sitting

elenora has been sitting up. a few nights ago she was able to sit up kind of slumped forwards, but without falling over. the last two days she has really made strides with being able to sit up straighter and balance while reaching for, and picking up, toys. it's so exciting to see her be able to play in this new position.





she is also rolling over in all directions. mostly from back to front, but she went from front to back today, too. she is pulling her knees up underneath her while laying on her belly... i just know she'll be crawling in no time.


we still have issues with the sleeping. i mean, she sleeps pretty good and goes down without a lot of crying, but it's only because i nurse her off to sleep and then often will just lay next to her and read a book or nap at the same time. tonight it took over an hour to get to where i could leave her in bed for the night without her waking up and needing me back beside her. i felt very sorry for myself for all of the time i had to spend laying in bed next to her today. some days i feel like i spend more time in bed than out of it. i'm looking forward to the day when i can just place her in her crib at naptime and bedtime and walk away and have her fall asleep easily on her own.


i think we're going to try the cry it out solution again at five months. just a couple weeks away now. i'm not looking forward to the crying. poor l'ella. but i hope that it works quickly and solves this last issue once for all.


we took elenora out to dinner tonight at woodmans, which is a famous local seafood restaurant where they serve up piles of fried shrimp, onion rings and french fries in a shallow cardboard box. ella kept grabbing onto the box and pulling it towards herself. she is definitely interested in the whole eating process now. she likes to sit with us at the table and she watches very closely as the forks go into the mouths. tonight she seemed to get rather frustrated with not being able to dip into the platter of food. as long as she was looking around the restaurant she was pretty content, but when she looked at the plate of fried food and us wolfing it down, she seemed to get a bit mad at not sharing in the fun.



just a month and a half more and we'll start giving her real food. i can't believe it's that soon.


i think we're going to do taxes now. here's hoping that economic incentive plan pans.