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. 

Moey's First Thanksgiving...in pictures.

8 Months!

Wow, our little Moey is 8 months old. She is doing so much and is growing way too fast!

At 8 Months...

She is almost a crawler! She works so hard to move, however, her leg always gets stuck! Maybe by Christmas she will be crawling. I am perfectly fine with her staying where I put her!

Moey LOVES to eat puffs. While we get her dinner ready, she sits in her chair and devourers her puffs. She is starting to eat more mixed fruits and veggies. We still stay far away from peaches and sweet potatoes! Her current favorite is the apple /strawberry/banana from gerber. Recently she has been very interested in feeding her bottle to herself, she always holds it in her right hand.

Snuggle Papa.

 Moey is still an awesome sleeper. Moey is def. our child, she just loves to sleep! She does sleep in her crib occasionally, she just loves to co-sleep and we love co-sleeping too. We are just fine with having her in bed with us! She sleeps so soundly = happy baby = happy well-rested family!

Moey is also starting to dance. When she hears music or we sing to her she dances!

She loves to climb up people. Whenever she gets close to us by scooting over to us, she starts to climb. She also does this all over the bed too. It is so funny. 

Moey loves books, she has started turning pages!!

 8 Month Photo Shoot!

 (Moey did not do this on her own! hehe)

We just love you Moey moo. Cant wait for your first Christmas.