5 Months

My little baby Eleanor is now five months...on her way to six...which is halfway to a whole year old! boo. time please slow down.

Not much new since last month. We got the exersaucer out and she LOVES it. and mommy loves it too because she can get some chores done around the house if you know what I mean:) She has been laughing a whole lot more these days. She is very ticklish. She also likes to smile and laugh at Izzy which is the CUTEST thing yet. I love to see them play together. Izzy is slowly warming to the fact that this baby is going to be around permanently. Last week we videotaped E laughing so hard at Izzy. and we couldnt figure out why! I will try to post it tonight on here. so fun!!! She has been rolling ALL over the place. Scott will put her down in her crib at bedtime and by morning she is nowhere near that spot in the crib. she LOVES her mimi and ra ra. Probably because they watch her for a whole day once a week. I would post more pictures here but I posted PLENTY on Facebook last week hah!

So far, Scott and I have taken over 2,000 pictures of that little stinker. geez.

p.s. I've decided that I like Eleanor better than Ellie so we are going to try to call her that now:) We'll see how it goes...

4 Months

Yesterday was Ellie's 4 month dr. visit and she received an A+! It was so cute, it was like she was showing off to the dr. We laid her on the changing table, and immediately she rolled over from her back to her stomach, lifted herself up on her elbows and stared at him with her bright blue eyes:) She weighs 13lbs 11oz and is 23 and 7/8in long. She also took her shots like a champ. I didn't look. I just can't. Poor thing.

Right now all she does is stick her fingers in her mouth. Any which way you can think of. And she likes to stick whatever she can hold in to her mouth as well. Her favorite book is the crinkle book which she likes to smother her face with. And she loves her "lovie"(a little bear blanket). She gets so excited when she sees it. She will sqeal and then try to eat its head. hah! She also had her first trip to the lake last weekend. It was really fun. I think she liked it even though her lifejacket swallowed her.

Mother's day was wonderful. Scott got me the SWEETEST card. Enough said. And flowers. And a Coldstone Creamery gift card. AND he let me get a pedicure:) It was a mini version of my birthday. We also ate mothers day brunch at PV after church with Scott's parents and my parents. It was so nice for both of us to be with our mothers and the food is always sooo good. I am at work right now and all the pictures I wanted to post are on my computer at home. So I will do a picture post later. Happy Wednesday!

Scott watched Ellie monday night while my sister and I went out. Just the two of us. And it was really nice. I love my sister by the way:) Yes we fought when we were little and we've had our differences but the last couple years have really brought us closer. Makes me want another little girl just so Ellie can have a best friend like Sarah has been to me. So, back to Monday night. We went and saw a movie. I made sure to pick one that Scott wouldn't want to see. So we saw the Back Up Plan. I'm not a huge fan of J.Lo., but the movie was cute and romantic and pretty funny (and a little unrealistic). Definitely not meant for a guy to see. We had so much fun, but I found myself missing Ellie's "bedtime routine". We lay her on the changing table to get her ready for her bath and do silly stuff like blow bubbles on her stomach and watch her laugh. Then Scott gives her a bath (her fingers are ALWAYS in her mouth during bathtime). Then we sometimes read her a story. We feed her and since she's so happy after all this, we usually play some more before putting her to bed:) So Scott sent me these pictures while I was gone. Now, mind you, these pics were taken from an iphone and not our nice fancy camera. But I thought they were so cute:)

In the bouncy seat watching baby einstein

bathtime (notice fingers in mouth)