7/21/2018: Raise and hold head up on own from tummy
8/20/2018: First night grunt free (aka learned how to poop and pass gas on her own)
8/25/2018: First Smile
9/3/201: First time playing copy cat (sticking tongue out after I do).
9/3/2018: First time sucking thumb
9/6/2018: Hank purposely farts on Ellie Mae for the first, but not last time.
9/6/2018: First time she babbles/coos/tries to talk to me.
9/8/2018: First time in pool (at Mason and Jake’s bday party)
9/11/2018: First big, expressive smiles and lots of them!!!
9/27/2018: “Hi” may very well be her first word! (we’ll see)
9/28/2018: Blows raspberries. Click here for video
10/8/2018: Rolled from tummy to back.
10/9/2018: Rolled from tummy to back second time and got captured on video! Click here for video
10/14/2018: Chuckled for the first time. I nuzzle my nose into her chest and make “snorty” noises.
10/31/2018: Roll from back to tummy
11/5/2018: Discovered her feet; a.k.a puts them in her mouth
11/7/2018: Trying to stand up
11/15/2018: First ear infection 🙁
11/21/2018: Holds herself up in a sitting position for a bit of time… no more than a minute… her hands are on the ground helping her stay up, so she isn’t really capable of sitting up on her own and playing with stuff, etc.
11/22/2018: First time with Santa!
11/25/2018: First solid: pumpkin soup.
12/16/2018: Bottom two front teeth break through gums.
1/15/2019: Can clearly say “mama,” “mommy,” and “hi.” I can now confidently say that “hi” was her first word. She calls for “mama” and “mommy” when she is hungry or upset. She’s starting to babble other sounds like “da da,” “ba ba,” and “ya ya.”
2/7/2019: Can get into a sitting position all by herself. Can also get into a standing position / pull herself up onto her feet with the help of a piece of furniture (or her boxy play-scape toy).
2/15/2019: Crawls… BACKWARDS! She gets super angry when she tries to crawl forward… gives up and goes backwards instead.
2/19/2019: Claps AND Responds to her name (“Ellie” and “Ellie Mae”)
2/27/2019: Finally crawls forward… she kinda does a bear crawl style… she definitely wants to walk!
3/11/2019: First time walking with a “pusher” / “walker”
3/16/2019: Says “daddy” for the first time.
5/5/2019: Successfully drinks from a sippy cup
5/20/2019: Makes first steps all by herself (without support)
5/21/2019 – Successfully drinks from a straw
5/25/2019 – Receives her first baby doll
