9 months old

Nine. Months. Old. Are you kidding me!!! That is how long Elsie was in my belly. Carrying Elsie for 9 months seemed so so long and now time has just flown. I know everyone always says that but you don't believe it till it happens. I've said this before but all of the "cliche's" and all of the things people say about being a mother is true. You don't know you can love someone so much till you become a mother, it feels like you've known them forever and they REALLY do become your best friends! 

Elsie NEVER and I mean NEVERTHELESS stops moving unless she's sleeping

She is obsessed with waving hello and goodbye and it is so cute she just flops her arm/hand around

She has thee biggest smile next to her dad

She crawls as fast as lightning 

Walks along everything she can and can almost stand by herself 

She punches and scratches SO hard especially when nursing (I always have little scratches on my chest from) 

She absolutely loves playing with other kids and their toys 

She loves food. New things she loves are noodles with sauce and cottage cheese

She talks so much and screams and squeals so loud

She is a dare devil and dives off the couch and bed if you aren't watching her

She sucks her thumb but only when she's going to bed

She is an anti cuddler. She absolutely hates it.

She sucks down apple sauce packets SO fast! If that was an event at the baby Olympics she would win

My least favorite thing to do with Elsie is change her clothes/it is literally almost impossible and I go crazy!

Loves:

Kids

Food

Cell phones

Wiggling

Crawling

Mom

Smiling

Drooling

Stealing toys

Being tickled

Hates:

Getting changed 

Church

Sitting still

Bottles/binkies

Being in a room alone

Being hungry

Nicknames:

Elsie girl

Wiggles

Sugar bear

Sugar plum

Size:

Height 93%

Weight 62%

Head 60%

2 teeth

Size 3 diapers

6-12 month clothes (some custom leggings for length)

Elsie girl we love you so much, we love seeing you learn and grow and develop and get the cutest personality! Thanks for being my best girl friend.

-Stef