• The biggest thing this month for Ellie is probably the fact that Ellie took her first steps!! She started trying to take steps on 8/8 so she was only about 9.5 months old.  She took 5 steps towards me.  (This was super exciting and a little sad since Daddy was away, and actually still isn't back yet, so he missed her first steps)
• Ellie has learned to give hugs and kisses this month.  It is so sweet for her to lean in to give me a kiss or when she wraps her arms around my neck and squeezes as tight as she can.  She will give me the best hugs when she gets up in the morning or from her naps.  She has also been giving out hugs to a few of her little friends.
• Ellie is now waving both hi and bye.  She will vocalize "hhhhhhha" and wave her little hand.  She will do this unprompted throughout the day, to strangers in the store, and I love to hear her little voice from the back of the car when I say "Hi Ellie" and she responds with a little "hhhhhha".
• This Month Ellie got three teeth.  Her bottom two teeth and her top left side tooth.  I was wondering how her teeth would come in.  Both Will and James' teeth came in with their upper side teeth coming in first before the upper center teeth (which is the way my teeth came in as a baby) so I wondered if that is how Ellie's teeth would come in also.  And it seems like her teeth are coming in like their teeth did.
• This month Ellie has learned to play both the kazoo and the recorder this month.  We have a little music set and Ellie figured out that the kazoo and recorder both made noise after watching some of our friends playing them.  She picked them up started playing them.  It is so cute!
• Ellie loves music and dancing!  Anytime she hears any music, and I mean any music including the music our washer and dryer play when they finish, she will bounce up and down and get really excited!