At 9 month's old, it is safe to say you are no longer an infant and now a sweet baby girl...or a toddler if based upon your height and weight, which as of today's 9 month check up has you at the size of the average 15 month old. Not only is your body growing but your personality and skills are growing as well. You wave bye-bye and blow kisses. You've mastered crawling and can even pull yourself up to stand which has significantly expanded the world that is accessible to you. As such, you love to point and talk and laugh to share your excitement about every new learning and discovery. You have at last one top tooth coming through and unfortunately you've literally left your (bite) mark on Mommy and your sister. You love hugging and playing with Aubrey and her toys too and now that school is out, you'll have more time to spend with her during the week. We kicked off summertime with our annual family trip to Edisto. This was your first trip to the beach and you loved putting your toes in the water and fingers in the sand but maybe most of all you may have enjoyed rides on the golf cart, with you hair flowing in the wind. It was a long car ride to get there but given your growth, we've upgraded you to a bigger car seat. Unfortunately, you seem to save poops for car rides still. Your diet continues to grow as well, you've eaten watermelon, grits and enjoyed afternoon popsicles on the front step with Aubrey and Mommy. All of these new eats have created new and sticky messes and this month you upgraded to the big girl bath tub. Bedtime is after bath and while we've lowered the mattress in your crib, you still end up in bed with Mommy and Daddy at some point in the night. Every morning before leaving for work, Daddy likes to take a moment and look at how peacefully you and Mommy are sleeping...usually you are on top of Mommy or have her pushed to the edge of the bed. You get your rest though because you wake up every day a very happy and playful baby. You'll need the energy this summer if we stay as busy as we were this past month. You went to Greenville with Mommy for a charity awareness walk, you are the social butterfly in the church nursery and we took our first summer trip to Uncle P's pool. It was your first swimming trip and you loved splashing as you sat in your floatee. You also had some Daddy-daughter time this month when Mommy took Aubrey to her first gymnastics class. Daddy really enjoyed this 1-1 time with you. Appropriately, we celebrated Father's Day this month and Daddy can't believe how much more special of a Daddy you make him feel like with each day you grow, each smile you share, each exclamation and full-body laugh that fills our house with more love than we ever thought possible.
