Ellie at 9 1/2 months....

I can't seem to get myself on track with Ellie's monthly postings.  Poor Ellie doesn't have a baby book, so my hope is to have these monthly posts bound into a book for her to look back on when she's grown.  She went to the doctor last month and is weighing in at 21 pounds 15 ounces (92nd percentile) and she is 28 1/4 inches long (74th percentile).  She is growing so fast.  She has already started wearing Hannah's 12 - 18 month size clothes.  Right around the time she turned 9 months old, she finally got her two front bottom teeth and she started crawling.

It seemed that Ellie went from not crawling to being the most speedy crawler in about 2 days time.  She is EVERYWHERE now.  Ben is not appreciating her being able to get his toys and papers, and it's almost like Ellie has a radar for Ben's things and she works very hard to get to them.

She is a very stubborn little person and will do just about anything to get to something she wants.  She LOVES to get into wires and electronics.  My phone is her absolute favorite thing to mess with.  She had her first tantrum a few mornings ago.  She did not want to take a nap for Mommy.  She did everything shy of jumping out of her crib to let me know that she was not a happy girl.  This is very out of character for her.  She is usually so calm and goes down for a nap with little to no fight at all.

Ellie's personality seems to bloom more everyday.  She loves to be outside and she will sit for hours in the wagon just watching the neighborhood kids play.  We can take her anywhere with us because she is such a sweet baby.  It is very rare to hear her cry.  She loves getting attention from Mommy and Daddy.  She has the most ticklish tummy and we love making her laugh.  She has started eating finger foods, and will eat pretty much anything we give her.  She loves dancing and she seems to have octopus arms with the way she grabs everything around her.  We are so in love with this baby girl.