Ellie the 11 month old













Our sweet girl is officially one month from her first birthday! Whoa!!! 


Updates on Ellie:

Sleep:
Ellie is still sleeping great overall!! She usually sleeps from around 7:30 pm to 7 am., and she take two naps a day- usually 3 hours of napping total. She barely ever fusses when you put her down or when she wakes up! She just plays in her crib happily - and chats a LOT! 
She still has her paci's, blankies, and all her stuffed friends in bed that she loves! 
Just like he did with the boys at her age, Barrett puts her down most nights with a routine of 'The three things we do before Ellie goes to sleep". They turn on 'Ellie's music' (her sound machine), turn off her light, give a big hug, and he puts her in bed! She now gets very excited and points to all these things as they are about to happen. So precious! 

Eating:
She loves her food! She eats 3 meals and has snacks- and she eats basically whatever we are eating. She is still drinking about 24 ounces of formula a day. She chugs her bottle in the car - drinking much more in the mornings and less at night. Some of her favorite foods this month include cottage cheese, black beans, ground beef, mandarin oranges, Cherrios...

Other Milestones:
- She is crawling super fast (as she was last month), goes all over the place, and pulls up on everything!! She 'cruises'  all over too!
- She LOVES Bella, and playing fetch or tug of war with her. They will go all around the house playing together! So cute!!
- She is into EVERYTHING! She opens every cabinet, drawer, or door she can and takes everything out ... and fast! She loves taking every single wipey out of the wipey thing, pulling whole rolls of toliet paper down, splashing in water, testing outlets, and making messes!!! She is way more into things than either boy was! 
-She has continued signing, and she often speaks with the signs now! She signs dog, eat, dada, mama, sleep, bird, milk, water, all done, please, more, ball, bath, etc!!  
- She points at things, claps, waves (while saying bye! Bye is her most used word!!),  dances, and laughs often... she is just precious!!! 
- Words: Dada, Dad, Bababa, Mama, bye, hi, ahhhhh, dog, Bb-ba (bella), Shleee (sleep), this (and she points at things) ... we also think we heard some other random words! She babbles a lot (and screams!!). This girl wants to be heard!
- Still no teeth! But the two middle bottoms ones are super close to popping through! Both boys got their teeth between 11 and 12 months- looks like she'll be the same!

Here are a couple videos of her from the month

Ellie signing dog, eat, Dada, and waving: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSTuktHkqJc
Ellie signing please: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVoCv8ouZk8
Bella & Ellie playing tug of war: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_kMt2RkMgE
Ellie making a mess and boys playing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rVLoa8wtrQ

Comparison of boys at 11 months:

LJ.... 




Many more pictures of our 11 month old girl:


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