9 Months Old Already!!

Dear Jadee,

You are now 9 months old and I can hardly believe that much time has passed! It seems like just yesterday that you were born and just a little cuddly bug in my arms. Now you are 22 lbs. 4 oz and 29 ¾ inches tall! You are growing so fast every day and changing so much!

You love to be awake and play all day! I love coming to get you in the mornings or when you wake up from a nap because you always greet me with a big smile and sometimes a babble or a shriek of joy. It makes my heart melt to see you react like that when Daddy or I walk into the room. When I get home from work, you practically leap out of whoever’s arms you are in, or from whatever toys you were playing with just to get to me. You won’t settle down until I hold you and then we get some cuddle time while you eat. I treasure these moments. “Ma ma ma ma” and “da, da, da da” are your favorite words to say and you babble them all day with some other sounds mixed in too.

You love to eat and want to try everything that is on our plates! Your favorite food right now is probably butternut squash, cottage cheese and cheerios! You can pick up little finger foods and get them into your mouth, but it is quite a site to watch you maneuver the little bits of food in there as you still hold it halfway between your fist and fingers. You have been drinking from a sippy cup just fine for about a month now, and you just learned how to drink from a straw! Your favorite, though, is still to drink water from Mommy and Daddy’s cup, you hardly dribble any down your front! My favorite thing to watch you eat is anything I put in your baby popsicle thing because you just love to chew on frozen or ice cold fruit. We think you are teething (and have been for awhile!) and that is why you love to chew on everything in sight. When will that first tooth finally pop through?

Your smile just lights up a room and whenever we go out you smile at all the strangers and they always say how cute you are! It is fun to watch your face as you explore the world around you. You are very active and love to look at and listen to every thing as we go on walks.

You are working on crawling and have now mastered getting on your hands and knees and rocking back and forth. But as soon as you rock a few times, you fall onto your stomach and then get frustrated because you just shake your arms and legs like crazy. You can get around pretty well and reach any toy you want to by army scooting in circles and reaching your arms out and pulling hard.

You love to sing, dance and bounce to music or just sitting by yourself playing with your toys. It is great to see you almost pulling yourself up to stand and play with your jungle.

Jadee girl, you are growing so fast and each day is an adventure with you! We love you so much and can’t wait to see you develop and grow even more.

Love,
Mommy