Eliana's Milestones

So Eliana has finally decided that walking isn't so bad after all!  Last Tuesday, August 30th, Eliana woke up and WALKED out of her room and hasn't crawled much since!  It has been wonderful seeing her put forth so much effort to walk most everywhere and see how proud she is of herself as well!

We also moved Eliana and Hylie into the same room and they are LOVING it!  Hylie is so excited to not 'be alone anymore' and Eliana is basking in her big girl bed and bump up in independence.  For the most part, she does a great job sleeping in her bed, but there have been quite a few nights lately that it takes quite a bit of convincing to get her to stay put so she can actually fall asleep.

Don't let this little, innocent video fool you.  Yes, sometimes she listens when we tell her to go back to bed, but there have also been hours of tears and struggles when it comes to staying in bed.  We'll get there!  (Oh, and for the record, she is crawling in this clip, but most of the time she is upright!)

Eliana has also shown a big interest in songs--she won't sing along, but if there are motions involved, Eliana is ON IT.  She lights up anytime someone starts "The Wheels on the Bus", "Pat-a-cake", "Skinamarinky Dinky Dink", and especially "Five Little Monkeys"!