Eliana is 9 months old!!

I'm about a week and a half late getting her monthly birthday post updated! It's here though :)

Current stats: 

Weight: 18lbs 4oz (25-50th percentile) 

 Height:  27.25" long (25th-50th percentile) 

Clothing size: Wears 9mo & 6-12 months

 Shoe size: size 4 or 12-18 months 

At 9 months;

...stands without support

...can stand up without pulling up on furniture/toys

...she took two steps when she wasn't paying attention, but hasn't done it since so I'm not counting that. 

 

...has 6 teeth total. 4 are very visible as of this morning. 2 more are still barely poking out of the gums. (4 on top, 2 on bottom)

...because of said teeth and possibly a growth spurt, lil' miss is having some MAJOR sleep regression. She sleeps worse than when she was a newborn. It's not that she is wide awake wanting to play around. She is wanting to nurse all-night-long. Needless to say, I'm pretty exhausted.

 

...she is still the happiest baby ever!! Sure we have bouts of grumpiness, but it's amazing how this lil' miss can smile through the tears. 

...I'm almost positive she says parpar or baba for her brother. When she gets excited to play with him she babbles these sounds. 

...she is so in love with her sister and brother. She always wants to play with them. She gets excited when she sees them. 

...loves the kitty. Poor Picasso now has two sets of hands trying to pull of his tail.  

...loves to swim! We have free passes to the pool just around the corner from our house and she absolutely loves the water. 

Counting down another wonderful, wonderful month! Happy 9 months my lil' princess.

Color Me Rad Montreal 2013!!

We have been busy!! I know I have said this before, but I really thought this, "not having a car," would slow us down a little bit. We are still moving around the city all the time. Montreal is so AMAZING! So many places I want to see and visit. We can actually do things outside during the summer. I'm being told that the humid heat is still to come, but right now we are enjoying being outdoors.

Last month we decided to participate in the, "Color Me Rad," race. Originally, I had planned to participate in the Tough Mudder Run, but the cost to be in that was way more than we could afford. The nice thing about the Color Me Rad race is that kids were allowed to join at no cost!

 

The race was held at the Esplanade Financiere Sun Life. The building you see in this picture is the Montreal Tower. Something I didn't know until I started writing this post, the Montreal Tower is the tallest inclined tower in the world! The Montreal Tower is 165 meters high and sits at a 45 degree angle. Just to compare the Tower of Pisa is 56m high and only leans at a 5 degree angle. The tower  is stunning up close.  It's hard to see the angle in the picture I took because took it on the wrong side.

We had a few of our friends join us! This race is better the more people you are with and I recommend you buy lots of extra color packs. We were one of the last people to cross the finish line and we never received our free one at the end.  Plus it's fun to have "color" fights throughout the race. 

Throughout the race they had "color stations" where they would blast you with color packs. Some would be a mix of water and the color. The race was nearly sold out by the time we signed up so we have to choose the last group to go with. Next year, I'm going to sign up early and choose an earlier group. That way if we are really slow, we won't miss seeing all the color stations along the way.

I can't wait to do this race again next year!

Eliana is 8 months old!

 

                                                                         Current stats: 

Weight: approx 17lbs 8oz (25-50th percentile) 

Height: 26.75" long (25-50th percentile) 

Clothing size: Wears 9mo & 6-12 month 

Shoe size: size 3 or 4 depending on brand

Where do I start?!? Eliana is changing so much and it's happening so fast! 

At 8 months;

...can stand holding on with one hand. She has on a few occasions stood without any support, but not for long. 

...has mastered cruising(walking) around the furniture. I don't think she is too far off from actually walking. We will see in the next few months!!

...bear crawls FAST! 

...is getting into everything. Trash cans, drawers, cupboards....nothing is safe, LOL!

...has two teeth! Her second one broke the gums about a week after her first. 

...says, "dada" and "mama" now. I swear she has said, "hi," on a few occasions and at appropriate times, but it's not consistent.

...her eyes are turning a sort of bluish-green color.

....her hair is starting to darken and fill in more.

 

...we are still struggling with her wanting to eat solids, forget baby puree's she wants nothing to do with those. She will eat tiny bites of food from whatever I might be eating, but only a couple bites.  It's a little frustrating because I know she is hungry.

...still wakes up throughout the night to nurse. Thankfully, she doesn't ever stay awake.

We are going through ideas of what her first birthday theme will be, but nothing is set right now. It's going to be a tough year for all the kids' birthday's. My family has always been around for their birthday's. With us living in Montreal this is no longer possible. This year just won't be the same.

Oh Eliana, if you only knew how happy you make us! I love you lil' miss...so very very much :)