Sweet Little Nothings: 9 Months

Dear Elliott~
    We had your check up today and your stats are in! 20.2 lbs (80%), 92% for that big gold brain of yours and 56% in height. Personality is off the charts.  3/4 of the way through your first year and really not that many bumps in the road (even though you literally just threw up in your bed when I was writing this). I could just pinch you and hug you forever. I feel like I have known you my whole life and yet its only been a few awesome months. I am so lucky to be your mother and I hope your say the same about me (though probably not, if you happen to be reading this in your teenage years).

You are crawling up a storm. Though sometimes you do this weird cock-a-leg crawl. You think you are going so much faster by doing this. You just look weird.

Nicknames: Ellie, Elle, Bug, Crazy Lady

Pulling up on anything and everything. Upside: You are so proud of yourself and jibber-jabber til the cows come home. Downside: You cant figure out how to sit down. So you either stand there til someone comes and gets you or there is some whimpering involved.

Your wave is kinda a heil Hitler kinda wave. Cute Hitler.

I kinda would do about anything to have a better exposure with these next group of pictures. Though, I am just glad I captured the identical Sloans doing their thing.

Favorite Foods: Apple Spinach for breakfast and Sweet Potato & Turkey for dinner

Favorite Past Time: Taking off socks and chewing on shoes

We have started getting a few bumps and bruises. But letting you explore is so magical to watch.

Dragon Park

Wordless Wednesday: No More Pink Tub

OK. A few words on this wordless post. I am sad, embarrassed, happy to say that Ellie is totally outgrown her baby tub. It was far over due, I know. I was holding her back. I was afraid she would slip and slide, bump her head, drown...Well, anything bad, you name it, I thought it. She actually did so much better than all that imagery thought up in my crazy mind. In the pink baby tub, she was standing up so much and trying to climb out that in the end; it was actually more dangerous than just letting her roam in the big tub. 

Sunday Sessions

Notes about this Lazy Sunday...

Dont mind her tooth brush in the pictures, this girl has been carrying around with her ALL day. There was no way I could have taken it from her extremely strong baby hands. At least she has good hygiene?

Today is the first day that she followed me into the bathroom. And so it starts, the mom saying of peeing alone is a luxury.

All three if us have been under the weather. So I busted out Netflix for kids for the first time. We watched maybe 10 minutes of The Lorax and then passed out. Ellie can now handle her Tylenol with out me seeing a glimpse of The Exorcist in her, and for that, it was a grand Sunday.

Deliciously Bitten...Tane Organics

OK. I randomly sent Ellie's picture off to a local photographer who had the opportunity to shoot a clothing company's spring line. They sent all the images off to New York...and Ellie was the one that got picked! I was geeking...hard. Did I google baby models? Yes. Afterwards, will I do it again? Probably not. OK, Maybe.

Ellie is a very good baby. I mean, hell, she even wakes up from naps smiling away. Even with nothing to compare it to, I go on others telling me that she is a good baby. I thought to myself, Ellie has got this in the bag. I was even telling her that all the sickness and vomiting she did in December was her slimming down for her first modeling gig. (Side note: She did lose some weight and I promise I will never say that to a kid that understands what I am actually saying). Anyways....

The day of the photo shoot...

she woke up crying

with the worst diaper rash (like, she had never even had it before until that day), 

a rash on her arm 

and separation anxiety in full force. 

I am mean, damn. This kid just knows when to call her mama a liar. I calmly did our routine and keep my fingers crossed that as the day progressed, she would be fine. The time came and it was not too terrible  She could have been much better. I ran around like a crazing looking chicken singing stupid songs that make her laugh. Laura got to come with us (crazy Robertson County snow days) and that helped too. 

Do I think my daughter is beautiful? YES. Am I a little bias? YES. But I will say its nice to know that someone from the Big Apple thought my daughter was beautiful too and loved her to be apart of their fashion journey. 

I am smitten over the clothing line. Tane Organics. I can not wait to purchase some of the things Ellie modeled. We did get compensated for our time with a gift card to the clothing company and a free shoot with the photographer. Its what I am most excited about. She did a beautiful job. See her work here, Lane Proffitt Photography. 

Here is what Tane has published on the website and facebook:

Bows, Headbands, Clips...Oh My

So Ashley asked me a simple question earlier tonight. Where to find no slip barrettes? Two hours later...Ellie has some new hair dos. This is a perfect example of how I get really obsessed with something and get tunnel vision. Some of these I had "pinned" a while back, some were ones that I had booked marked when I found out I was having a girl, some are exciting new wishlist items and the purple felt flowered is my favorite etsy purchase by far and was in Ellie's newborn shoot. So many many more on my list, I had to narrow it down. So without further adieu...

1. Chevron Baby Bow, 2. Chicken Flower, 3. Purple Splurge Item, 4. Button Barrette 

5. Matilda Jane Inspired, 6. Gold Brain, 7. My favorite felt item, 8. Easter Basket Purchase

Thanks Ashley :)

February Wrap Up

I seriously cant believe this is the last week of February. I am not quite sure what made this fly by, but I really need to order Ellie's Easter basket....What? Ummm, yeah. Easter is in March this year.

This weekend was low key since it was jam packed last weekend. Richard, Lana and Devon came in last weekend and we spent as much time with them as possible. Devon and Ellie with out a doubt, loved each other. Devon was so good with Ellie and if he has anything to do with it...Ellie will be a Star Wars fanatic also. (There are pictures of baby girl with a lightsaber coming soon). Lana had a get together for Devon's TN birthday party. I cant believe my little guy is 6.

And lets not forgot, though I don't think Richard would let us... Elliott Annabelle Sloan is IN LOVE with her Uncle Richard. Its so true I couldn't even make it up.

And we learned how to clap our hands...Now we do it all the time. 

Especially when I am trying to feed Ellie and pureed sweet potatoes go every where. 

Pretty Park Days. Oh, I cant wait for the summer and we can stay a little longer than we already do. 

 

I randomly found a "throw away" camera in my car. I was pretty pumped thinking it would have a hidden treasure of images and memories I forgot about and would flood back to me. Well, that didn't happen. It was some random sunset pictures and self portraits. Self Portraits that are basically the equivalent to cell phone mirror pictures now. I have some questions for my 2007 self...like whats up with the popping of my collar?