{eight} months

I'm exhausted...
...just look at me...

{don't I look tired? ...I am}

I've told Alex... I've told Emily...
...and for the last eight months...I've been telling Elizabeth the exact same thing...and I get so tired of repeating myself...

Stop. Growing. Up!

{What do you want me to do about it?!}

In only a matter of four more months she will be a one-year-old! 
I love love this age...she is so much fun and so super sweet! 
I mean...c'mon...look at that sweet precious baby chub! 
{I know she needs a mini-bra... bless her heart!}

Precious!
{my only complaint now... it's getting a little harder to photograph her!  She wants to be on the move!}

I love her gummy smile...but her two bottom teeth are really showing off now...and I'm feeling them too!  {ouch!}

Remember when I said that I couldn't wait until she could sit up and start fitting into her clothes here?
Well...I'm taking it all back!  She is sitting up now...and she is growing out of her clothes! 
Look at her tutu now...it's covered up by her belly!  ha!

She talks and talks and talks...dadda...bubba...hey...hi...{no mama...yet...but I'm working on it!} ...and I'm just amazed at how much I think she really knows what we're saying and how much she responds! 
But like I said before... she doesn't respond well to the phrase...
Stop. Growing. Up!

But I love seeing all the changes and milestones happening each day...they put a smile on my face!

And when I see how much her big brother and sister make her smile...it makes me a little teary-eyed that I get to witness these special little moments every single day!

Believe me...there are many many moments when I'm not smiling...like when I'm not sleeping at night, or ever...and there's lots of crying...lots of crying some days!  {Ellie is pretty attached to her mommy...so it's hard to leave the room a lot of the time... she is spoiled that way!}

But these moments far surpass the other ones...

...by far!
{I'm not sure who is going to be more upset when school starts...Alex and Emily because school is starting...Elizabeth because she loves having them around...they spoil her more than I do...or me because I love having them all here at home!  It will be quite a transition ...sigh...}

Happy {eight} months little {big} Ellie bean!  We love you more and more each day!

{...but...seriously...stop. growing. up!}