do a separate post with pictures for this one because it just needs it's own. But for Elenor's memories: She was a GREAT traveler. All of the passengers were telling us how great she did and how grateful they were to be on a flight with such an awesome baby. She loved playing in the hotel rooms and she made everyone love her. Seriously we had people literally chase us down to tell us how cute she is. Babies are definitely novelties outside of Utah. But it was amazing to see how much everyone loved our little girl. We also went out to dinner with my good friend Jaremy
Hill (he's in Maine for medical school) And Elenor adored him. She went and sat on his lap and didn't want to get off until the food came.
Hill (he's in Maine for medical school) And Elenor adored him. She went and sat on his lap and didn't want to get off until the food came.
October 11, 2011 - Heard a rustling from the kitchen and realized Ele was no longer playing with her toys but was now in the pantry. Nate grabbed her and out of everything she could reach she went for her absolute favorite... Twizzlers. She held onto the package for dear life as Nate brought her back into the living room. Man she's cute, and fast! :)
November 1, 2011 - Elenor unrolls the toilet paper for the first time.
November 2011 - Elenor conducts music. She saw me doing it one Sunday and now she copies me and any time she hears music she will conduct. It's SO cute!
November 9, 2011 - Elenor is ONE! Where did the time go? She is so big now and is crazy fun. Her party was awesome we had so many friends and family come to share in this day with us. I made Elenor's cake it was a monkey since she is our little monkey. we had pizza she got books and toys from friends and a little outfit. She only went for her cake if I did it too so we stuck our faces in at the same time. Man I love this girl. I can't believe it's been a whole year. I mean seriously a year ago I was in the hospital looking at my two pound baby and now she is just so big. Oh and she started signing Please today, so darling.
November 12, 2011 - Elenor's first tooth broke through today.
December 2, 2011 - Ele just found a ruler and thought it was SO funny. She just giggled and giggled at it. I love my little one. Especially when she can be so happy with such a high fever.
December 11, 2011 - My baby took her first steps today. I was happy and sad and proud all at once. She is getting so big. (there is a video of this as well)
December 12, 2011 - After weeks of no interest Elenor has decided that our Christmas tree is fun and that she should touch it all the time.
December 25, 2011 - Oh Christmas was so fun. We have a video of Elenor getting her presents but my favorite part was when she decided she hadn't gotten enough candy and she systematically crawled over took a piece of mine and took it back to her pile until all of my candy was gone. She loves her present. We got her a music table and she just dances and dances. It's awesome.
