Category Archives: Ellie

Ellie is 7 months! (Spring Photo Shoot)

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Laura

We are certainly privileged to have Dan as our friend – for many more reasons than this of course, but right now we’re grateful that he’s such a good photographer and so generous to us with his gifts. As you … Continue reading →

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Proof that Ellie likes broccoli

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Laura

The other day she was actually “nursing” on the broccoli – moving her mouth as if she was nursing and making nursing sounds. It was so cute- clearly she equates broccoli with food, food with nursing, therefore broccoli with nursing! … Continue reading →

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Dropping Naps = tricky

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Laura

Ellie usually wakes up between 5:30 and 6:00 am these days. She also tends to take short naps so she still needs four naps to be OK the whole day. However, she is fast becoming unwilling to take that last … Continue reading →

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Toys are becoming popular around here

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Laura

Ellie is really asking for things to play with now – as in, she gets bored and whiny pretty quickly. So I’ve been slowly getting out the toys that we were given before she was born. The other day, I … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Baby Led Weaning* – She’s eating!

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Laura

*from here on, known as AIBLW It took five days of playing with her food but Ellie finally started eating! It’s still very small amounts but she seems to have figured out that what we put on her tray is … Continue reading →

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April Sewing – Ellie and Luke’s Easter Bunnies

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Laura

Tina commissioned me to make soft bunnies for Ellie and Luke for Easter. Alex (Luke’s 3-year old brother) had decreed that they should get soft toys in their Easter baskets and that he should get chocolate. Smart boy! I used … Continue reading →

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April Sewing – Ellie’s Easter Shoes

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Laura

Yiayia found a really cute dress for Ellie to wear on Easter so I decided to make her shoes to go with it. You can see a picture of the shoes in action here. I used the booties pattern from … Continue reading →

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A fun new toy

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Laura

She figured out how to get the circles off – I didn’t even have to teach her!

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First Solid Food

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Laura

We decided to celebrate Ellie’s 7-month birthday by eating some solid food. We chose sweet potatoes. So first she looked at it. Then we had a little fun playing. And then we played some more. And all that playing made … Continue reading →