Babbling Baby

Ella has had so much to say lately! I have really noticed in the past few weeks that she has started babbling a lot more and making new sounds everyday. Today she was especially chatty, so I caught a few minutes on video. I was really wanting to catch her crawling, but she is still working on moving those arms. Her legs are really moving and even pushing her up into a pyramid type position, but she can't figure out that she has to move her hands forward in order to get anywhere! It is quite frustrating for her and even for me to watch. :) She is also trying to pull up on everything! If Zach or I are sitting on the floor she is climbing on us, or if there is anything big enough to grab onto she has got a hold of it and tries to stand up. We even watched her for a while tonight after we put her to bed, and she was almost standing all the way up in her crib. She was pushing up on the bumper and grabbing onto the rails. Our doctor warned us that we may need to take that bumper out sooner than later with this very active girl. (No pictures...maybe soon though!)

I pieced together two separate clips...that's why it changes mid-video.

This next video is of Ella saying "dada"!!! She just started that today. I know she doesn't connect it with her daddy, but I am just excited that she is copying what we say. I have been working on this for months now! Every time I say something to her she starts to move her mouth without any sound coming out like she wants to say it back to me. I am just so amazed at the things this girl does each new day!