Daddy and baby girl

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After the baby stinker face post, I figured I should post up a super cute photo for good measure. It doesn't get much better than seeing daddy make our baby girl smile!

Meet baby stinker face

Watch out for baby stinker face!

Elise has a new alter ego: baby stinker face! She scrunches up her nose, squints her eyes, raises her eyebrows, and puckers her mouth to make the funniest little face imaginable. Sometimes she even sticks out her tongue and pants loudly in and out through her nose to add to the stinker face effect. For the past few days, she's been proudly displaying her mischievous little stinker face, it is absolutely hilarious and has left both mom, dad and everyone else in stitches. Mommy thinks that the stinker face may be a result of her one and only pregnancy craving; lemons! Could it be that eating all those lemons has turned little Elise into a sourpuss? :)  

The stinker face strikes again

Elise also achieved yet another exciting milestone this week; she has learned how to clap her hands! She now loves to show her excitement by clapping her hands together while smiling and giggling. It is pretty darn precious as expected.

You have to earn my applause ;)

7 1/2 months - Forget crawling...standing and walking is the future!

Crawling is for babies, I'd much rather stand!

Today, Elise crawled across the floor, grabbed my pantleg, pulled herself up to stand and then reached up for me to pick her up. It was adorable and worked like a charm. She reminds me of a little wind up baby when she crawls. She looks so cute moving across the floor in exploration. Elise now crawls out to find us anytime we leave the room. She often fusses while she’s crawling as if she’s thinking, “do I really have to do this?!?!". She is not too keen on crawling and instead prefers standing and walking while supporting herself. Every time we put her down, she will immediately find a means to pull herself up and stand. It makes us wonder if she will be taking her first steps sooner than expected! Dad predicts she will walk at 8 ½ months while mom says 9. Place your bets…we shall see.

Standing as usual

Mirrors + babies = endless entertainment

Some more exciting news, is that her top two teeth are finally cutting through. She was very fussy for the past week or so and kept biting down on just about everything she could find. In fact, just the other day she crawled up to the sofa, stood up and bit my leg! I let out a surprised yelp of pain and she responded by yelling back at me and then smiling, after that I couldn’t help but laugh!

Adorable little Elise at 7 1/2 months

An afternoon stroll through the wetlands

Watching the ducks

Elise did a bit of bird watching this past weekend. Mommy, grandma, grandpa and Aunt Darcy took her for an afternoon stroll through the wetlands in Folsom. She absolutely loves being outdoors!

Baby girl, happy as usual 

 The quackers

  

She wore her sunglasses for about 30 seconds

Cattails

Say cheese :)

Oak tree

Weekend outing in Sacramento

A little walker in the making

All smiles at the art museum

This past Sunday afternoon, we took little Elise to the Crocker Art Museum and Old Sacramento. Everyone enjoyed lunch on the river and Elise loved spending time with her grams, gramps and Aunt Darcy. Elise is quickly becoming grandma and grandpa's number one fan. They get her to laugh and smile all the time now!

Elise loved the mirrors!

Cutest work of art in the museum :)

  

The buildings in Old Sacramento

 Tower Bridge

Boats on the Sacramento River

Ziggurat building

Elise enjoying her time with family

Family photo

We love our happy little girl!

Our little celebrity

Elise got her first pair of shades to match momma! Also, grandma just taught Elise how to wave. She's been using her new skill fairly frequently now. Next up, we're teaching her to clap her little hands!

No photos please...I'm going incognito ;)