Weekly Update

Yes - I'm trying to be better - only because I think I am going to start forgetting stuff so I want to get it all recorded.

Our sweet little monkey had a great week that started out kinda icky. Last Monday on the way to my parents she threw up a little - John thought she had gagged herself with her fingers - but she threw up 2 more times at my parents. After a 3 hour nap she woke up and apparently was cured. So strange!

All 4 of her eye teeth (I think those are them. . the pointy ones) are coming in - UGH - poor baby - for some reason these teeth have been even harder for her than her molars - which makes NO sense to me at all because they're pointy and the molars are flat. Once these 4 come in we'll be done with teething until her 2 year molars come in.

We've started (at John's suggestion) showing Ellery how to clean up her toys. Normally I would just pick them all up after she went to bed, but John said the other day that he feels like she's old enough to do it herself and we should teach her (turns out he's right - shhhhh don't tell him I said that). Obviously she doesn't understand "Ellery pick up your toys" but if we get down on the floor and "help" her she does a pretty great job (before she loses interest of course LOL).

Her talking is picking up too. .. . this weekend I heard "cheese" which is a new one for us! I should be keeping better track .. . but here's at least a partial list:

hi (hieee)
bye (byeie)
kitty
book
me
okay
cheese (apparently)
yeah
no (likes this one a LOT)
ball (balloons AND balls are the same you know :) )

so that's pretty much it from us. . . 2 weeks ago we had some AMAZING pictures taken in the Boston Public Garden and i'm hoping I'll have the online gallery to share here soon :)