She's 7 months old!

Elisha started crawling a few days before she turned 7 months old (7/13&14). She has also figured out that people think she's cute, especially when she's dressed up to go somewhere. Heather and Eric insisted upon taking this picture. Right after she turned 7 months, she started pulling up to standing on one of her toys. A few days later she did it in her crib, so we lowered the mattress. That didn't stop her. Here she is standing in her crib after her nap (7/24). She got her first top tooth this week, too (7/21). Her ability to communicate continues to amaze me. She's saying eat, "kiglet" for her Piglet, get down and signing milk, all done, and please. She's so sweet with Micah, even when he's a little rough. They are learning how to share toys. I never knew my heart could be so full as when they initiate being affectionate toward one another or when they are both snuggled up with their Daddy! Thank you Lord for sending us our little Elisha!

Elisha loves...

eating apple slices,sleeping with her Piglet,
posing for the camera (this was new in Texas, at the beginning of July)
and her big brother, Micah.

Texas

Uncle Matt, Auntie Kim and baby Charlotte (3/11/08) live in Texas. We took a road trip to go visit at the beginning of July. Elisha did great in the car all 17 hours there. She talked and played and when she got fussy, her passifier and Piglet helped her drift off to sleep. Opa flew to out join us. Baby Charlotte is as cute as a button and she and Elisha were the same size, even though Elisha is almost 3 months older. It's so strange to me that Elisha is so small compared to other family babies. We tried to get some cousin pictures with Oma and Opa, but it proved a bit more difficult than we thought...




We didn't take any pictures, but one of the highlights of the trip for Elisha was our trip to the pool. She played - splashing, kicking, talking, squealing - for over an hour before she got tired. Matt and I took turns playing with Micah and holding Elisha.

On the way home Oma treated us to a night in a hotel. Elisha loved playing in the swimming pool and also really enjoyed her portable crib. She's so easy to please!

Six Month Milestones

Elisha started eating solid foods - avacados, rice, sweet potatoes and the like - the beginning of June, just before she turned six months. Since then, she has started sitting up on her own and posing for the camera. She is so close to crawling. All she has left to figure out is how to get her arms moving. Sometimes it looks like she is about to turn a summersault, as she is up on all fours with her head on the floor. She also walks well holding onto someone's hands.
We transitioned her into a bigger car seat and out of the baby bathtub into a tub chair. She took her first bath with Micah last Monday and they had so much fun.
She has also started communicating. She says hi, hey, again and all-done. Sometimes her use of again is a little askew - when she really means 'more' or 'I want something'. She's using her baby sign for eat and recognizes a few others.
She's also decided that she wants to eat finger foods, too. She really isn't big enough to do this, but she is proving to be fiercely independent like her brother. One morning this week, in an effort to keep her occupied while I made breakfast, I put her in her high chair and put a few O's (Cherrioes type cereal) on her tray. Oma helped her figure out how to get them in her mouth. She felt so big and so proud of her self - this was obvious. Then it was time to eat breakfast. When the spoon got to her mouth, she clamped it shut and then signed eat. At first I was a little confused. Then I pretended to not understand. Eventually I gave in and let her eat more O's, with bites of babyfood snuck into her mouth when I could. Lunchtime was similar. At dinner she ate her babyfood and then I gave her a piece of celery and a carrot stick. Those guys made her very happy, too.
Elisha also survived her six month check up. She is now 27 1/2 inches long and weighs just shy of 16 pounds.