Elizabeth is walking!! Yes, I know I can't believe it! She started taking steps on her own last Wednesday afternoon. So far she is only up to about four or five by herself but can run a marathon behind her little stroller. She is so proud of herself when she does something new. You can see how she just lights up but of course mom is always right there cheering and clapping. Dad says I should limit it to big events but I am just so proud I can't help myself. If anyone ever looked in our window they might think I was some kind of nut dancing around.

Just had to Share

Yesterday Elizabeth was playing in her room while I was in the office. After a little while I saw her crawl into her bathroom. Ok, no biggie. Then I thought she is really really quiet. Uh Oh! This usually means something as all parents know. So I thought I should go see what had her attention. As you can tell by the pictures she had been busy.... I am just glad that it wasn't a whole role. Peanut does this when she is mad at us or wants attention. It just never accured to me that Elizabeth might tear up the paper. I was so sure I had everything put up! Guess I was wrong :)

Just a quick update. Elizabeth is doing great and is into everything. She can now make it to the top of the stairs all by herself. Her new thing is calling everything dada and will also say daddy. We don't think that she understands what she is saying yet but it is so sweet to hear. Here are a few pictures of our growing baby girl.

Well I finally got some new pics and the background up lets see if I can make a quick post. We have had a busy month and lots of new firsts for Elizabeth. Before Christmas we went home to Mississippi for the holidays. While we were there we had Elizabeth's dedication at the church that Adam was babtized in when he was little. This was a special day for us and the whole family. The church is small and I think once we had everyone there we made the majority of the congregation that morning. That was great though bc we loved having everyone there! Christmas was great as well Elizabeth got lots of goodies from three different houses and Santa recieved the forwarding address for Uncle Chip and Glenda's house. Wow, Santa is sooooo smart!
In other news while we were home Elizabeth learned to pull up by herself, cut her first tooth, and had pink eye for the first time. Although the pink eye she had the day we left for MS. Still lots of first. Since getting back to Kansas she has started climbing the stairs and taking small steps behind her stroller and will wave to you sometimes. Dad has also taught her to do high five. This was taught while grocery shopping in Sam's. Oh, and we have another tooth coming in now as well. Mom is having a hard time keeping up these days but we are having a blast!
Hope everyone had a wonderful christmas and new year!

Lots of New Milestones

Over the past month we have had lots of first. To start Elizabeth is now crawling and chasing the cats. I think that the faster they move the faster she learns to crawl... She has also started pulling up on the hearth and will stand a little at the coffe table if you stand her up. I am not sure that I am ready for all of this and I know that the cats aren't. Peanut spends a lot of time in the closet on the top shelf now and Kiki is starting to get annoyed with Elizabeth pulling her tail. Poor kitties I hope they make it through these next few years with hair and tails in tact.

Last week we had two new firsts. Elizabeth graduated to the big bath tub for the first time and she loves it. I was really worried at first about it being too slippery and her being scared of the water but that is so not the case. As soon as I put her in the tub she dove face first for one of her toys and started splashing. She found this to be so funny and just giggled each time she splashed the water. Last night she wanted to chew on the stopper and stuck her face in the water to get to the stopper. This was a shock to her once her face hit the water. I guess she thought since she could see the stopper she could get it without getting her face in the water. She took it like a trooper though and did not get upset. The second of our first came on Wednesday of last week when I took her for her first day of daycare. This is not something I was wanting to do but with gentle urges from dad (ha ha) I finally made it to the church with her. Can you believe she did not even know that I left! So I called back about two hours later and they said she was doing great and playing with the other babies. I know that I should be happy that she did well but it really hurt my feeling when she didn't care that I left... Adam says that I should be careful what I wish for and I know that. I just thought she loved me a little more than that :)

Six Month Check Up

Well we had our six month check up last Thursday and of course the shots that come along with it. This time she was only suppose to get three but we added the flu so she ended up getting four. I have to say she takes it like a trooper which is much better than I would do. We discussed the choking incidents again and the doctor feels that she will grow out of it by nine months but would like to keep her on her reflux medicine until ten months to be safe. Elizabeth has slowed down a little in the growing department. She made it to 16lbs about a month and a half ago and is still at that weight which is in the 50th percentile. Her height 26 3/4 is in the 75th percentile and her head 17 1/2 is in the 95th percentile.

Thursday was no fun with the doctors visit and shots but Friday was great bc Uncle Jason came to see us. Well, we say he came to see us but we all know who he really came to visit :) Elizabeth was not sure what to do when she had to sit alone come Sunday... and her little head I think might be sore from so many kisses. Don't worry Aunt Sarah he gave her a few from you and Tyler to.

October Updates

Well it has been a while since we last posted and we have lots to tell. I have to start by saying that Elizabeth just turned six months old yesterday. Wow, we cannot believe that our sweet baby has been in this world six months. She has filled our life with such joy and laughter. I can't remember what we did before her.

So lets start with some updates. I am not sure if everyone new that we had a few choking scares and ended up in the emergency room a couple of weeks ago. Come to find out she has reflux and we are now on medicine twice a day. We go back to the doctor this week and will revisit the matter to see where we go from here. So far since starting the medicine we have not had anymore scares. Thank Heaven because mommy's heart couldn't take many more scares like that.

On a better note she has started drinking out of a sippy cup. About three weeks ago she started grabbing for my glass and drinking water out of it. So the next trip to Wal-Mart we bought a couple of sippy cups to try. I figured since she was showing an interest we should try it out. Can you believe she took right to it. She knows that the cups are hers and how to hold them. I was not expecting this for another couple of months. She has also started trying to crawl. She scooted across the floor three times on Thursday by herself but nothing since then. The last couple of days she will make it up on her knees and hands and rock a little then fall over. She is trying hard just can't get this coordination together yet.

Last week my mom was here so Elizabeth got to spend lots of time with Grandmother. This was nice until Grandmother left and Elizabeth wanted to be held all the time. Thankfully it only took about a day for her to realize mommy could not hold her all day and we were back to routine. What can we say though that is what Grandparents are for to spoil them and return them :) We also of course have had Halloween and Elizabeth was a Kitty Cat. She was so cute as you can see in the pictures. We took lots of pictures and some are with our neighbors kids.

I think I might be out of info for now. So we will post again after her doctors appointment this week.