Nine months...

It has been a while!  I have been terrible about updating, and I really love reading back about what the girls were doing, so I am going to aim for once a week or so.  Our laptop crashed several months ago, and I am just not inclined to go sit upstairs at our old desktop in the office to write. So first a Charlotte update, and then hopefully a catch up post!

Charlotte Grace - You are nine months old and getting so big! 

 

You are about 21 pounds, and you are wearing 12 month cloths and size 3 diapers. You have zero teeth.

You are such a happy baby... easy to please, fairly predictable (except in the night), and super smiley. 

You started crawling a couple of days after you turned seven months, and there has been no stopping you since that day.  You crawl, pull up, climb up, climb over, and stand as long as you have something to help you balance. You keep all three of us on our toes every minute that you are awake!  You are into EVERYTHING.  You disappear in seconds and follow your sister's every step.  I spend at least half the day relocating you to a safe play space... there is just no keeping you in one spot.  You favorite things to make a break for include the bathroom, open doors, dog water bowl, open washer or dryer, and sister's dollhouse.  Honestly, the words that comes to mind right now when I think of you are curious and BUSY!

You love food and feeding yourself.  You started protesting baby food several weeks ago, and since then you have mostly been eating what we eat.  You will eat from the spoon occasionally, but you are so fast about grabbing it and holding on for dear life, that you mostly do finger food.  I haven't found anything yet that you won't eat.  Favorites include: bananas, blueberries, strawberries, pineapple, green beans, broccoli, squash, yogurt, cottage cheese, turkey, ham, cheddar, cheerios, bagel, pasta, black beans, tortillas, and chicken noodle soup.

This week we started putting you to bed earlier hoping it might you sleep a little better and longer.  You go down at about 6:30.  On good nights you get up once to eat at 4ish, and sleep again until about 6:00. You have had a rough time with waking frequently this month. You do take two naps each day - a long morning nap and shorter afternoon nap.  

 

(Annabelle's strategy for trying to play without you eating her toys!)

You have learned to say mama and dada, and you say baba sometimes for Annabelle. You have also learned to give kisses... big slobbery "eat your nose" type kisses.

You love... the water - baths and pools, the dogs, swinging, being tickled, playing outside, riding in the stroller, snuggles, and being down to explore! 

 And we....love you!