Foot print Christmas cards

Eliana and I made Christmas cards last week. They are footprint Christmas trees. We painted Eliana's feet green and printed them in the shape of a tree. Eliana then made a 'star' on top with yellow paint. Then she painted red dots on for decorations, and the red squiggle down the bottom is meant to be a bucket holding the tree. Remember - this is 2year old art work, so use your imagination :)

And, of course we added splotches of glitter!

Left over paint? Eliana made good use of it :)

walking rainbow

I'm thankful for my little rainbow on those gloomy days :)

Lilah 6 months

Lilah had her 6 month check up today.

Her stats:

Weight: 15lb, 8oz/7kg = 25-50%

Height: 27.25"/69.2cm = 90-95%

HC: 16.5"/41.9cm = 25-50%

She's a sweet, healthy girl. Praise the Lord! My milk dropped at around 4 or 5 months so we had to start supplementing with formula. About 1 week out of the month she needs a bottle after most feeds, but the rest of the month she takes one bottle before bed, or none.

I've tried feeding Lilah solids this week but she scrunches up her face and spits the food straight back out! This is a new experience for me. My first attempt at feeding Eliana solids was met with a delighted, wide eyed grin. Never mind the teaspoon they recommend giving at first, Eliana ate bowls full from the go! Oh well, it's good to be kept on my toes :)

Some firsts

Today, Lilah started sitting up (while leaning on her hands)!

And last week she started saying "dada". I caught it once on camera the first day, but she's saying it more and more. You better believe that I'm working on "mama" :)

Smiley faces

Eliana has loved smiley faces for a while - pointing them out when she was only just beginning to talk. Now she has started drawing and painting them! Drawing and painting are some of her favourite things to do. Yesterday she was drawing and telling me that she made a rainbow, 3, u and w (which was true if you used your imagination :). Today she said she wrote "happy birthday" on Daddy's birthday card (a few squiggles). I love this new creative stage!

Here is one of the smiley faces she painted today:

And you can see another one below (hopefully you can tell where the painting ends and the sofa begins, hehe):

There's nothing quite like the art work of a 2 year old!