9 Months Old

Last Wednesday (October 3rd), our beautiful Baby Girl turned 9 months old. She is getting so big and changes so much every week. She is moving so much and is so fast! She is starting to stand on her own. It's only a matter of time before she starts walking.

She had her 9 month check up yesterday with Dr. Paxton. She is perfectly healthy. However, according to their measurements, she hasn't really grown at all since her 6 month appointment. She has grown an inch and a half lengthwise, but they said her head hasn't grown and she has only gained about 8 ounces. Dr. Paxton was a bit baffled by this and a little concerned, but she is clearly developing fine and it's not like she is wasting away. She still has her chunky rolls. She has leaned out a bit since she started crawling and she was sick with a 10 day cold, so both of those can be factored into her weight. Dr. Paxton said maybe my milk has gone from Whole to 1%. She is a  good eater, so it will be interesting to see how her numbers change in the next 3 months. 

She loves music and loves to be sung to. She has started "dancing" and her favorite songs are "Wheels on the Bus" and Baby Bubble Bee". She is still pretty attached to Mom and for some reason really isn't into her Uncle's right now. She cries if they even look at her. Hopefully she will grow out of that soon. 

 We still get comments on he big blue eyes!

 Gwen loves to be outside and specifically in the grass. She loves to pull it  and then tries to eat it. 

 We get the best faces from her!

 She is getting pretty good at feeding herself. I am still feeding her jarred food, but she is getting good at feeding herself smaller foods that we are eating. She loves her nannas, potatoes, and rice. Tonight Tessa asked what she was eating. I told her it was rice and she said, "Rice? Human rice?" I love that Gwen still isn't quiet "human". 

There was rice everywhere, but she loved it. You can even see a small piece next to her eye. I love how messy babies are. I think she gets extra messy on purpose because she knows it will lead to her favorite place....the bathtub!

Happy 9 Month Birthday Baby Gwen! We love, love, love you!!!

Mommy Moment

The other night I walked upstairs to put the kids in bed when I saw this. I always have the kids get their clothes out the night before, just to help our mornings run a little bit smoother. They do it on their own every night and I just laughed when I saw how cute all of their clothes looked on the table. 

 Tessa  had her clothes so nice and neat. She also almost always gets her bows out as well. 

Not only did Adam get his clothes out for school, but he set out his jersey and sweat bands for after school as well. Too cute!

Gwen

I realized the other day that Gwen does not get enough blog time. We are always busy doing something and Gwen is either getting into something or in my arms when we take pictures. She has changed a lot the last several weeks. She was such a calm and mellow baby for so long. Then all of the sudden she found her voice and now she is full of personality! She knows what she wants (mainly her Mommy) and she isn't afraid to try and get it! 

 One of Gwen's favorite places to play is under the table. She is starting to thin out now that she is on the move, but I am glad you can still see her chubby leg rolls. 

 We love when she gets stuck under the chair and can't figure out how to get out. 

 This Baby is still an amazing eater. She is still nursing several times a day and has baby food with rice or oatmeal cereal for breakfast, a banana for lunch, and more baby food for dinner. I have tried introducing more solids, but she has a hard time with anything she can't gum. We are anxiously awaiting those teeth!

She loves her little snacks though and would eat them all day if she could!

 She has very rug burned knees from all of her crawling. 

 She has discovered the kitchen cupboards and loves to play with the Tupperware lids. 

 Her favorite hiding spot!

 She's not happy about something.....

 This is how I spends most of my days-with Gwen attached to my legs. She burrows her head between my knees and then usually throws her head and body back while she complains about not being picked up.

 This is always the first thing she goes for...playing with Mommy's cookbooks. 

 She LOVES our toy chair!

 She likes to play with dishes-especially if someone is using them. 

 This girl has loved water since the day she was born. She has never cried during bath time, even as a newborn. Now that she is older, if she hears the bathtub running, she crawls as fast as she can into the bathroom to see it. She only cries when we take her out of the bath tub.

She also loves remotes, balls, and ripping magazines into a million pieces. Since our trip to Oregon, she is not a fan of her car seat and throws a fit every time we put her in it. That makes going to and from school fun:) She still gets so excited to see Daddy when he gets home from work and loves playing with Adam and Tessa. She loves chasing them around the couch. Our family would not be the same without this blue eyed beauty and we love her so much!

The End of September

This past week has been a busy one for us. Eric was gone most of the week with school stuff, so it was just me and the kids. They all came down with colds by the end of the week, so I have spent the weekend covered in nastiness from their cute, snotty faces. Hopefully we are on the mend! We did get some fun activities in before everyone got sick. 

 Tessa's best bud, Camdyn was here for Mommy school on Thursday. We talked about shapes and made some scarecrow heads out of different shapes. Other Mommy School activities for the week included making own fall leaves (you can see Tessa's tree in the background) and making some fall sun catchers for our windows.

 Little Miss Gwen is into everything! She is so fast now. During Mommy School, she loves to empty Tessa's backpack. 

 On Thursday we had Adam's Parent/Teacher Conference. Mrs. Riley said Adam is doing great and that he is a wonderful student. She said she loves how curious he is about everything and that he is always pushing their discussions further because he wants to know more.

  We had Book Fair this week too! We ran into Clifford while we were there.

 On Friday they opened up the Marriott Center so people could go check out the new floor and new seats. Adam LOVED it!!

 These kids love Jimmer!

 Adam had fun shooting some hoops outside the Marriott Center. He sure is good at this basketball thing:)

 Cute Sisters!

Eric was gone all weekend for school, so we came home Friday night and made a pizza while we cheered our Cougar's on to victory! After seeing the 2nd Hawaii player being taken off the field on a stretcher, Adam turned to me and said, "I think you're right Mom. I better just stick to basketball."

The kids are so excited that tomorrow is the first day of October! We have so many fun things planned for next month.