Turns out I am increasingly bad at this. Yet again I did not take the photo until nearly her next “monthday” (which is Monday) which means I will not have a very good growth comparison because I plan to be on time for her 10-month shoot. Sheesh.

Anyway, her 9-monthday was the same day Ryan’s family came to stay with us for an early week-long Christmas celebration and that very same night I got violently ill with either a 12-hour flu or food poisoning. Puke-fest all night long, could hardly function the next day. And after everyone left, WE left for the Midwest for 2.5 weeks. So in my defense, there were many distractions and valid reasons for this past month’s delay. (why am I even defending myself?)

So here’s what the peanut was up to leading up to her ninth month of life:

  • she finally got a crib!!! Ryan and I graciously used our own Christmas money to finance this grand purchase and it was totally worth every penny (and totally not a sacrifice at all…what would we buy anyway?). My oh my did she sleep well and love her new bed – slept late and woke up jabbering to all her toys I hung up or put in there. The Pack ‘N Play had a great run but is now happily in storage. My back rejoices daily (though my quads aren’t getting quite as much of a workout…)
  • continued cruising along furniture, getting more and more adventurous and steady on her feet
  • sitting on her knees kind of frog-like in the same position Ryan used to sit in (double jointed knees?)
  • pulling up to stand on All The Things including and mostly, me
  • super busy – always on the go and moving but not totally all over the place yet…just climby, crawly, pull-uppy baby
  • gets upset with things she’s not sure about (ie. food, toys and the bunny) and gives a fake diva cry or does a stacatto whine-grunt (uuh uhh uhh uhh uhhhn)
  • eats A LOT and super slow – there are times she eats all day long between snacking & meals and times where it takes her an hour to finish a meal
  • the biggest thing of all: she SMILES ALL THE TIME now! Hooray for me!

And I do have a new nickname for her now: The Precious. I guess it basically means she’s the ultimate in being precious. Because…duh.

Ryan’s cut off in this one because he had some issues with looking like a major ma-goo (sorry, dear, but mid-blink isn’t a good look) every time I got a good shot of The Precious actually looking AT me and smiling. Yeah, she’s an expert at avoiding the camera now, too.

Pretty sure a Christmas post is coming up next so hold tight…it’s gonna be a doozy.

Love,
Laura