Cornett Family Adventures: My litte smelly Ellie!!!

My baby girl will be 10 months old on Monday. There is so much that she does these days so I thought I would post this blog a few days before her 10 month birthday! I know I called her smelly Ellie, she isn't smelly, it's just one of her thousand nick names that we like to call her. Right now she is trying soooooo hard to type on the computer. She just wants to do what mommy is doing. Although it's precious, it can be very challenging :)

This little girl is so full of energy and life. She is into everything. She has mastered the art of crawling and walking around all the furniture. I have no doubt that she will walk by her first birthday.... in fact she will probably be walking by 11 months. She has tried to take steps by herself , but gets a little nervous and falls on her bottom. She can push the bar stool in our kitchen while walking, and same with the walker toy she got for Christmas. It's crazy to see all the things she can do, I'm such a proud mama.

Some other things going on in the life of Ellie are:

- TEETH... Ellie has 2 bottom teeth, 4 top teeeth, and a couple more coming in currently. Needless to say, she puts EVERYTHING in her mouth.
- She likes to crawl to Max's food bowl, and yes.... she has put some in her mouth. I made it in time to do the "finger sweep," but I'm sure one of these days she will manage to eat a few pieces.
- She eats all the stage 2 baby food. All the fruits, veggies, and meats (chicken and apples, chicken noodle, ham, turkey rice etc.) We tried giving her some stage 3 lasagna... but after 3 bites she threw up.... I guess her belly isn't quite ready for that yet.
- Ellie loves loves loves music. Any time she hears a song on tv she will stop what she is doing and fixate on the music. She listens to a lullaby cd when she goes to sleep and during play time she listens to her bible songs and kid songs.
- Ellie is a chatter box!!! Her voice is the sweetest sound in the world. She knows mama, dada (and other variations daddy, dad), Nana or Nanny, up, and last night dad taught her the word "hot" because she wanted to drink out of his hot coffee cup.
- One of her favorite activities is reading. She loves to her read books and she loves when mommy reads to her.
- She has had ice cream.... like microscopic bites of ice cream, and she LOVES IT. Uh oh.... :)
- She loves Ariel from "The Little Mermaid," it's her favorite book and she always finds the dvd in our collection of dvd's.... it's actually really funny to watch her find it. Along with "The Little Mermaid" she also finds, "The Little Rascals" and "Finding Nemo." She isn't big on watching movies yet, but loves to look at the pictures on the box.
- Mirrors, windows, and pictures of her are some of her favorite things for her to look at. I have a full length mirror in my bed room that she will stand up against and lick... so funny.
- Playing in her baby einstein isn't a thrill anymore, now that she knows how to get around. But she loves to stand around it and play with the toys still. Same thing goes with her playpin... not a fan of being trapped. We call it being in jail... lol.

Here are some pictures and videos of the little stinker face!! Enjoy!