Monday, February 21, 2011

Birthday week! 31 months and 9 months!

That's right! We're still doing monthly birthday pics... Joel hopes to keep them coming until she's 18 years old! :) So far, so good! Our Ellie was 31 months old on the 14th - Valentine's Day!!!... She's ALL little girl right now... No more baby here.
Look at this little lady. Just LOVE her... You can often hear her say "Ellie's gettin' bigger!" and that she is. When you ask her how old she is, she often answers very cofindently "I'm 3!" Soon enough, sweet girl, soon enough.
She is finally - for the most part - into her 2T pants, though some of them still need a belt. :) She is still as sassy and mischievous as can be. She always wants to "see" what you're doing and carries her stepstool around the house with her so she can get to anything she thinks she needs. :)
We always have a "story a day" about our Ellie. Sometimes it's a story an hour. :) I am vowing to video tape more often cause I feel like I'm missing so many special moments. And her cute little nuances just change so quickly.
And then our sweet baby, Alexa, turned 9 moths old on the 17th! And guess what? She started CRAWLING on her birthday and now she can get anywhere and everywhere that she wants to!
It's just amazing to me how quickly that change occurs. One day you can leave them sitting somewhere and know that they will be there when you return. The next day you can't walk away for a second! So...here we go again! Lock up all the valuables and watch all the outlets. Alexa is mobile! :)
Alexa is still our little blue eyed beauty. I could look at those eyes all day! She is just so sweet... She continues to be contemplative and a bit more of our introvert, though she does love people and is very smiley...especially in the mornings. She is incredibly observant and determined. When she sees something she wants, there is no stopping her from succeeding in obtaining it. She is relentless. Just ask her sister. The fighting has begun. Ha!
She has been on solid foods for almost a month now (yes, I waited pretty long to get her started!), and she is doing GREAT! She is also becoming a little better sleeper. She still often wakes up once or so a night and is up and ready for her day by 6am. But it's all good. I love waking up to her sweet little face!
So this Mom is getting ready for this new busy season of 2 "Mobilites" as I like to call them. :) They are sure to keep me on my toes in lots of ways. But I wouldn't trade this season for the world.
Oh please stay little my sweet girls... I am cherishing these days...

1 comment:

Teri Selbher said...

Great pictures, Jen! Such lookers - those girls of yours!!! :)