Nine months... Nine!

Holy Cow!  Ella is now nine months!  That's like, the amount of time I had her in my belly! It surely doesn't seem like it's been that long, but alas, it has.  Ella has been sick for the last couple of weeks.  First she had the tummy flu then she came down with a fever.  It was just low grade so I thought maybe it was her teeth (her two front teeth are starting to make their way down)!  Then, she got a nasty cold and started wheezing and coughing.  I decided to take her to the doctor a few days before her scheduled 9 month appt and i'm glad I did because the doctor said her chest sounded really bad and she had the symptoms for RSV.  She didn't test her for it, but decided to treat her like she did (using a nebulizer every 4 hours).  She also had an ear infection.  Poor girl!  

She is finally starting to feel better, just still trying to get over the runny nose and cough.  At her 9 month appt she was 17 lbs 3 oz (25th percentile).  I think she has lost a pound or so with being sick, but she went from 75th to 25th in 3 months.  The doctor didn't seem too concerned.  We all know Ella loves her food and milk!  She was in 50th percentile for her height and head (Allyson and Rebecca -- your boys are way ahead of E in this category, eh? :)

Here are a few other things Ella has been doing:

• She recently started to like baths.  She got some toys for Christmas and loves to sit and splash while playing with them. 
• Crawling much faster these days and loves to stand up against me or something her height
• She hates when I leave the room or even her side lately.  I made dinner in about 10 minutes tonight (tacos) and she screamed the entire time even though she could see me!
• She likes cows.  She has two little cow toys (one stuffed, one little people) and she loves them.  If you put the horse and cow out in front of her, the cow wins 99% of the time, haha.  Mooooooooooo!
• Her two front teeth are coming in -- the left one is winning :o)

As always, here are some pics to leave you with: 

Playing with my dolly

Catch me if you can!

Pictures are getting much, much harder

If you don't put that camera down, i'm gonna get you!

She loves to stand on her jumperoo and balance herself 

Watch Me Crawl

Here is a clip of Ella crawling for the first time. I was so thankful that Chris and I were both home to see it AND to catch it on video. 

8 mos, 3 weeks