eleven months.

Today, our little Ella Grace is eleven months old! She is such a joy to our family and deserves a little time in the spot light.

Ella is weighing in at 20 lbs. and is around 28 inches long. At her 9 month appointment, she was just above the 50th percentile for weight, just below the 50th percentile for height, and the 90th percentile for head circumference (must be her big brains). She's been crawling for over two months, and is working on her walking skills. She loves to walk around holding on to either one or both of your hands, and has even let go a couple of times to take about 2-3 steps independently. Though they are more like step-falls. She is still very smiley and sweet, but has discovered she has very great needs (e.g. a toy, sippy, fork, etc.) and that these needs deserve to be met in prompt order. Ella loves music (great dance moves), her brother, and storytime at the library. Most recently, she has also discovered how much she needs and loves Daddy, and even cries when he leaves for work (if she is up, and ususally she is not). Her few words, when she can get one in, include ella, uh-oh, momma, and moo (if that's a word). She is sporting 4 teeth (ok, correct that, 6 teeth...poor second born) and loves to eat whatever is in front of her, especially fruit, spaghetti, and carpet fuzz!

Oh yeah, she is also bea-u-ti-ful...in my not so humble, very biased opinion.