Nine Month Stats

I wanted to wait and do her whole nine month post after her check up, but I think we can all agree that I'm not the best at remembering to post her monthly updates in a timely fashion so since I had free time and had taken her picture, I posted her update before her check up...so here are her stats from her nine month check up:  28 3/4 inches tall (90th percentile) and 18lbs 14 oz (50th percentile).  So far she's the smallest baby we've had, compared to her brother and sister at the same age.  She's still mostly in 12 month clothes unless it's a one piece thing and then I have to do 18 months for the length but roll the sleeves because they're too long.  She definitely has the tiniest feet compared to her brother and sister.  She's still only in a size 3 shoe and I know by 9 months old, Charlotte was at least in a 4 or larger.  Anyway, obviously we love her just the way she is, it's just fun to compare how they all measure up with each other :)  Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!!

Nine Months Old

How have we already gotten to nine months!  I can't believe it's almost time to start thinking about her first birthday party!  Anyway, here is what she has been up to this past month...

I can crawl really fast now and once I pull up on something I can walk around holding onto the couch or whatever else I can reach...sometimes I try to get brave and let go but I can't quite stand up all by myself yet :)

I finally cut my first tooth and I think the one next to it is coming it too...I've been a little fussy but not too bad!

I still like to eat pretty much anything and I am trying really hard to figure out how to get food into my mouth by myself.  I love to eat bananas, pears, peaches and puffs...and sometimes I like peas. 

I still love to give big sloppy kisses, especially to my mommy and my brother.

I can say "mama" really well now and I say it all the time when I'm hungry or tired or sad.  I also say "dada" and "baba" sometimes.

I'm usually pretty quiet, but whenever I get in my highchair I love to YELL!

I'm sleeping better at night now, almost always all the way through the night now!

I do not like puppies, I found that out this weekend, they are new and scary and they make me cry!  But I do love my cousin Tyler, he makes me laugh!



I'm still a cuddly, laid back, happy baby and everyone loves me :)

The Sillies

So I have to share a couple of special stories before I forget about them...

First...Charlotte...oh this girl.  Thankfully she's coming out of her extreme separation anxiety issues, but a few weeks ago we were riding in the car and I mentioned something about church.  Usually, to get her excited about going to class we sing a little song, "I like to go to class, I like to go to class, with all the other boys and girls, I like to go to class", but since she was being stubborn and not wanting to go Bible class, she changed the words and sang, "I not gonna go to class, I not gonna go to class, I not gonna see Miss Nan or Joyce (her teachers), I not gonna go to class"!  What a little stinker!  Again, thankfully she's mostly gotten over all of that, but I thought her new song was too cute not to share!

Then Timothy, he cracks me up...we were driving around running errands, just me a him (which doesn't happen too often) and I made a wrong turn and had to turn around.  I wasn't upset or anything, just had to turn around and he said, "When I grow up and be's a daddy (we're still working on grammar, work in progress), I'm not going to make wrong turns and go the wrong way"...and he paused for a moment..."but if I do, I won't get angry and yell, cause you know, not in front of the kids".  That boy keeps me laughing!

I hear the funniest things from those two when we're in the car...usually it's them singing at the top of their lungs (to the Glee soundtrack, they know it all), but they definitely make me smile!

Eight Months Old

Well as usual, I'm late posting this...and I was late taking her picture...I thought about it around the 20th and planned out when to take it and then life got in the way and I forgot...so here is what Caroline has been up to lately!

She went from learning to crawl to crawling fast and pulling up on everything in sight. Nothing is safe anymore, we even had to break out the baby gates to block off the hallway leading to the stairs. She is still usually so happy all the time, it's pretty rare that she gets fussy and if she does it's almost always because she's tired or hungry (or both!) so she's easy to calm down. She is very attached to her blankie and her thumb and she's been sleeping great lately, she usually goes down around 8pm and wakes up around 5am and then goes right back down for another few hours, not too bad at all!! She loves to eat, especially yogurt! She still doesn't have any teeth but she chews on everything she can get into her mouth! She loves to give big sloppy kisses, especially to Timothy! She's wearing mostly 12 month clothes and some 18 month stuff that was Charlotte's and shrunk from being washed, she wears a size 3 shoe. She doesn't have much hair, but what she does have sticks up like a mohawk and it is so blonde!! She loves to babble now and we hear a lot of"dadadada" but I only hear "mama" when she's hungry. She gives great high fives. She loves to be in Bible class and will usually go to anyone that wants to hold her. She's such a sweet laid back girl, I hope it lasts!!