8 Whole Months

Elise is 8 months old today! I am so proud of my big girl! I can't believe it's been 8 months already. I feel like she was born just yesterday. Amongst other milestones that she achieved this month, Elise got her first haircut. Those long curls growing out of the side of her head were getting out of control. So, here's her before picture;


And here's her after pictures;




Okay, so maybe you can't really tell much of a difference, especially not in these pictures, I just like to upload pictures to the blog, haha!

Keeping up with the little monkey

Alright, now it's gotten really tough. Elise is such a monkey! She is climbing, or attempting to climb any piece of furniture, or person, she can find. She is so funny. Elise is very happy now that she has her first pair of "big girl shoes". They don't slip when she tries to stand on our hardwood floors.
I guess alot has happened since the last time I updated this. Elise had her first Christmas and New Years, which was very exciting. She had so much fun opening her presents, she's really into ripping paper. Unfortunately, she was more excited about the wrapping than the actual gifts. Elise is now almost eight months old and weighs nearly 18 pounds, she is such a big girl! She is right in the fiftieth percentile on her growth curve, which is great.
Elise mostly likes to spend her day crawling around the house chasing cats (see picture below), eating baby food, and talking up a storm.


She still calls for her "dada" incessantly, but I still haven't gotten her to say 'mama' even once. I think she gets tired of me because as soon as daddy gets home it's "dadadadadadaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!" and she doesn't want her mama anymore! Oh well, I love her like crazy. Here are some of the latest pictures of her;


Elise trying to get that camera.



Eatin an apple.



Playing with Daddy and Emma



My big girl standing up



Our Christmas card, 2007



Checkin emails



Me and the little one

Sorry so many pictures! I'm camera crazy!