Peaches ~ Are they Good?

Mistie took this small video to let you decide if Ellorah likes her peaches. This video has sound to it, so turn up the speakers.

Ellorah's Six Month Checkup!

Ellorah had her checkup yesterday, which meant 4 more shots, but she did really well this time. Norm was able to take his lunch and meet us there, so that helped a lot. She weighed 16 lbs. 6 oz. and was 26 inches long. The doctor said her lungs sounded wonderful and clear after her croup and pneumonia, so that was wonderful to hear! She's been eating more solids lately, her favorite is squash. She was not too fond of the pears we gave her, haven't tried them yet again. She made an awful gagging face, I think I'll try her on something green today. She's been babbling a lot lately too, and is still saying "mamamamamamam" mama...hasn't quite gotten "dada" down yet, but I swear last night when Norm was giving her her final bottle, and she decided she was done she said "no more". Norm heard it too, so it wasn't just my imagination. I'm sure she'll have her daddy's gift of gab. She's been moving around A LOT lately, realizing she can propel herself forward to get what she wants, she's not exactly crawling yet, but she does have the mechanics down. She gets her little hiney high up in the air and kinda slides herself forward on her head! Once she figures out how to hold her head up, she'll be off, and we'll be in trouble. Dr. said now is the time to start baby proofing the house if we haven't already, and gave us our little poison control stickers for our phones. Sounds like interesting times ahead!

New pictures of the Princess!

Latest Princess photos

Here's a few new photos of the baby girl...enjoy!

I've Got Pneumonia, and Yet I STILL Look Fabulous!!

Well, I took Ellorah back to the Dr. on Wednesday, she had ran a little fever Tuesday night, and I was concerned about it, they said go ahead and bring her on in...come to find out, now her croup had turned into Pneumonia! Poor girl had to endure finger sticks, blood draws, shots and a chest xray and then we got to finally go home. I took her back on Thursday for a followup and her white count had count down dramatically, so that was great. She did get another shot, and some oral antibiotics...which she hates to take. It smells like oranges, but it's refrigerated, and she doesn't like the cold stuff. Norm and I have been tag-teaming her, he uses the syringe to squirt a little at a time in her mouth, and then spoons back in what she gags out, while I pop up from the side to blow quickly into her face so she'll tense up and swallow. We should make a video of it for "you tube". I'm sure we look quite silly. I ended up closing the blinds in the kitchen last night for fear anyone would see us. Turned out I had strep throat too, so we've been a little sickly at our house! We are both on the mend now I think.

On a happier note, Ellorah said "mama" this weekend!!!! Yes, I know, she's probably way too young to know exactly what she's saying, although I think she's figuring it out. She was in her swing while I stepped out of the room for a minute, and when I walked back in, she held her arms up, looked at me and said "mama". I almost fell on the floor! I figured she had won her freedom from the swing that day. Norm didn't really believe me, but he has since been a witness to it all weekend long! He's been plotting how to get her to say "dada" now. Also, she was 16 lbs. 4 oz. at the dr., and she has been trying sitting up....she can do a little tripod sit, propping herself up, which is really cute...and she's been crawling, rather, army crawling on the floor, in her crib, all over the place. She has a nice little quilt that her Nanny made her that we put on the carpet for her to play on and it's been hard to keep her on it, with the rolling and scooting around. We had her try some pears on saturday night too. Norm thought she might be getting a little bored with the rice cereal, so pears were her first real food. She did not seem to like them. In fact, she made a funny little gaggy face. We'll keep trying them though.

Well, hopefully we won't have anymore sicknesses to report for awhile. I'm hoping with all hope that Norm doesn't get sick too. He started his new job, and it's going great!