Katy Ellis is 8 Months Old!!

October 3rd: 8 Months Post

Katy Ellis celebrated her 8 month birthday while we were on vacation, so her pictures were slightly delayed.... BUT definitely done before she turned 9 months old. HA!

Katy Ellis has learned to sit up unsupported!! No more tripod-ing for this girl!!

Sitting up has changed her look. She has moved from adorable baby lump to a mobile infant!! ...and she couldn't be prouder!

THIS is also happening!! She is up on her knees rocking at all time!!

 

Guarantee this girl will be crawling come nine months! Blakely crawled at 9 months, and so far KE is a little bit quicker with her milestones. She has to keep up with her big sister!!

This girl is so proud when she acquires a new skill!! She smiles HUGE, squeals and snorts, and pretty much preens!

Likes: Bananas, Squash/Corn/Zucchini mix, puffs, sitting up, trying to crawl, tickles!

Dislikes: Hmmm....? Happy baby, not sure she has many.

Blakely and Richard are mildly ticklish, but I have always been VERY, VERY ticklish. Katy Ellis takes after her Mommy!! All you have to do is gently touch her neck, chest, armpit area, and she goes crazy giggling!! It is so fun!

Currently we call her Rocking Horse, because when she tries to crawl she gets up on her knees and just rocks and rocks!!

Current Nicknames: Grabby McGhee, Swipper, Squanks, KE, Kay-Kay.

Milestones: Unassisted sitting, booty in the air (trying to crawl), vocalizing (A LOT!), 2 lower teeth.

I love this crazy girl!! She is so much fun. She may be an easy baby, but she is so curious and full of life!! We are all gonna be in trouble when she starts crawling!!

 

Old Key West!!

Sept-October: Disney Vacation Part II

Blakely and Banks were so excited when we got to the resort (possibly because we let them out of the car after 10 hours! HA!), they ran room to room finding all the Mickey Mouse heads and Cinderella castles! One of their favorite things was walking to the front desk for new balloon animals.



Old Key West had an amazing pool with a water slide in a sand castle. Blakely called it "Blakely's Castle."

We also got to enjoy the pool at Saratoga Springs where Rich and I stayed with the girls in July.

Banks loved the splash pad at the High Springs pool!!

Both kiddos loved the pool. Someday they are going to be able to swim on their own, and I am going to miss seeing them in their matching yellow tubes.

These two LOVED having their PopPop for a whole week!! They are almost always with mommy, auntie and Gigi... but NEVER PopPop for a whole week. They thought they had died and gone to heaven!

Sometimes the big kids share, and KE gets a PopPop snuggle.

They love playing Simon Says, and don't worry no one ever says "Simon did not say..." We are all winners here. ;)



Best friends. Despite the occasional fight and tussle over toys, these two truly love each other!!

Play set at the Congress

Our little two toothed pole dancer.... a cute starting place in life, but definitely not something to aspire to! HA!

Banks and Blakely loved the little water slide at High Springs pool. They probably went down this slide 1000x!!

By the end of the week, my arms were so tired from lifting her out of the pool, I could barely lift her out of the pool!

It was actually the wettest September on record for Orlando. It literally rained every.... single.... day. Thankfully it was not cold and there was no lightning, so we just decided to go with it. The kids could have cared less that it was raining, except for during one very torrential downpour Blakely kept saying "Rain too hard."

Every night the resort had a marshmallow roast. The kiddos loved marshmallows! Duh.

Nightly snuggles on the couch with PopPop.

On our last day, we took a big adventure to Downtown Disney.

We let them pick out one treat at Goofy's Sweets Shop.

Decisions, decisions, decisions...

The winner: Minnie Mouse Rice Krispy's treat.

I know ALL kids love a carousel, but there is nothing like enjoying it with your own kid. I love seeing the excitement in Blakely's eyes.

We had lunch at the T-Rex Café which is really cool. It is filled with prehistoric creatures that come to life and "storms" that roll through.

Each kid gets a paint brush to dig up Dino bones while they wait for their food.

What an adorable little paleontologist.

The kids even got to play in a splash pad.

Knight Banks slays the splash pad.

Face full of water!!

We had a magical vacation full of amazing memories!! Thank you, thank you, thank you GG and PopPop for sharing your trip with us. We had an absolute blast!!