Its a good thing Ellis is around to make me blog each month. She is now SIX months old! She has a new tooth as of March 16th and because it literally takes me WEEKS to type posts, she now has TWO bottom teeth. She can sit up easily by herself for as long as she likes and is now lunging forward and sideways (so she will be crawling waay before I am ready for her to). On Saturday, she had her first taste of baby food -butternut squash. She does okay with the food, doesn't seem to love it or hate it. We also gave her cereal, in hopes she won't be iron deficient like her sister was. Ellis HATES her baby swing, rocker. and exersaucer. Now that she can sit by herself, that is what she wants to do. She weighs 19 pounds and 9 ounces, making her only 6 pounds lighter than her 23-months-older sister and putting her in the 94 percentile for kids her age. She is 27.25 inches tall, which is the 93rd percentile. She also still has the best smile on earth.
Leyton continues to grow up fast as well. Mommy gave her a little trim on Saturday, just to even out the back of her hair as it grows. So she is sporting a cute little bob 'do, but don't worry, there are still plenty of curls. Her vocabulary is amazing and it's amazing the things she knows. Take the potty for example. She still has no desire to sit on it. That is until I said she could have some ice cream. It was right before her bath, and I could tell she has just gone in her diaper, but I told her she could have ice cream if she went potty, mainly just to see what she said. The little stinker sat right down, squeezed out a few drops of pee, and got some ice cream (which she decided was too cold, so that no longer works as potty bait). I have since tried cookies, cupcakes, stickers, and fruit snacks, all of which she says she would like to eat, but not bad enough to go potty for.
On a positive note, the girls are playing better together. Ellis of course loves to watch her sister and OCCASIONALLY her sister is sweet and plays nicely. Leyton gets very excited when it's time for Ellis to eat, and thinks it's hilarious to watch her sister eat baby food. So in another 6 months or so, they will be the same size and will hopefully play together quietly all day, leaving me to clean and blog at my leisure.
We took a quick trip out east to see Grandpa Brown and attend Mason and Liesl's wedding, but you'll have to wait until the grandparents send us pictures before I can post any. For now, here is Ellis' first go at baby food!
Leyton continues to grow up fast as well. Mommy gave her a little trim on Saturday, just to even out the back of her hair as it grows. So she is sporting a cute little bob 'do, but don't worry, there are still plenty of curls. Her vocabulary is amazing and it's amazing the things she knows. Take the potty for example. She still has no desire to sit on it. That is until I said she could have some ice cream. It was right before her bath, and I could tell she has just gone in her diaper, but I told her she could have ice cream if she went potty, mainly just to see what she said. The little stinker sat right down, squeezed out a few drops of pee, and got some ice cream (which she decided was too cold, so that no longer works as potty bait). I have since tried cookies, cupcakes, stickers, and fruit snacks, all of which she says she would like to eat, but not bad enough to go potty for.
On a positive note, the girls are playing better together. Ellis of course loves to watch her sister and OCCASIONALLY her sister is sweet and plays nicely. Leyton gets very excited when it's time for Ellis to eat, and thinks it's hilarious to watch her sister eat baby food. So in another 6 months or so, they will be the same size and will hopefully play together quietly all day, leaving me to clean and blog at my leisure.
We took a quick trip out east to see Grandpa Brown and attend Mason and Liesl's wedding, but you'll have to wait until the grandparents send us pictures before I can post any. For now, here is Ellis' first go at baby food!
I love Leyton's expression in the next to last photo!! Your girls are beautiful!!!
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