I know it's been awhile and I'm trying to think even where to start. Ellie turned 6 months on Aug 4th. She weighed 17lbs (75%) and was 27" long (90%). She isn't crawling yet but getting very close. She's very good at scooting to where she wants to go. She is starting to get a little more balance. The other day she sat up by herself for about 10 min playing with her hair brush.

We had our first family photos with Ellie taken on Aug 6th. We should be getting those back any day now. I've seen a few teaser photos and they're all really good. The photographer said to meet her downtown. The address sounded familiar but I was unsure exactly where it was at. When I turned onto the street where we were meeting I realized it was where we had our wedding reception 5 years ago.

August 11th we started our trip to Chicago to surprise my sister for her 30th birthday. We left Thursday night and headed up to Omaha, stayed the night at my parents house and then Friday morning. Jason, Ellie, Me, Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa and Grandpa all piled into Grandpa's Suburban and drove to Chicago. It took about 8.5 hours to get there but with that many people all riding together potty breaks take a little longer than normal. We had a great time. Finally got to meet my nephew Alex. What a little cutie he is. It's crazy how little he is up next to Ellie. We got lots of pictures of the cousins together. It was a fun weekend and Katie was so surprised to see us all.

My mom came down last weekend and scrapbooked from 5-midnight with a friend of mine. We were feeling so creative I think we could have kept cropping for another 4-5 more hours. I'm really trying to get Ellie's book caught up. I'm only up to March at this point. I guess I shouldn't have taken a billion photos the first couple months of her life. Once I get caught up to this summer it shouldn't be as bad. I've already slowed down on the picture taking.

School started back up this last Monday. So ready for this semester to be over with. I'm ready to get back to just going to work and not having to spend my evening studying. Our pinning ceremony will be December 8th so really only months and I will be done. If I ever say I want to go back to school please don't let me.

6 months

Thought we would share a couple of new things Ellie has been doing. She will be 6 months old tomorrow so this week we started her on some green beans and rice for dinner and did one night of banana. Surprisingly she loved the green beans but gagged with the banana. If it were me it would be the opposite. I think the food in the evening is helping her sleep a little better. The last 3 nights she has gone back to sleeping 8 hours. I could really get used to that again. I want to make some baby food for her and thought I would be using fresh veggies from my parents garden but with the heat they don't have much. For now I'm going to have to buy from the farmers market or grocery store.

A couple months ago we bought her this walker. It's amazing to watch her progression from week to week. When we first bought it just one of her big toes touched the ground and she would move just a few inches. With in a couple weeks she was flat footed and moving a bit more. Now she is cruising all over the place and is able to back her self up out of a corner.