some long overdue pictures..

Moey's first Christmas, in pictures. 

Moey painted some pictures as Christmas presents. It was adorable. 

9 Months Old

We have a nine month old.

She crawls.

She stands.

She says: Momma, Dada, Baba.

She reaches up her arms...opens and closes her hands very fast when she wants us to pick her up.

She's an awesome sleeper, like she always has been. She now is sleeping in her crib full time....we aren't co-sleeping as much as we used to since she is so mobile. We miss her in the bed, but she has been sleeping so well I don't think our Moey minds too much. :) A normal night is bath at 6:30, playtime until 7:00, bottle and rocking until she falls asleep, and she wakes up around 6.

She eats everything! Favorites:
- Strawberry/apple puffs
- Cheerios
- Yo-baby vanilla/banana organic yogurt
- ANY mix of ANY fruit, but we still stay away from peaches.....
- She loves to try stuff off of our plate.
- BREAD, and crackers.
- Still loves carrots, peas, and green beans.
- Cut up banana - even though it is so slimy it squeezes through her fingers!
- Chicken noodle soup from Ella's kitchen. It has the tiniest noodles in it! SO cute. Moey was chewing her noodles tonight at dinner.

She is starting to love to hold her own spoon while we feed her. She loves to give herself a bottle, but not for bed time, she wants us to hold it.

We are going to try some egg yolks this weekend. :) I am thinking of making some french toast for her.

Favorite Toys:
- Her baby gates, she loves to bring a toy over, pull her self up and bang the toy against the bars. "Let me outta here!"
- Books
- Activity Table
- Her Noah's Ark play-set, she loves the zebras.
- Anything that makes noise.
- Cell phones
- Channel changers
- The laptop
- And, of course, Denise, Louise, and our newest addition: Tyreese the dog.

She also loves FaceTime and Skype with her grandparents. :)

It is so amazing how fast she is growing and developing. She started crawling January 2nd....its ten days later and I swear she will be walking by the end of this month, early February. She amazes us every day with her smarts, her awareness and her funny personality.

Holding on to her baby-hood is like holding on to water. It keeps slipping through our fingers!

She's such a magical baby.


Christmas post to come soon.......we left the camera in Connecticut. HA!

Some 9 month pics:

Moey's first time crawling.