Weeks 26 & 27

It's been a crazy-busy couple of weeks, though I'm starting to wonder what weeks aren't crazy-busy! Elena is so much fun now! Not that she hasn't always been fun, but she is so active all of a sudden! She loves spending time in her jumperoo, and if you lay her down on the floor, she just starts rolling all over the place. She talks and laughs and grabs everything she can get her hands on!

She started eating fruit when she turned 6 months old last week, and she LOVES it! Everything we've given her to try, she has hoovered. She's tried peaches, applesauce, prunes, pears, and bananas. She makes a funny face every time she tries a new one, but then she eats the whole jar as fast as we can get it into her mouth!

The other funny thing Elena has discovered over the last few weeks is Truman! She LOVES the kitty... every time he walks in the room she drops everything else and starts staring at him. Then she gets all excited and you can feel all of the muscles in her body tense and she lets out this big grunt. Of course, if he comes near enough for her to touch, she's all about "petting" the kitty... which mostly means grabbing any handful of fur she can reach and hanging on for dear life. Truman is suprisingly good natured about all of this... he looks at us and meows like "Mom, it's grabbing my tail" but he hasn't once hissed or growled or swung at her. I'm sure that day is coming, but meanwhile it's hilarious to watch her get so excited about the cat! Little does he know that when she's mobile, his life will change forever! :)

The last couple of weeks have been fun, but I haven't been very good at taking pictures of everything. We invited the college Sunday School class over for a game night, and Elena was passed around to everyone. Everybody loved her, of course! :)

Last weekend we went to Springfield and visited Grandma & Grandpa Looten. Grandma & Grandpa Looten babysat Elena while Josh and I went to the KJ-52 concert for his birthday. Believe it or not, I did not take a single picture of Elena the whole weekend! But I've still taken quite a few pictures over the last few weeks, so I hope you enjoy...

Hanging out with Moochie during game night... gotta love John Deere hats!

Ready for St. Patrick's Day!

Sitting her up in her boppy is no longer an option. I mean, I can sit her in it, but she doesn't stay there long! Shout out to our friends in Oki! :)
The theme for this week has been to put the bunny ears on Elena... they're so adorable, we couldn't resist! First, the full body bunny outfit...
Even bunnies can be cool...


Yummy, yummy prunes! I just loved this picture!

I know I say it all the time, but our little girl is growing up so fast! She sits up by herself (she can't get herself up there, but she's pretty good at staying there if we put her there), she's definitely mobile- she can't actually crawl yet, but she sure moves around a lot. She loves her toes, and constantly has them sticking straight up in the air, grabbing ahold of them, or sucking on them (this really grosses Josh out). She talks all the time! She's just such an amazing little creature, and she has so much personality already. God help us when she can actually start talking! :) It's certainly going to be an interesting ride!