Sitting Up Alone!

Ella has been getting stronger and stronger sitting up in the boppy, and for the past week or so I've been 'practicing' with her to sit up on her own, where I will put just barely hold her in order to support her, and then move my hands away, but then catch her as she sways from side to side, because she was really steady. On July 4th she sat up completely by herself for the first time (and thanks to Kelly we've got some great pictures of it).

Here she is right before she did it on her own...


Me realizing that she was more sturdy than she's been before and moving my hands away


She did it! Sitting up by herself for the first time :)


Here she is later in the weekend sitting up, now that she is a pro at it


Getting fancy, able to sit up and grab Aunt Erin's nose at the same time - she makes it look so easy! Who would've thought that just 2 days ago she couldn't do it at all?



Since then she's been able to sit for longer and longer periods every day, up to about 3 minutes or so. I couldn't wait to show them at daycare on Monday morning and had to show off her new trick as soon as we got there. She even tries to pull herself up to a sit from laying down, but she is not there yet. It's funny thought because she'll strain her neck and use her little "abs" to try to pull up, she even does it in the carseat. Such a big girl!