Undecided

Today, Eliza woke up and could not decide if she wanted to laugh, cry or a mixture of the two. During breakfast, she was going up and down very quickly. She would go from happy and talking to upset and talking to throwing a fit, then back to happy. It was bizarre! I would ask her if she was all done and she would grab for another Cheerio, so who knows.

Later in the day, after an outfit change due to a diaper malfunction, she was still confused if she was having a good time or not. I have had to take the walker downstairs now because her favorite thing today is to climb it. Once she gets up there, she can't get back down and gets very frustrated. Dear daughter...

The Box Game

Eliza has is getting close to outgrowing her car seat, so we ordered a "rocket seat" as Michael calls it. When the box came in, she immediately got in it. I think she must be part cat! I was worried about the edges cutting her, so I put some fancy duct tape on it. It also helped to spruce it up.

For the past day and a half, she has been crawling in and out, in and out and even tried to climb on top, but thankfully she wasn't quite tall enough!

One of her favorite things today is to play peek-a-boo with the box!

My little one looks so small in her new seat. She is definitely growing up too fast!

Up and Down

 My sweet girl has been all over the place today with her moods. I think that she may be cutting her top teeth finally because she has two hard lumps where teeth will be. She goes from chewing and being happy to being very uncomfortable and fussy. She really likes chewing on cold things. Hopefully this passes soon!

 One of her favorite things to do right now is climb, particularly into things. She has been trying to climb into her walker for several days. She scares the tar out of me somethings, but I let her play and stay close.

Because she isn't feeling great today, she has been a momma's girl. She has been giving wonderful cuddles today. While I don't want her to hurt, I love days where she wants to be rocked and cuddled. The picture above is one of the most heart-breaking but cute pictures I've seen of her. Poor girl, teething with be over soon.

Hurricane Eliza

 When Eliza woke up this morning, she was FULL of energy. She was ready to get moving. Apparently I took a little while longer than she like hearing her and getting out of bed, so I woke up to "AHHHHH, AHHHH". Not a cry, just a loud yell that probably translated to "GET UP!!!."

 

She seemed completely uninterested in any of her toys, so after a bit, I decided to take her to the library. The library closest to our house has a wonderful children's' section with books, toys and little rooms to play in. She had a blast!

 

When we got there, Eliza crawled straight for the rocking chairs and tried to climb in them. She loves chairs and climbing right now. I was able to distract her with a board of magnets.

While we were playing, some girls were building an epic tower out of foam blocks and Eliza kept crawling toward them. I knew that if I let her get close, she would knock over the tower the girls had spent so much time building. As soon as the girls left the library, I let her loose. I now will call her Hurricane Eliza!

Eliza's Chairs

 My dear daughter had been giving me fits yesterday and today. I have been sitting her in the rocking chair her great grandparents got her and the chair my mom got her while we are reading books. There wouldn't be a problem if she sat like she is sitting above.

Or if she was nice and calm like the above picture. The problem comes from her thinking that it is overrated to sit. She needs to push the chair across the room against something she wants to get to. For example, she will push her rocking chair against her Gutter Bookshelves, stand on it and start getting books down. (I am always very close taking pictures so that she can't get hurt)

Same thing with her pink chair. She pushed it to her crib, stood up on it and tried to get in her crib.

With as active as this girl is, we are going to have to keep her very busy to keep her out of trouble ;)

Happy , Healthy & Trouble

Happy face

 The last month or two has been amazing compared to the first little bit with Eliza's eating. Now that we have switched to the right formula and her tummy is stabilized, she eats a ton! Her weight is coming up and everything seems to be doing much better. She loves trying to feed herself and trying new things.

The look of trouble!

 She has always been a happy baby, but now that she is sleeping and eating, she is able to work on other things, like being mischievous! She is constantly on the move, getting into anything that doesn't look like a toy or crawling into or under something she shouldn't be. Watching her learn right now is really fun because you can definitely see the wheels turning.

 This cabinet usually has all of her bowls, plates, cups and baby bullet parts. As you can see, she thought that she would 'help' and take all of the stuff out. If you were to walk into my kitchen, you would see a disaster area, but I think it is fun because she is working so hard at it.

 This happy, smiling face is one that I see often. Although she does have fussy times and likes to screech, I would say the majority of the time is spent laughing and smiling.

Eleven Months and On the Move

 Getting a good picture of this little one is a challenge these days because she won't be still! I should have known when I was pregnant with her that she would be me running! Now, with her itching to walk and her love for crawling, I have split seconds to try and capture a picture. Most of the time she ends up looking like an alien because the camera captured her movement.

 Today Eliza is 11 months old! Her favorite things to do right now are to blow raspberries on mom, to eat finger foods and to push her cars across the room.

 She is working on pushing 2-3 teeth out on the top and experimenting with more sounds.

 She is also toying with the idea of standing on her own. At times she'll let go just to see what happens. Today, I peeked over at her and she was just standing playing with a toy next to the ottoman. I think once she figures out how to put a foot forward, it is all down hill from there.

 This sweet girl has made ours lives so much more fun over the last year. Can't wait to see how her BIG personality continues to develop.