The Snodgrass Family

Monday, December 20, 2010

First Carousel Ride

Eliana loved her first carousel ride at the Woodland Park Zoo. She even got to ride with Dad, Auntie Amy, Grandma and Grandpa!

Dad, Auntie Amy, Grandma and Grandpa at the Woodland Park Zoo

So excited to have a car packed with family (including Nate riding in the back of the Subaru wagon; totally safe)

I think Elle Belle loved the brass pole as much as riding on the horse; she did not want to leave when the ride stopped

Dear Grandma, Grandpa and Auntie Amy,

Thank you for the Radio Flyer wagon. Mom and Dad take me all over town and I've even take a nap in there! It's so fun; I just can't wait until you come back so Grandpa can pull me all over the Magnolia Village again.

Having Christmas early was quite fun!

Love, Eliana

The construction crew

Little tester

Passed out

First Thanksgiving

Eliana wasn't too into the whole sitting through dinner thing or the gourmet mashed potatoes, but she did love the left-over turkey soup (thanks, Grandma!).

The kitchen crew

Thanks to Grandma for making the meal so delicious and perfectly timed

Our family

Little helper

Auntie Amy, Grandma and Grandpa

Again, our family (nice to have someone to take a picture of the 3 of us!)

Thanksgiving Week

Grandma and Grandpa visited us from Colorado for the whole week and Auntie Amy came for 5 days. It was a great week, even though we were snowed in for a couple days and Grandpa ended up going home with bacterial pneumonia. Thank goodness Grandma came or the Thanksgiving feast would have been a total disaster. Thank you for a wonderful week of fun and memories.

Spoiled with new clothes from Grandma and Grandpa

Helping Grandma with her card game

Black Friday was so much fun!

A walk with Auntie Amy and Grandma, taking in the city lights and early Christmas lights

Having dinner with Auntie Amy

Out for a walk in the snow

Mom, Grandpa and Eliana

Mom, Grandma and Eliana

Playing with Grandpa

I love turkey!

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Pulling Up

On Sunday (Dec. 5), Nate found Eliana had pulled herself up to standing and was hanging out like that when he went in there after her nap. Yesterday, she did it 3-4 times in a row. Good job, Pumpkin! You're working so hard and we're so proud of you!

Friday, December 3, 2010

Exploring

Her favorite ball

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

9 Months

We went in for Eliana's 9 month check up last Wednesday (amidst the crazy snow, even!) and here are the new stats:
-Weight: 18 lb. 15 oz (52% tile)
-Height: 27.25 inches (37% tile)
-Head Circumference: 45.1 cm (80% tile)

We laugh because with Nate and I's height, who ever expected her to be in the 90th percentile in height? Ha! Not so tall, but a big noggin:) We hope Eliana gets a kick out of this some day like we did.

At 9 months, her new tricks are: *crawling on all fours - very smooth compared to the worm movement two months ago, *turning the pages while we read - we help get it started, but she can flip them, *beginning to pull herself up (gets to her knees), *feeding herself (finger foods) when she's motivated - which is usually when the yogurt treats are involved, *waving 'hi' and 'bye' (not necessarily at the appropriate times, but it's so cute!)

Elle Belle continues to love: *exploring the house, *taking baths, *swim lessons, *the blue exercise ball, *when Daddy comes home, *eating Mom's cell phone, *swinging at the park, *eating avocados, *reading books, especially her "Frances Firefly" with the neat colored and textured wings, *playing on Mom and Dad's bed

She has found new love for: *her rubber Ducky, *getting dressed to 'The Hokey Pokey' (sung by Mom), *her new music table (thanks, Grandma and Grandpa!)

This 9 month phase is so fun because she's changing and doing new things every day, but on the same hand, she has a very heightened sense of separation anxiety. When Mom starts to walk away and she can't see me, she gets upset. It's amazing how much emotional development is going on at the same time as the physical development.

One more thing to note before I forget. There will be random moments when certain sounds and words make Eliana laugh. For example, yesterday, she sneezed while I was changing her and I said, "Excuse you." She broke out in laughter, so I continued saying it, but with a more playful pitch, like "Scuse you" (leaving off the 'e' sound). It was so precious because for 10 minutes, I kept saying it, waiting a minute and then repeating and she thought it was the funniest thing in the world. We love you, Pumpkin! You are such a joy.