9 Months

Ella had her 9 month well visit today! She weighed in at 19 lbs. 1 oz. and is 29 1/2 inches long. She's growing right on track! She wasn't very happy to be there though. She's still having stranger anxiety and as soon as the nurse came in to give Ella her shots, she started to cry. Someday we'll be over the stranger anxiety (I hope!). Anyway, she had the 3 shots, cried it out and then took a bottle & fell asleep! I can't believe that Ella is just 3 months shy of being ONE YEAR OLD! Where does the time go? I love to watch her explore & learn new things, but sometimes I miss those early newborn days (weird!) But, I wouldn't trade any of our experiences for anything. And believe me, there have been PLENTY!

We stopped giving Ella the reflux medicine this week - she was having some really tough nights with gas, and we couldn't figure out why, so I stopped the medicine to see if that would help. I think that was the issue. In talking with the dr. today, she thinks that Ella may have outgrown the reflux now, and she said that because Ella is sitting up more now, that helps in the "cure" for reflux. We'll see....I hope we can stop the medicine for good!

We haven't taken Ella's official 9 months photos yet (shoot!) but last night we were reading a new book (thanks Grandma Jolyn) and Ella thought it was hysterical. A baby's laugh is so cute! (FYI: we read the book probably 3-4 times before Jay & I realized that we should record this moment). By this time, I think Ella was starting to get a little annoyed because she was tired...