One Big Girl

Elinor thinks she's a lot older than she really is. Can't feed herself? She'd rather starve. Can't sit at the table? She'd rather stand. Can't use a spoon? She'd rather not eat. Here are some cute pictures of Elinor eating cereal (sans milk--she can't drink milk) at the table this morning. The first two are our favorites.








(Do you like the pink shirt over the sleeper? If we don't put a shirt on over it, we wake up to a fully naked babe in the morning. She takes the sleeper off in 1.5 seconds. Crazy girl).

Pics

It's been a little while since I have posted anything. Here are some pictures of Elinor I took today:

She is a monkey. She can climb onto ANYTHING. Her favorites: the toilet and especially the table. This makes our job a whole lot harder. We had to make a fortress on our TV thingy so she can't climb on that anymore (we thought the whole falling off daily and getting new shiners would do the trick. Nope.)

These next pictures are evidence that she is my babe. This series we have dubbed Angry Eyes. She scowls a lot in pictures. She is a happy baby (minus the fact that she is teething like crazy), but she just gets a funny look on her face when she sees the camera.

This next one is drunk angry eyes. She loves her chicken, though!

We promise that she is only offering you water, whatever may be implied by the previous picture.

I wonder how much trouble she can get into at Grandma and Grandpa Rowberry's house next week. I'm sure she will manage to get into a lot!

3 teeth in 2 weeks. And more on the way. Rough couple of weeks.

Things we do to make kids eat

So those of you that have kids know it is hard to make them eat. It is almost time to watch Chrismtas Story again, isn't it?

Bow Auction

My friend Anne is holding an auction with some of my bows! All proceeds go to benefit Christian and Stephanie Nielson. Check it out!

Stuck, Stuck, Stuck!

You know in A Christmas Story where he sticks his tongue on the pole? Of course you do. I love how he says "Stuck, stuck, stuck!" Each stuck gets more dramatic and high-pitched. Brad and I were in the kitchen on Monday and we heard Elinor making funny noises. We walked into the living room and saw this:

She knocked over my school bag and got the foot of her pajamas stuck. It was so funny to watch her try to pull it out. Her foot wasn't under the case, just the jammers. I love the first one because as soon as she saw the camera she stopped fussing and started smiling for the camera. It was so funny!

Where are all our spoons?

On Monday I did a quick run through of the living room and stairs and this is what I found:

And I know there are more downstairs. And that's after we had just picked up spoons on Saturday.

Is there a 12 step program for spoons?

Our Crazy Babe

That must be some good ravioli!
I looked over and noticed she was licking the tray of her high chair. It was so funny! This is the best picture I got (she knows to pose when the camera comes out, so it's hard to get some of those great pictures of her doing things).
Yay! She liked that ravioli. She sometimes would rather starve than let you feed her, so this is what we get frequently.
But even dirty, she sure is cute!

She is really good at hugs and kisses now--it melts our hearts (and the sneaky girl uses it to her advantage--like when she wants what you are eating, she will give you a hug so you bend to her will). My favorite thing she does right now is gives "Pat" hugs and kisses. It's so cute to watch her kiss my belly!

Happy Halloween!

In honor of Halloween, here are some pictures of Elinor from our Trunk or Treat last weekend. She was a very cute fairy. Her costume was a hit!

Bookie!

Here's a picture of Elinor from her birthday in Las Vegas. It's kinda cool.