What's Red, White, & Cute All Over???
This sweet cherry baby
Beautiful blue eyes
Happy Half Birthday little chubkins
Loves her feet!
Oooo shoe...
Oh...fancy that, they come off
....and straight into the mouth
Love these "tootsies"
Gummy Grin
Ticklish
Love those dimples
Dearest Elle,
You are so sweet. You are too fun.
Your Daddy & I joke that we need to put a 'Kiss Counter' on you to keep track of the hundreds of kisses you get each day. You make our lives absurdly enjoyable.
I love getting you after you naps, nursing you, holding you, squeezing you, playing with you, taking you to the grocery store in the Bjorn, getting the mail with you, doing your hair, dressing you up, reading to you, watching you sleep, watching you play, seeing you do new things, and the list could go on forever.
You grow more and more everyday and I don't know how to make it stop. It is true what they say, babies grow up too fast. You are a little Spring weed, it seems I blinked and you are 6 months old! It surprises me daily how much more you can do. I held you extra tight today on the way back from getting the mail and had to hold back a couple tears from the sad realization of not always getting to do this. Not this, like just getting the mail, but the thought that you may not do the same things tomorrow as you did today. I want you to be my little baby forever but, I so love watching you grow. I've enjoyed all your stages but this has been my favorite. It's not hard to understand why your Daddy & I are crazy about you...
You love your feet and have recently learned you can suck on them, it is quite hilarious to watch
You are getting so strong! You easily hold yourself upright in my arm on my side and love to be carried around
You constantly and unexpectedly tear the grocery list right out of my hand while shopping
You start kicking with excitement when people approach you
You do the silliest fake cough
You LOVE to make spitty sounds by pursing your lips together
When you are tired, you cry instantly when I leave the room
You love your Jumperoo and jump extra when Mommy and Daddy jump with you
You are very interested in doggies
You love your little stuffed bunny Bloomers
You start to get really aggressive with your toys when you get overtired
You love to watch me cook while sitting in your Bumbo & you often end up in my arms
You wake up one to two times a night and occasionally sleep all the way through!
Your Daddy brings you to me every morning and you kick and talk on the bed next to me till I wake up
You make changing your diaper impossible because you insist on holding both your feet
You are hilarious to watch on the baby monitor because you change sleep positions a hundred times a night
You like to sleep on your tummy or side
You still don't like to go down for naps but you take about four a day
You are still in 3-6 months clothes
You love playing with my hands
You have the cutest ice cream cone leggies
When I hold you facing me, you will quickly zero in on a single strand of my long hair and pull it
You make it impossible to wear jewelry but you are truly my best accessory
Thanks you for being you Elle.
Love, Mommy :)
My sister Rachel and her sweet family were able to come as well
This cutie River is just two weeks older than Elle. Truman & mine's house is just two streets away from them, less than half a mile! I look forward to seeing River & Elle grow up together.
My sweet Mom made this adorable Easter decorated chocolate silk pie (I get all my craftiness from my mom!). We also had a delicious dinner of honey baked ham, cheesy potatoes, asparagus, and strawberries served on her mother's fancy China. Yum, Yum, & Yum!
