“What new thing will Ellyson learn today, Mama? Now that she’s five months?” Emry asked me this morning. For Emry, Ellyson can’t learn fast enough. Why she isn’t sitting up, or crawling, or even walking yet is beyond Emry. She wants her sister up and playing with her. In another five months when Ellyson is crawling about (probably), Emry will be singing a different tune!
But even though she isn’t sky-diving yet, Ellyson is growing and learning. No teeth yet, but the process is bothering her. Pulling her ears, chewing everything she gets her hands on…the teeth are getting ready! Her hand-eye coordination improves weekly. She has discovered her feet and today pulled them into her mouth, which simply equals wet socks!
Although she doesn’t appear to have grown by leaps and bounds this past month, she continues to be my chubby little “sweetheart” (as Ethan calls her). She loves to laugh at her brother and sister and is happiest if they are around. And while Ed continues to say she is the most challenging of our three, I wonder if she seems that way because 1) we’ve forgotten the challenges we did have with Emry or Ethan (mostly Ethan – Emry was a breeze), and 2) I have two other children to keep up with…and one of them is a three-year-old boy! Still, I know the challenges (and lack of sleep still!) are worthwhile, especially when she shares her big smile.
And with Sock Monkey!
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