This is the outfit she wore for my mom's 50th surprise party. My mom loves Cumbia (a typical Colombian dance), so my uncle had the idea to dress her grandkids and grandnieces in cumbia clothes.When my mom saw the kids, she was brought to tears. Mission accomplished. :) 
I could just reach in and squeeze her in this picture. Am I not supposed to say that kind of stuff because it's my own kid? Sorry. It's just those expressive black eyes!!
She's teething. That explains the drool.
Oh, hi Mommy. Are you still taking pictures of me?
Starting to get over looking at the camera.
Aaaand she's gone.
At 9 Months, she:
-Crawls. It's frightening. I can't leave the room for a second. I'm about ready to throw away all the boys' tiny little toys. Choking hazards everywhere. It's a bit stressful.
- Sometimes pulls to standing, but only if she's really ticked and wants me to get her out of her crib. Pretty much every milestone has happened when she was really mad. The first time she crawled, it was because Marcelo put her down and walked away and she was all, "Do not leave me here!" When he headed back into the room, she met him halfway, crying her little eyes out and crawling with so much angry determination, hahaha.
-Sleeps beautifully. The boys wake her up every morning as they stomp past her room. She doesn't want to miss a thing, so as soon as she hears them, she wants to be wherever they are.
-Signs "eat", "up", and waves hello.
-Loves to play peek a boo. I still haven't been able to get her doing it on video. She covers her face with her hands and makes the funniest face. As she uncovers her face, she says, "BAH". It's adorable.
-Says dadadadada a lot. Mama, not as much. Only when she cries. She tries so hard to imitate sounds. I'm pretty sure it's still by accident most of the time, but when she says things spot on, the boys think it's hilarious. I held a duck up and said, "Quack quack" one time, and she said, "Kak kak." Diego rolled over laughing. "SHE SAID QUACK!!!!"
-Purposefully ruins her brother's creations. At least that's what they think, lol. She loves to crawl to their masterfully created train track, or perfectly engineered city landscape (plastic roads, tolls, and garages for their cars), and just pull them up and destroy them. The boys get really mad, but I can't help laughing because the look on her face is like, "Hahahahaha, see what I did there??"
-Is called Eliana by most, but Baby Elle by her brothers. Celo made up the nickname. He even made up a song. It goes, "You're just a Baby, Elle. You're just a Baby Elle." But he says "baby" like "babeh". And dances around.
-Is 100% weaned. She's not a huge fan of formula, but at least she drinks it now. FINALLY. She was by far my hardest to wean. She was also by far my hardest to breastfeed. It was painful like 90% of the time.
-Loves all kinds of food. Her favorite seems to be cheese, but she'll eat anything I put in front of her. That's a huge difference from the first few weeks of solids. I thought she'd never eat anything. The boys gobbled up cereal and baby food right away, but this little diva was not interested for a long time.
-Has 2 teeth. I think her top teeth might be coming soon though, because she's been drooling like crazy.
-Is only in the 25th percentile for weight, about 50th for height, and 75th for huge noggin.
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I Love her! I just want to squeeze her cheeks and kiss her.what a cutie!
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