Elliott's New Toy

Ellie and I went to babysit her little friend, Jackson, the other day. He's only 2 months older than she is and they were so cute together! Jackson would follow her around and give her toys to play with. He was really sad when we left (I think he has a little crush on Ellie), so his mom and I are going to arrange regular play dates. Anyway, Jackson had this very walker and I couldn't keep Elliott off of it. So, that night Colin and I went to Target and bought her one. It tuns into a little car when she gets older, too. She was pretty excited.

Crusing Around

She is everywhere now, we can hardly keep up with her. Notice the iMac box in this video? Yes, Colin finally got one!

Singing

Happy Valentine's Day from Daddy

Colin happened upon a shoe sale last night, so this was his Valentine's Day gift to Elliott (yes, all 4 pair!) Colin gets after ME for buying Ellie too many clothes, but he's definitely the bigger sucker.

Elliott will be 9 months old next week! She is such a happy baby and always smiling. Her hair is getting curly on the sides and in back, it’s so cute. She also has 2 teeth on the bottom and her top 2 are coming in. She crawls really fast and gets into everything! By the end of the day, there is stuff all over the floor like we've been robbed. We call her "Baby-zilla".
She can also pull herself up to standing and can walk along the coffee table, but she still prefers crawling as her main mode of transportation. She is a total chatter-box! When she cries, she crawls to me saying, "Ma ma ma ma", so we think she officially knows that word. She also says "Da da da da", but we're not sure if she's just babbling.
It's getting warmer here, we've even had a few 70 degree days! So, we've been going to the park and running outside. Colin is still averaging 60 hour weeks at work, but he seems to be in good spirits (or at least he hasn't complained to me.) He's doing a great job and his boss really likes him! We're really proud of him. He's a great Dad, too! I work at the Gap about 2 nights a week and Colin watches Ellie. He usually ends up taking her shopping (she's not spoiled or anything.)

7 Months Old

We had such a great time in Salt Lake City over Christmas! We got to see everyone and it even snowed on Christmas Eve. The best gift of all was Elliott crawled for the first time, right in Grandma and Grandpa Chipman's living room! She is a pro crawler now. She also got her first tooth a few days ago and the one next to it is well on its way. It's been bothering her a little, but overall she's been a really good sport.
We miss everyone and can't wait to see you again soon!

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