So Elsie has been making great progress.
In the last few weeks she has learned to do a lot of fun stuff and I wanted to document it.
Last week she started to pull herself up standing. She does it all the time and she is perfecting it now. She also will cruise a little bit along the couch, and she laughs the whole time, both the excited and scared laugh mixed into one.
She still can't stand alone without support, but that is what we are working on now.
She has also managed to learn to climb a few steps...perfect timing now that our stairs are hardwood!!!
And she has finally learned to use a straw. This has been very hard for her to figure out. The muscles in her mouth are so weak, and her tongue tends to push everything forward, and it still does, she just learns to cope with it and get it to work for her anyway.It started with Capri Suns..the straws are thinner, so takes less suction to get the drink up...after a little bit she caught onto that, and then we tried the big straws. She gets very excited when she gets a drink up the straw, and chokes up a little bit some of the time. But she loves it.
I love that with every little thing Elsie learns she is SO excited! She makes me appreciate all the little things we can do ourselves with no problem!
I have a video of her pulling up to the couch, but can't get it to work...so I will try to get that posted too!
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Great job, Elsie! You are such an awesome inspiration to the rest of us!
She looks SOOOOO grown up in these pictures, especially the first one! How exciting that she's making so much progress. She's adorable!!
Fantastic! I'm so proud of Elsie. She is a determined little one. Thanks for sharing her progress :) She is such a doll. You are right about the little things that we take for granted...definately puts it in perspective. We are so blessed to have little Elsie in our family!
It does make you greatful when you think of the small little things that we take for granted that maybe others can't do as easily. I love reading about all the new things that Elsie is doing. Did you get the invite to read my blog? I e-mailed it to you. I would never leave you out. You're one of my best commenters.
That is so great! She is making great stides. It almost seems like it is more rewarding because she is older and can appreciate these accomplishments that otherwise go un-noticed by babies. Keep up the good work!
P.S. I really like her hair, she looks like she is getting so old!
Elsie- you are darling. We love you tons and are so excited to see your progress.
That is awesome she is doing so well. Good luck with the stairs, that should be fun. :) Man, Cody still can't drink out of a straw, he just sits and blows on it. Good job Elsie! She is so dang cute!
That's so exciting! She is such a cutie!
Jonny and I love to check out your blog! The pictures are always so amazing! Thanks for sharing.
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