Ella: 8 months

8 months old

 

Sweet Ella (also lovingly known as Sissy, Ella Bella, Bella Boops, Ella Bean, Beanie Baby, Baby Bear)

 

You are...

 

talking up a storm with multiple syllables: bababa, vavava, papa, mamama

 

enjoying blowing bubbles (especially when your mouth is full of food)

 

crawling all around the house on hands AND knees

 

at the height of separation anxiety and your little face breaks my heart when I leave the room

 

like a little vacuum cleaner spotting even the smallest piece of anything on the floor and eating it.

 

napping twice a day: morning and afternoon

 

going to bed at about 6:30, waking at about 3 to eat, then back to sleep until 6/6:30

 

hanging out in the church nursery like a champ on Sunday mornings

 

full of opinions and you let us all know it...very LOUDLY

 

Your favorite activities include ripping up all of Mommy's magazines, crawling up into the bottom of the living room table, Daddy's slippers, singing with us when we sing to you, playing with your big sister, crawling, taking walks outside in the stroller, playing with the fridge magnets

 

You...

wave bye-bye

 

 love to eat and yell at me if I don't replenish the food on your high chair tray fast enough

 

prefer to feed yourself finger foods rather than being spoon fed the soft stuff

 

go from crawling to sitting position all by yourself

 

survived the arrival of two bottom teeth, which Abby so wisely informed us were called "incisors"...really?! :)

 

 light up the room with spontaneous laughter!