Months 9 & 10

9 Month Stats:
Weight: 16lbs 14oz (25%)
Height: 25.75in (2%)
Head:17.50

Dearest Daughter,

This update comes far too late, but it is here now. Your 9th and 10th months of life were busy, busy, busy. In October, you took your fourth airplane ride as we traveled to Stratford to say goodbye to your namesake, Paw Paw ER Bell. While you may not remember him when you grow up, his spirit lives with you. He loved you so very much and we are so thankful that you were able to meet him on several occasions. You did great on this trip, you are a natural flyer. Your daddy did a tremendous job at the funeral and you slept through most of it all. In October, we also celebrated your first Halloween. You dressed up as a bumblebee and you were precious. At 9 months, you found your voice--and by voice I mean a blood curdling scream. It's quite a skill. At 9 months, you have four teeth. I just love how your teeth make you look so different. At 9 months, you continued crawling with superb skill and mastered walking alongside the furniture. You still love your brother and sister and you light up and flap your arms when they walk in the room. Your love of food has grown--particularly table food including sweet potatoes, ritz crackers, graham crackers, and frozen blueberries. You love to be outside and enjoy watching the world around you. The grocery store also happens to be another one of your favorite spots--probably because everyone talks to you there. And boy do you like to be the center of attention. In November, we celebrated Jen Jen's 40th birthday and traveled to Spring Branch to share in this special day. We also traveled to Stillwater for Thanksgiving. We enjoyed a great time there with our cousins. You did great in the car and slept like a champ the whole trip--I was hoping this was a turn for the better in regards to sleep--but upon arrival back it home, you resumed your old ways of waking twice in the night to eat and cuddle with mom. So it's been a really busy couple of months with all of this travel.

At 10 months you are also very close to walking. You are cruising everywhere and starting to let go and take a few steps--it won't be long now. You are still a petite little one, which makes it really funny to see you starting to walk. You also love to wave these days--its a new found trick and it's super cute. Elliana Bell you are a beautiful child with a joyful disposition. 

Your brother and sister have the whole selfie thing down--you are still working on it! 

You finally went to sleep on this flight. Look at that beautiful face.

Happy Halloween little bumblebee. You enjoyed the evening.

We celebrated Jen Jens' 40th birthday in grand style. Oh how I wish you could spend more time with this beautiful lady. She loves you so very much and I love her so very much.

We celebrated Thanksgiving with our family in Stillwater. It was a great time. You loved hanging out with your cousins and being properly doted on. You also slept like a champ this trip, taking long naps and sleeping through the whole night. It was amazing.

You went on your first train ride as we hopped upon the Polar Express to meet Santa. You loved it. You danced and took it all in.

 You and Mimi dressed alike at Thanksgiving. It was pretty darn cute.

You have discovered you LOVE to eat. All sorts of things. And sometimes you like to sit on top of the highchair too.

 Oh how you love bath time. Seriously, you love the water...bath water, dog water, toilet water, puddles, it doesn't matter--if there is standing water--you will find it and play in it.

You were going to be an owl for Halloween, but in true Texas fashion it was far too hot for you to wear this costume. But we had to put you in it a few days later and it was as cute as could be.

You love shopping--especially when you can lounge like this while shopping.