Miss Bean

Ah, how the Beanie is a growin'.  She is eight months old (is time flying, or is it just me?) and her little personality is really starting to come out. 

 We find her VERY entertaining and funny.  She loves (I mean loooooves) to be upside down, frequently throwing herself into that position. 

She particularly enjoys doing it in the middle of a meal.  She'll be nursing along, just fine, and then, BAM!, she's upside down (or as Lil would say, "side side down").  Grab her by her hips and swing her upside down and she's a happy camper.

I love going in to get her after a nap, or first thing in the morning.  She'll be standing at the rail, calling to me (she squeals and jabbers), and when she sees me, she'll begin bouncing up and down with delight, a HUGE gummy grin on her face. :o)

She is quite the jabberer these days, and I'm fairly certain she's saying, "hiiiiiiiii", "Yeeyee" for Lily, and "Mamamamama" for Mama.  Everything else is just a string of babbles, but she is so earnest in her "chatter" you have to take her seriously.

Physically she is quite adept.  Too adept if you ask me.  She is cruising.  She is cruising between objects, letting go of one to grasp at the next.  This morning, she was crawling over to me, decided it would be faster to walk, detoured to the ottoman, pulled up, and walked her way on around to me.  Heaven help me...

If she's not supposed to have it, you can guarantee she will go for it--Lil's art supplies, the ornaments on the tree, DVDs, the tuner.  :shakes head:  Her favorite toys are those items that aren't hers, and those toys which she can use to stand. 

She has definitely settled into a routine.  She is up around 6 or 7, naps from 9-10 or 11, eats at noon, down again at 1:30 or 2:00-3:00 or 4:00, has dinner at 5:00, bath at 6:00 and bedtime at 6:30.  That said, would we like it if she had a slightly later bedtime, say 7:00?  Oh, yes, but this is what she wants and needs.  No sense in making the rest of the family miserable because she's exhausted.

She is still up to nurse at 10:00, like clockwork.  If she's not hungry, there is no way you can entice Ellie to eat.  She's not going to do it, so give it up. Both Han and Lil would nurse like pros at bedtime and then sleep through to morning.  Miss I'm-always-on-the-go needs a few more calories a day, I guess.  She won't eat at bedtime, but has a heavy duty nursing session around 10:00, and then is up anywhere from 3:00-5:00 most nights.  I know that magical day will arrive when she will sleep through to 6:00, I'm still waiting, though.  ;o)

She's still a little peanut, like her big sister, wearing 3-6 month clothing.  She has been drooling up a storm, and her bottom gums are so swollen.  Surely that tooth will poke through soon, surely. 

She has some long pieces of hair that didn't fall out, that make us all laugh.  There are some pieces on her crown, and then, a long piece on the back of her head (I'll have to try and get a photo).  She has her toddler hair growing in and is filling in quite nicely.  I can already see the fauxhawk is going to make a reappearance, as the hair is standing up all over her head.  ;o)

I do believe mealtime is Ellie's most favorite time of the day.  She LOVES to eat--but only if it's table food.  None of this baby food stuff, please.  I have run into a few items she wants nothing to do with--yogurt and bananas in particular.  A baby who doesn't like bananas and yogurt? Really??  Huh.

She is a carb junkie like her mama, and adores fresh, homemade bread.  She also enjoys green beans, any sort of meat, cheese, mandarin oranges, cottage cheese, eggs (yes, they've been introduced...), toast, puffs, Cheerios, and anything we're having for lunch or dinner.  The other morning, she was begging for my oatmeal--and she snarfed it all up.  Oh my.

If we want Ellie to try a new food she seems resistant to, all B and I have to do is take a bite or eat some of it, then she's MORE than game, shoving the food in hand over fist.  And, you should see the girlie use a sippy cup.  Goodness.  She can grab those two handles and take care of herself, thankyouverymuch, I don't need you mommy.  Oh boy.  She has water and expressed milk in the cup.  I have a freezer of milk I'm trying to use up, and I figure that's a good a use as any.

Miss Beanie is one funny funny little kiddo, and she's beginning to experience some separation anxiety.  She has absolutely no problem going to anyone (whether she knows them or not), but if leave a room for a moment, she begins sobbing and chasing after me.  It's all quite pitiful, really, as only an eight month old can be.  :shakes head:

I can't believe my teeny Beanie is getting to be such a big girl (okay, not size-wise, but you know what I mean)!

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Today's Sparklies:

1.  Oh how I love my Nook app on my phone.  I don't have to run out to the store to get the newest release, I can just purchase the Nookbook and be done with it. :o)
2.  Pink chicken for dinner--enjoyed by all.  :oP
3.  The snow is still hanging around, but the warm temps have cleared off the roads.
4.  I think I've found baptism dresses for the girls--and a good thing too, since they'll be baptized the 8th!  Whew!
5.  Vaseline.  Seriously, it's some good stuff.  


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