Little Bean

At 21 months and counting, Elise is having a language explosion. She’s putting together two-three word sentences. And this morning as I was pouring a cup of brow elixir for John and myself she came up with a new one: “Happy coffee (caw-caw) baby!”
That’s my girl.

Walking

“Elise just took her very first independent steps. She stood, took two steps, stopped and stayed standing until Maia hugged her down. Go go baby!”
And that was my Facebook announcement on November 13. She’s since progressed to several halting steps in a row, but crawling is still her preferred mode of transport when she really [...]

Steps Away from Stepping Out

Elise took a halting half step tonight. Maybe more of a foot adjustment, but still. The idea that she can remain upright and move is beginning to solidify. She just loves to stand and today she was letting go and holding an independent stance for as long as her baby attention span lets her. She [...]

No Longer the Lazy Baby

It’s official. Life as we *currently* know it is over. Friday morning, June 26, Elise became a crawler.
I’m thinking her “lazy baby” status is much like Maia’s. She just doesn’t do things until she can do them. She doesn’t spend much time in the pre-stages, I guess is what I’m saying. Friday morning after changing [...]

Still the Lazy Baby

It’s funny how I like to assign characteristics to Elsie and Stella. Stella seems very much like the middle child…active and trying to keep up with the big kids…while Elise seems like the baby of the family…content to let the big kids do for her.
While she isn’t trying to move like Stella, Elsie is developing [...]

TEETH!

Or I should say, TOOTH! Elsie has just popped the first tooth all the way through her little sore gums. It’s tiny but sharp and I hope it comes in the rest of the way with less trouble.
She woke up from her afternoon nap in a mood to kill. Crying and inconsolable. It wasn’t until [...]

Six Months and Still Kickin’

Elise, along with Stella, turned six months last week. In the madness that was our week (we had various *grand*parents in from Sunday to Thursday) we managed to get the girls in to see the Doc for their six month check-up and vaccinations.
Elise’s current stats:
Height–25 1/8″
Weight–15#8oz
Head Circumference–16 5/8″
She’s about 25th percentile for everything…in other words: [...]