The Month of December

Wow. This month has sped by so quickly! Probably because we have been so busy. I have actually missed a couple important posts, so I will write the condensed versions (or at least I'll try).

This was the month of appointments. We had about three or four in a one and a half week period. The most important one was Caleb's nine month well check. He turned nine months one the 13th. Here are his stats from the appointment.

Weight: 16lbs 14oz, 5-10th-ish%
Height: 27.75in, 12th%

So, our little guy didn't grow much these three months, but he is following suite with Ella (he's actually almost the exact same size she was at his age, she just weighed about 5oz less). He only had a 1lb 4oz weight gain and grew only 3/4in. He went from 70th% in height down to the 12th. We (meaning us and the doctor) aren't concerned because he is extremely active. Never stops moving. He's been crawling since 6 months, sitting and pulling himself up since 7 months, and he began cruising (walking along furniture) since 8.5 months. So he's very busy. A little brag: His doctor was very impressed at all of this and said he was advanced. He said that many babies aren't even crawling at 8 or 9 months. I was actually surprised at that. So I guess Ella was not behind at all when she started crawling at 9 months.

Caleb also now has three teeth with another one on the way! He's had his two bottom teeth for a couple months, but he got one of his top teeth on the 24th! The other one should be here in the next few days.

This month, Ella turned 2 1/2. She is just growing up so fast! She's also had a major growth spurt. I'm very curious as to how tall she is compared to other kids her age, but her next appointment isn't until she's three. She has grown so much that her 2T pants are all too short now. This was shocking considering that she could still wear 18 month pants in about September. Good thing we have a supply of 3T pants, thanks to my sister and one of our home teachers in our old ward! The only problem is that Ella has not really grown much in her waist, and not all of her pants have an adjustable waist.

Ella has also exploded in her speech. She spoke really well a month ago, but in the past three weeks, she has turned into a different kid. It's totally amazing.

And of course, the month of December brings Christmas! As a gift to our parents. We (as in I) took some family pictures. They are no where near professional, and our lighting in our house is really bad, but at least the kids turned out cute! I photoshopped the ones we gave to them. Except for fixing the red eye, they are raw. Here are a few.



And here are some for Christmas Day. I asked Ella to show the camera her toys, and boy did she! Also, excuse her pant-less self. She's in a phase where she won't wear pants to bed.



We had a great Christmas being with family and was so fun with Ella being old enough to get excited over it!