It’s the Dawsons!

I can barely believe as I write this that our little girl has now been in this world a half a year!  I remember holding that little peanut in my arms, and now she’s turning into this little kid with a big personality.

Look at me! I'm a big kid!

Elliott had her 6-month checkup at the pediatrician on Monday. Our “little” girl now weighs 15 pounds, 11 ounces and is 27.5 inches long.  That puts her in the 50th percentile for weight and 95th for length.  She is still long and lean and is just fitting into her size 3-6 month clothes.

She's long and lean!

On that note, I still have troubles getting her into clothes that fit. Her waist fits into size 3-month pants, but they come up to her ankles. If I put her in 6-month pants, they are great in the length, but jumbo in the waist.

This last month has been a big one developmentally for Elle. She is sitting up so nicely on her own now. She is also a crawling machine. She’s not actually crawling on her knees yet, but is doing more of an “Army scoot.”  Still, that girl can wiggle her way across the room in the blink of an eye. The doctor said there’s a good chance she’ll be walking by Christmas–YIKES.

Look at me go! I'm a crawler now!

Miss Elly also has her two bottom teeth coming up. As a result, she is a drool machine.  And, as always, everything she gets her hands on goes directly into her mouth.

Now that I have teeth coming in, EVERYTHING goes into my mouth.

After her doctor’s appointment, we also started Elliott on real foods. The doctor advised us to start slowly with the variation of foods, and so far, so good. She really seemed to like the butternut squash (and kept most of it in her mouth) and had a pretty good experience with cereal and pears too. Next on the agenda:  green beans and carrots. Yum.

Mmmmmm.......squash.

Our baby is such a joy. I can’t properly describe her happy, loving, and wonderful personality. Just thinking of her warms my heart. Sometimes she’ll wake us up at 3 a.m. or throw a minor fit at night….and we really don’t care.  We just look at that beautiful little face and know that our lives are complete.  I can’t imagine what our lives were like without her in them.

Dad and Elly

In the past few weeks, Elliott has been rolling from back to tummy and back again and has become increasingly mobile in terms of spinning herself around and rolling after things she’s interested in.  Well, at just over five months and two weeks old, she took the next big leap forward tonight.  Take a look at this video and watch Ms. Elliott show some determination in getting to the newspaper…