Some new Ellery pics

We "borrowed" my parent's neighbor's yard today to take some fall pics of Ellery - obviously not the first one. .that was from Sat.

Scary scary stuff!

Yesterday when I got to my parent's house to pick Ellery up after work my mom said "something happened today" and I immediately started panicking.

Turns out that my mom gave Ellery a "cookie" today (one of those biter biscuits) - now this is completely normal . . she has them all the time and does really well chewing them etc. Well now that she has more teeth she bites them - and big pieces come with those bites - do you see where this is going??

1 big chunk got lodged in her throat. She was eating it sitting in her Exersaucer so it's not like she was crawling all around etc. My mom said she made a funny noise and she could tell that something wasn't right......my mom had to dig around in her throat and get it out!!! Nanny saved Ellery's life yesterday!!!

SO - I hugged both my mom and my little baby a little tighter yesterday . . . so scary!! Thank goodness Nanny has a cool head and went right into action. . .I just can't imagine :(

OH! and today is John's 28th birthday!!! Ellery would like to wish her Daddy a Happy Birthday!!!! :) :) *she told me .. I swear it*

8 months old!!

Ellery was 8 months old on Friday - I think I say it every month but I just can't believe how FAST time is passing!!!! 8 months old - she's going to be a year old before I know it!!!

Milestones:

weight/length/percentiles: NO clue - we don't have another doctor's appointment until next month - her 9 month well baby check.

Clothing sizes - it's so strange - she can fit into 3-6 gymboree, 6-12 Gymboree somewhat fits - but it's HUGE in the waist. .. a lot of her cotton jammies are 6-9 months and they are huge at the top but her little toes are right at the end LOL I think i'll be buying more 2 piece jammie sets :)

sleeping: same as usual - bedtime is about 7:30 now . . she doesnt always go right to sleep but she's still IN her crib at that time

teeth: still just those 2 on the bottom - nothing else going on it seems

smiling: of course!!!

laughing out loud: she is laughing out loud so much more and she's SO ticklish. . i love her absolutely adorable little giggle.

crawling: Like a speed demon . . she is ALL over the place . .it's so hard to keep her contained!!

pulling up/walking: she pulls up on EVERYTHING and i'm sure it's not going to be long before the cruising and walking starts :).

eating: 6oz every 4 hours (24 oz daily) . . . she also eats solids like a champ. . 3 meals of solids. . stage 2 and stage 3 - she is having a little trouble with the chewing. .but we're getting there. . we just keep trying...

other: babbling and using lots of vowels and consonant sounds - still saying Dada and occasionally I hear that Mama comes out occasionally - I've never heard it though LOL
we moved her out of the baby tub this week and she's taking baths in the big girl tub
we're looking at convertible car seats and hope to get one soon so that we can stop lugging the infant seat around - it's SO heavy!!!!
we found a great sippy she can use - it's a Nuby with a straw. amazingly the kiddo can drink from a straw. . i figured she'd be able to since it's the tipping back of the cup that she has a problem with

WOW...been a while since I've been here!

the poop hit the fan about internet usage at work...so I'm hardly ever here to update!

update 1: Ellery is doing GREAT without the meds and our days of her as a patient at the Children's Hospital Pediatric GI clinic are OVER!!! YAY

update 2: she's a crawling crazy baby....she's ALL over the place...and she's pulling up on things and i'm sure cruising and then walking will be coming shortly!!!

as I type this i just looked on the monitor and she's standing at the side of her crib, binkie in mouth, looking out over the side.....crazy kiddo!!!!

so that's really about it...I wish I had more.....

i'll be sure to update again with some pics!!