Not a baby anymore....

Hard to believe she is 2 1/2 years old! I swear Sophia was still a baby when Elise was born 8 months ago and now she is a little girl.

Sophia is one funny girl. The stuff that comes out of her mouth amazes me. Yesterday at the grocery store I forgot what I had gone down the baby aisle for and a worker asked if I needed help. I explained my lack of memory and Sophia said to the worker "Oh my goodness it is unbelieveable......she's just crazy!". The woman laughed so hard.

She likes to walk the dog now and wants NO HELP holding the leash. She uses the Whipit really well to throw the ball for him and gets really mad when Finn doesn't obey her and yells "Mom he's not listening to me. Time out Finny!".

Sophia is 98% potty trained now and only uses a pull up at night time and usually wakes up totally dry. We are very proud of her for that!

She is an excellent big sister and has yet to get frustrated with Elise. She kisses her, cuddles her, tries to feed her, helps change diapers and gets very very very protective of her when other kids are around. I love it.

She is a great little girl and there isn't a thing I would change about her. Don't get me wrong, she's busy and some days I feel like a broken record but she's worth it!

She is stubborn like her Mom, explores the world like her Dad, is adventurous, strong willed, a bit clumsy, runs like Pheobe Buffay, has rhythm like Elaine Benes (or her Relic), has a ridiculously contagious ear to ear smile, eyes as pale blue as the sky and is by far the best cuddler I know.

We love her to bits!

At 2 1/2 years old:

Height: 36 inches

Weight: 28.2 lbs

8 months old!!!!

8 months already???? When did that happen?

In the last two months Elise has changed dramatically!

Life is much easier these days and Elly is a much happier girl. No more milk protein allergy means no more upset belly pain. Cheers to that!

Elly has started eating solids very well since 6 1/2 months and has an appetite like her Daddy. So far we haven't found a food she doesn't like.

Her second bottom tooth broke through on her 8 month birthday...... THANK GOODNESS! Sophia hardly showed signs of teething but this baby was a ball of grump!

Elise has been sitting up for a couple of months now and is just about crawling which is much earlier than her sister too! She can go in circles, scoot backwards and has almost started a sitting up bum scoot. Really cute.

She is SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!! I have to shout that one out to the world because I never thought it would happen! Way to go Elise!

Elly is a very smiley baby and laughs at her sister all of the time. She continues to love her Mommy the most but is starting to turn in to a Daddy's girl too and as of late is tolerating grandparents a little bit more. We are really looking forward to being able to get out for a kid free dinner soon!

She also has a temper like I have never seen before. If something isn't done instantly (food preparation, spoon to mouth timing, nursing, retrieving from bed) she will scream a blood curdling, teeth clenching scream. Ughhhhhh.... I think she is going to be one driven little girl!

At 8 months:

Weight: 15 lbs 9 oz (finally just above the 10th %ile)

Height: 25 3/4 inches