Sweet Elia

Our sweet Elia is SO busy these days!
She has hardly napped the past couple of days because she is so interested in her environment and learning to crawl and wanting to stand and learn to walk.
She went from a very predictable napping schedule of 9 a.m. - 11 or 12 a.m. and an afternoon nap of 1 - 3 hours to taking two 20 minute naps yesterday!
A few days ago she had her first full fussy day yet and that says a lot being that she is now 7 months old! She is such an amazing and easy going baby who hardly ever fusses or cries! But that day it was non-stop... fussy-pants... hehe... Well, that evening she went down for a nap at 5 p.m. and slept until 8 a.m. the next morning, only waking briefly to eat a couple of times... making it a 15 hour stretch of sleep... growth spurt!!! :)
She loves to stand, to the point to where she gets upset if you sit her on the floor... ha! Other babies her age are not even sitting independently yet and she is standing! Busy Girl! :)
She doesn't really like the jumperoo much anymore.
She scoots around on her belly, rocks on her hands and knees, sits, stands at the couch or with you holding one of her hands. She pulls herself up to standing and climbs up on our laps.
About a week ago she started to articulate more sounds... "Bah, Gah, Dah...Dada" Yes! She is saying "Dada"!!!
I have pictures of all of these things and will post them once I get my new computer going...

One cute story for now:
The weather has been gorgeous these days! 70's and even 80 the day before yesterday. Well, that day after much playtime outside, Elia and I headed to Stop-N-Shop together for a few items. We had THE SWEETEST time!!!! We took Daddy's blue care, which she is not accustom to since we are always in the van with Liliana and Noah... It was a super-sweet quiet ride there being just the two of us and when we were almost there I heard a little noise from Elia and turned and said "Elia, you okay??" and then she busted out crying, so sweet... Mommy knew exactly what her cry said... "Where are we, where are we going, where are Liliana and Noah, why is it so quiet, I am not used to this Mommy!?" :) So sweet!!! She did the same thing on the way home just around the corner from the house. While we were in the store, we had the sweetest time... I just adored her and how sweet and little and beautiful and sweet she was sitting up so big, yet so little in the shopping cart!!! I did not have my phone or camera, so no pics but sweet images in my mind.
Sigh... I live for moments like these!!! My heart is so blessed and so full and so thankful!!! :)