My little girl will be 8 months tomorrow!

So yes, it's been awhile since we've blogged....and since then, my little girl isn't so little anymore! Ellorah has been busy the past month, perfecting her sitting up, eating solid foods (she's FINALLY enjoying peaches, and pears!) and just yesterday she started crawling! She's been trying to, and scooting and rolling lately, but yesterday, she really went for it and crawled! Her favorite things to crawl after? The big new colorful toys? Oh no...her favorite is Elvis's kong...or this little fish flaghlight of Norm's. She really enjoys the Kong though, and elvis seems to like to share. The other day I had her laying on her blanket in the living room while I was preparing her food in the kitchen, and elvis went into the laundry room to get his kong..and I came around the corner just in time to see him walk right over to Ellorah and drop it in front of her. I guess all those dog germs are keeping her healthy, as she hasn't caught too many sicknesses lately. It's been about a month since she was coughing and snotty, and ended up with an ear infection. Although, after hearing all the horror stories of ear infections, I'm no so sure she truly had one, as she was pretty much behaving normally...no fever, no fussiness, no trouble eating or sleeping. So the jury is still out on that one. Speaking of, we also switched pediatrician's this month! Not that we didn't like our previous one, it's just that EVERYONE liked her so much, we never got to see her....and we wanted a more one on one relationship with our pediatrician..and...she answered one question incorrectly...and that started the process in motion. : ) After Ellorah's boughts with all her sicknesses..I asked her..."what can I do to keep her healthier even though she is in daycare??" and her answer? "Nothing". aaaagh! (big buzzer sound)...incorrect answer, lady!! Not only do I not agree with that, I don't agree with Dr.'s who think that way...and she also told me to expect Ellorah to get something every 3 weeks. Are you kidding me??? Not on my watch...so, we're now going to a Dr. with a more open mind on keeping your kids healthy.....hence the name "healthy kids pediatrics". Our friends Lori and Stacy take their kiddos there too, so that is nice. We've seen her once so far, just for a check in and it was wonderful. I'm glad we made the switch.

I've also been making all of Ellorah's baby food. Not that I don't like the prepackaged stuff, but it's a lot easier than I thought to make my own, so why not?! I can be sure of what's going into my girl...and what's not. So far I've made her cauliflower, zucchini, sweet potato, green beans, sugar snap peas, summer squash, acorn squash, butternut squash, apples, pears, peaches (oh, the dreaded peaches), plums, avocado, banana and cantaloupe. She's liked everything but the cantaloupe...and the peaches and pears. She is finally liking peaches and pears though. And, Norm bought her a mango yesterday that we're going to try this week! My friend Lori says that is one of her daughter Kate's favorites. We'll see.

They've also booted her to the next room at school (daycare). It was a little scary, (for me) at first...but Ellorah is doing great. She's working on perfecting her sippy cup skills and crawling and playing all sorts of learning games..and, she gets to eat at the big table with the big kids. She gets a kick out of that.

So, that's all for now...until time, enjoy the pics of this soon to be 8 monther!

-mistie

Ellorah is a big gir!