Is that poop or chocolate?

9-10 months

after 9 months you would think mom would know

this is what happens when she sleeps in and you play in your crib.

a little poop can't rain on your parade

Genevieve,

In your eighth month of life I think something clicked and you quickly changed from being a baby to a  moving, playful, thoughtful, talkative, smart little girl.  Dad and I are still trying to catch up.

On July 16 (daddy's birthday) you began to crawl.  Steady and unsure at first, it took a lot to get you going.  Daddy would coax you across the room with his cell phone and sure enough you would wobble your way over to the ultimate prize.  First you were very unsteady and went from your hands quickly to your face but it only too a week for you to get your knew found skill mastered.  Now you are constantly on the move and only a little rug burn on your knees will slow you down. You are constantly crawling, pulling yourself up onto everything (but only to your knees), falling, opening cupboards, playing with cords, sticking your fingers in light sockets, pulling things down, slobbering on the couch, playing with your poop, laughing, screaming, crawling under the sofa to find lost toys, fighting with sophi and constantly moving moving moving.

Besides crawling you are beginning to sign and talk.

at 10 months old you can sign milk like a pro

please sometimes with much coaxing

more once in a blue moon

hi and bye bye

and we think the sign for mom is you pulling at your hair

(the exact spot mom is constantly putting your bow back in)

You have also begun to make up your own signs and we aren't sure what they mean quite yet but the one you do the most is bringing your pointer finger to your thumb.  I think it means come here.

You can say:

please which is the clearest word next to dada and mama

(and you think that if you say please enough times you will get whatever you want)

 mama and dada

hi

bye bye

dog

you can:

roar like a lion

blow kisses (your version consists of leaving your hand on your mouth while you blow)

sing

give kisses (very infrequently but if I am really lucky you will plant an open mouth kiss on me)

clap your hands

and you know the actions for "popcorn popping on the apricot tree"

you understand:

no and listen quite well for a 9 month old

your self control is limited to a few minutes then you forget that I said no and do it again

our biggest fight is over you keeping your bows in your hair... i refuse to give up.

Loves:

you love reading books and will sit still and keep your hands to yourself through the entire book which is usually quite long ... if I am not reading you will lie on your back and read to yourself

you love daddy and mom but really don't have much stranger danger at all

you love your uncles especially uncle austin

you love bath time

you love biter bisquits

you love swimming

you love tickles

you love other kids

you love to flirt and make friends, a very social little butterfly

you love to scream in delight, in pain, in frustration, for attention, in anger... all the time!

You have 5 teeth...

3 on the bottom

2 on the top (the gap between to the two front toofers is so darn cute)

and 3 coming in.

You continue to wear 3-6 month dresses

Everything else 6 months and if it has feet 9 months

We just moved you into size 3 diapers

Your 9 month stats put you at the 95% for your height... 30 inches, 19lbs for your weight and you are in the 5% for your height to weight ratio.  I asked your doctor  what he predicted your final height to be and he said somewhere around 5'9 to 5'10.  I can handle that I just don't want you to be towering over everyone at 6'3. 

You eat like a champ and are rarely picky. 

Breakfast consits of a jar of fruit and yogurt and 3 oz of milk

Lunch consists of a jar of veggies (if I'm lucky) and a little bowl of whatever we're eating

snack 3 oz of milk

Dinner consists of whatever we're eating and you can eat A LOT and 3 oz of milk.

bedtime snack 3-5oz of milk.

Mom is still very strict about organic and plastic free.  I try to make sure that she eats out of glass jars, glass bottles, organic baby food, organic milk, as much organic as I can afford.

You takes two 2 hour naps a day but lately you have been struggling either falling asleep for your morning nap or staying asleep.  It is driving me crazy.  You just sit up in your bed and play for the full 2 hours sometimes... then I have to deal with a cranky baby but I am blaming this phenomenon on teething and a kidney infection.  You usually go to bed around 8 and sleep until 8 or 9 no interuptions.... thankfully!

I know I have said this before and I know I will say it again and again but I want you to always remember that you were sent here for a very specific purpose.  I don't know what that is yet but I know it with all my heart to be true.  Daddy and I weren't planning on your arrival but everyday I learn that Heavenly Father knows best.  You are so important and wouldn't be here if you didn't have a very devine mission here on this earth.  I just hope and pray that I will be the mother that you deserve and help you realize your full potential. 

Thank you for choosing me to be your mother, thank you for choosing us. 

I love you to the moon and back.

~mom

squeeky clean 

and one happy baby.