Ellison...9 months

height: probably around 29 inches

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 weight: 21 pounds 6.5 ounces as of 1/14/2013 

(we went to the doctor because I thought you had an ear infection but surprisingly you didn't)

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favorite things

standing

cremes

Tucker

any music

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special talents

crawling (really fast)

pulling up

riding his horsey and car

dancing

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sleep

there has been a small improvement in this category

you sleep in your crib until around 10:30-11:30 now!!!

You sleep on your belly in the crib and your back or side in our bed.

Once in our bed you usually nurse 2-4 times....it just depends

You wake up for the day at 7AM on Fridays and the weekends.  I have to wake you up Monday-Thursday (I really hate doing that)

Naps: You usually only take catnaps at daycare but at home you will take 2 naps one around 10AM and another around 3PM.  You no longer sleep in your swing (we have packed it up) and insist on sleeping in our bed only for naps...with me laying beside you

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eating

at daycare you take 5-5ounce bottle and at home you take 4-6ounce bottles

you still nurse in the evenings and nights

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you have started liking "food" a little more...

you like prunes, apples and carrots, broccoli peas and pears, zucchini banana and amaranth, and spinach peas and pears

Your favorite things right now are rice milk cremes

you also have started drinking water from a sippy cup...with a little assistance

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crying

The main thing that made you cry this month was the nose frida....you HATE that thing

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dislikes

the nose frida

getting your nose wiped

being redirected from things you shouldn't be playing with (like cords, computer chairs, and lap tops)

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likes

funny faces

music

being tickled

bath time

playing with Tucker

pulling up on anything and everything

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firsts this month

pulling up

took 2 steps

started sleeping on your belly

first Christmas and New Years

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Ellison,
What a wonderful month this was.  You have really grown up this past month.  You want to crawl everywhere.  the other night you crawled from the kitchen to your room 3 times.  I can not believe you have already figured out your way around your house.  By next month I think I am going to be typing that you are walking.  It seems like you have been here with us forever but on the other hand it feels like we just came home from the hospital.  The last 9 months have been some of the best months of my life.  Your daddy and I really love you and fall more and more in love with you everyday.

Love,
mama and daddy

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