1/2 Birthday!

UPDATE:  
Height: 26.5" (70th percentile)
Weight: 16 lbs 3 oz (48th percentile)
Head: 40.9cm (8th percentile)

Updates on our Ellie girl - SO many accomplishments.  I am one proud mama!

• She sits up!  I felt like she was never going to sit up on her own, but here she is  sitting up like a champ!  I still like to keep a pillow behind her because she likes to throw herself back sometimes.
• Little girl acquired two, yes TWO, teeth this month.  June 7th we discovered her first tooth had come through and only a week and a half later she cut her 2nd.  No wonder she's been fussy lately!
• Ellie is her "grabby" phase.  She wants to touch, squeeze, grab, shake, and eat EVERYTHING.  You have to be careful when she's in your lap at the table because she will grab anything she can (including the table cloth).
• She LOVES her walker now that she's tall enough for it.
• She LOVES swimming.  I feel like we have been so busy with the big move that we haven't got to take advantage of all the swimming pools at our disposal (including the one at Grammy & Pop's!)
• Still going strong on solid foods.  We're feeding her twice a day and I even started making my own baby food.
• She figured out how to use a straw and is using her Zoli Bot almost every day.
• She wants to crawl SO bad.  She will lay on her tummy and stick her booty in the air and try to push off.
• She loves to bang things against the floor or table.  
• She likes to eat her feet.

Every single day we are truly amazed at how blessed we are to have such a sweet, smart, funny, beautiful daughter.  We still can't believe that we are parents and it's been 6 MONTHS!

On the night of Ellie's 1/2 birthday we had a little celebration with Eleanor's Aunt Shannon, Uncle Andy, Grammy, and Pop.  Here are a few pictures: