Play date with Cousin Liana

We had cousin's Cassie and Liana over on Saturday for dinner. Liana and Elaina got to play together. Liana is 2 years older then Elaina so it was fun watching those two interact. You could tell Elaina thought that Liana was so cool because she could walk and talk and do all these really "big girl" things.

Elaina has recently started clapping - Cassie got a good shots of her doing that. There is something so cute about seeing a little baby clap.

Just a good shot of Elaina that Cassie took.....

And a not so good shot of Elaina.... ;)

Bath time gets a little more fun

Now that Elaina can sit up unassisted, bath time has become very fun for her and for us. She enjoys splashing and playing with her toys and we enjoy watching her. Here are a few shots of her latest bath time....

Flapping her gums like an old lady...

Elaina just picked this noise up - I'm sure every kid does it but for some reason it cracks me up. She looks like a little old lady smacking her toothless gums together. Hope you can see it - it's from my cell phone. That's the quickest way I can get her captured on video.

Valentines Day

Hope everyone had a great Valentines Day - we certainly enjoyed our day with Elaina. The day before, I let Elaina sign her daddy's card by putting her hand print on it with ink and then let her have fun with the cards and envelopes by letting her pat ink on them, and chew and slobber all over them. Here are a few shots of the fun.....

Elaina got a stuffed animal from her daddy that she loved - well she loved the tag of it anyway :) She chewed on it pretty well. We made pizza and beer (well, we bought the beer) for daddy for dinner - his favorite. Elaina wasn't much help in the kitchen.... :)

Also, on the day before Valentines Day, Elaina had a doctors appointment to get her second round of the flu shot. No fun, but she was a trooper. We did, however, get to see how much she weighed and she weighed in at 15 lbs, 10oz... 1 pound heavier then last month. So, she's growing good. Also, this week, she has cut a tooth (YEAH!) and finally figured out how to lift herself up on her knees onto all fours (sort of). She definately has her toosh off the floor and manages to scoot herself backwards :)

Elaina got a bouncy seat

Elaina has a bouncy seat that she loves to bounce in while at daycare. Whenever we hold her upright, she pushes off the floor/our lap to bounce herself. I had been telling Erik how much I wanted to get her one since he obviously loves to bounce. Well, our friends Tommy and Jodie let us borrow one of theirs and she LOVED it. So much so that we bought a second one to use in a different part of the house. She never get tired of bouncing. Here are some shots of her in it the first day.

Elaina had a play date

We had Evan, Marta, and Kate Crass over for dinner on Friday. Elaina slept through the entire dinner but woke up for the playing part - smart kid. Elaina and Kate spent time on the floor staring at each other and grabbing at each other - that's about all they really do at this age. But it was fun to watch. I'm sure they had fun too. Here are some shots. Enjoy!

The food gets messy

Elaina is 7 months old today. This past month she has starting sitting up with little to no assistance, started saying "da-da", and getting messier with her eating. We gave her a biter biscuit to chew on. Needless to say, she LOVED it and loved making a mess. Also, tonight, as Erik gave her her carrots she took a swat at the spoon and carrots went flying. Good news, Jax, loves carrots so he cleaned the floor for us :). Here are some pics of the messiness. Good times. Enjoy!

Pre-Biscuit

Post Biscuit

This is her after she took a swat at her spoon with carrots on it. Looks like the carrots won that battle. Orange is her color - really makes her blue eyes stand out :)