All those huge milestone events
Ellie received her first passport in the mail today. Her blue one was the first to arrive, which was to be expected I suppose, with it not having to travel very far, and her American citizenship already established. Hopefully her red one is not too far behind.
Ellie’s teeth are just breaking through. The corner of one of them has erupted today, and I suspect the other is just days behind now.
Two days ago, Ellie hit 7 months. It’s clear that she’s starting to teeth, she’s becoming more and more independent and she only naps twice or thrice a day now. She’s more and more fun, and more and more challenging each day. Loving her more than ever before.
Today is Christmas Day, which is also Ellie’s 6-month birthday.
Ellie is so much fun these days and Martina and I are enjoying parenting much more than in the first few months. She’s a lot of fun and is developing new skills every week.
Ellie is now rolling over, sitting up without much support, laughing, playing and recognising people and animals quite readily.
Height: 26.75in (81st percentile)
Weight: 15lbs 3oz (30th percentile)
Head circumference: 17.13in (82nd percentile)
Yesterday, Ellie hit the 5-month mark, but between me having an awful headache and temporarily misplacing the stickers, we didn’t get the picture until this morning, but I think it was worth the wait.
Since Martina forgot to take a picture on Ellie’s actual four-month birthday, this is technically her at four months +1 day, but in fairness, she didn’t change much since yesterday.
Height: 25.75in (93rd percentile)
Weight: 13lbs 3oz (27th percentile)
Head circumference: 16.5in (83rd percentile)
Today, Ellie is 3 months old, which marks quite a distinction between being quite developmentally undeveloped and gaining lots of new skills. In the past week or so, we’ve had to retire some of her clothes as she’s clearly growing, even though we don’t really notice day to day. The next three months are going to be quite interesting as Ellie starts teething, moving and chatting.
We did it! We survived for two full months. And to show for it, Ellie is about 2-3 lbs heavier, smiley, giggly and has started to grow in her hair.
I’ve grown quite attached to my little Ellie and I love waking up with her and coming home to her after work. She the bestest.
Height: 23.5in (89th percentile)
Weight: 10lbs 14oz (37th percentile)
Head circumference: 15.67in (89th percentile)
Ellie is a month old now. Her Tante Michaela (Marti’s cousin) got us these stickers that we can put on Ellie and take pictures of, to show her growth month by month.
