Ellie Foster: Week 13

We are yet again trying to get Ellie down on somewhat of a routine especially at night. So all this week, we pretty much stayed home and worked on napping in her crib which has been somewhat of a challenge. Ellie will nap in her crib for maybe 30 minutes and then gets up and would rather nap in her rock and play which is similar to a cradle but it hugs you in and makes you feel all cozy or at least, Ellie always looks cozy. But lately Ellie has been waking up at 4am and having a hard tome going to sleep. I upped her milk at night to 7 oz and she slept until 6am so it was either a fluke it happened or she just needed more to eat.

One day we put on Sesame Street just to see if maybe some chance she would be intrigued by it. She loved it. Obviously, she doesn't know what the heck is going on, but whenever Elmo would come on the screen she would flash the biggest grin. And mommy was so happy because she was able to get in a shower a few days this week!!!

Ellie has been very curious with her hands. She will make fists and look at them and then stick her hand in her mouth. It is really neat to see Ellie start discovering things. On September 6th, Ellie rolled over all by herself which was even more exciting in the fact that Adam got to see it take place on skype. She is doing amazing with tummy time.

We have started to play "boo" with Ellie and if we have caught her in a good mood, she actually starts to laugh and smile.

Uncle Rico and Uncle Sikes (Adam's good high school friends) were in Atlanta over the weekend and made a special trip to the 'burbs to meet Ellie. Uncle Sikes was alittle unsure of holding Ellie but Uncle Rico loved holding Ellie and I think Ellie like him as well.