Seven Months Together

Seven months together!!!  Seriously is time speeding up?!!  Ella Bella, we love you so much.  I can't imagine my life without your ornery smile and belly laughs!  You are beautiful inside and out.  I pray for patience every morning because I know you are going to have me on my toes. But I love that spice and the world better watch out as you continue to grow. You are going to do some amazing things in this world. Love you. 

Seven Month List

1.  Christmas!  Your first Christmas happened during the last month. I have so many great memories with you during the last month. Seeing Santa, looking at Christmas lights, hanging out at home looking at the tree and talking about the ornaments, opening gifts, Christmas Eve service, and watching you love on all your family members. Christmases are so special with you girls around. 

2.  You are growing and that means you are loosing that sweet toddler belly. You are growing taller and stretching longer. I know this is supposed to happen but it makes me sad that you are growing up so quickly. 

3.  You are quite the fashionista!  You are always involved with deciding what you are going to wear for the day and are not afraid to tell you when you don't like something. You love shoes...not sure where you got that ;).

4.  You love playing dress up with your sister!  On weekends you spend all day dressed as a princess or train engineer or Doctor. During the week, you girls immediately go upstairs and change into dress up clothes as soon as we get home.  I love this stage!

5.  You love playing and using your imagination with your sister. Not only with dress up, but also with your babies, having parties in the castle, building forts, tea parties, or whatever your beautiful heads think of. 

6.  You endured a speech therapy evaluation and IEP plan during the last month. You actually blow everyone away. You are right on track and making amazing progress. Yes, you need to relearn where to place your tongue when speaking now that your anatomy is corrected but you are picking it up quickly. We are so proud of you!  You will be receiving therapy only once a month at this time to ensure you continue to make progress. 

7.  You are still a great eater but you are becoming more picky as time goes on. You love apple sauce, yogurt, any sweets, crackers, blueberries, apples, bananas, popcorn, milk, and juice.  

8.  You don't often sit still long enough to watch a show and we don't encourage tv. But an occasional movie is a must :). You love Daniel Tiger, Mickey Mouse, and a new favorite lately is The Polar Express. Even though Christmas is over we still watch it at least weekly. 

9.  You are learning so many things right now.  You really are like a sponge, just soaking up info. You are learning colors, recognizing letters, learning to count to 10. All this on top of learning how to correctly place your tongue to make words. Your progress over the last month is awesome!

10.  You love to be creative!  We are constantly doing puzzling, coloring pictures, cutting paper, stamping paper, building things with play doh.  You love it all!