Elizabeth Clare is one! What a whirlwind of a year! As we sit back and reflect, we are just simply blessed. Two beautiful and healthy children - what more could you ask for?
Elizabeth had a great checkup at the doctor. She now weighs a little over 19 pounds and is 30 inches tall – long and lean! The doctor was impressed with her mouth full of chompers and how much she wanted to “talk” at the visit.
Elizabeth enjoys dancing to her favorite tunes. She really thinks she has some smooth moves. E claps along and loves to join in and cheer for anyone. She really gets tickled when others join into her clapping and dancing and just beams with delight that she has started such fun!
Elizabeth is passionate for her Puffs and Cheerios. She crams them into her mouth by the handfuls and frantically signs for more as she is finishing the last few on her tray. She is just a good eater all around and doesn’t seem to have any dislikes yet. She is in the process of switching to whole milk and the only noticed affect is that she seems to be sleeping a little better at night. That could also be because she is over a stuffy nose and not currently working on any teeth that were both recently giving her trouble. The reason is not important though – sleep is great.
Some of Ellie’s favorite things at school are to pop bubbles, bounce toys on the floor and terrorize the motor room. She apparently likes to do laps around the room and climb on anything and everything that gets in her way. She is also in the thick of the “everything goes into my mouth” phase. She has always put some things in her mouth, but now, there is very little that doesn’t go into her mouth. She chews on paper, her baby dolls, teethers, stickers that Brother accidentally drops, woodwork, furniture, clothing, etc. She will even remove a sock sometimes just to have something to chew on. (She’s up to 10 teeth and counting.) E is also the “queen bee” of the classroom as she is one of very few girls. She only had one other girl in her class of twelve until recently and now there are three. Elizabeth races to her teachers and requests to be picked up (imagine a high pitched shriek with arms raised). If she gets her way she will then go into this little gibberish language and pointing and “tell” the teacher where she would like to go around the room and what she would like to look at. Must be nice, E! :)
There will be just as many new discoveries and changes coming in the year ahead. We look forward to her increasing agility, improving communication and budding personality. Happy birthday, sweet Ellie-bellie! We love you!
Elizabeth had a great checkup at the doctor. She now weighs a little over 19 pounds and is 30 inches tall – long and lean! The doctor was impressed with her mouth full of chompers and how much she wanted to “talk” at the visit.
Elizabeth enjoys dancing to her favorite tunes. She really thinks she has some smooth moves. E claps along and loves to join in and cheer for anyone. She really gets tickled when others join into her clapping and dancing and just beams with delight that she has started such fun!
Elizabeth is passionate for her Puffs and Cheerios. She crams them into her mouth by the handfuls and frantically signs for more as she is finishing the last few on her tray. She is just a good eater all around and doesn’t seem to have any dislikes yet. She is in the process of switching to whole milk and the only noticed affect is that she seems to be sleeping a little better at night. That could also be because she is over a stuffy nose and not currently working on any teeth that were both recently giving her trouble. The reason is not important though – sleep is great.
Some of Ellie’s favorite things at school are to pop bubbles, bounce toys on the floor and terrorize the motor room. She apparently likes to do laps around the room and climb on anything and everything that gets in her way. She is also in the thick of the “everything goes into my mouth” phase. She has always put some things in her mouth, but now, there is very little that doesn’t go into her mouth. She chews on paper, her baby dolls, teethers, stickers that Brother accidentally drops, woodwork, furniture, clothing, etc. She will even remove a sock sometimes just to have something to chew on. (She’s up to 10 teeth and counting.) E is also the “queen bee” of the classroom as she is one of very few girls. She only had one other girl in her class of twelve until recently and now there are three. Elizabeth races to her teachers and requests to be picked up (imagine a high pitched shriek with arms raised). If she gets her way she will then go into this little gibberish language and pointing and “tell” the teacher where she would like to go around the room and what she would like to look at. Must be nice, E! :)
There will be just as many new discoveries and changes coming in the year ahead. We look forward to her increasing agility, improving communication and budding personality. Happy birthday, sweet Ellie-bellie! We love you!
