9 Months

Chloe, you are 9 months old---what have you been up to this month?

*Height: 27.5 inches (40%)
*Weight: 17 pounds, 3 ounces (30%)
*Head: 17 inches (29%)
*You are wearing size 3-6 month and 6-9 month clothing. I feel like you have grown a lot in this past month. 
*You wear a size 3 diaper
*You have 0 teeth
*You started crawling this month and you are getting faster every day!



*You said your first word--MAMA! You aren't much of a talker just yet but you are working on your "b" sound so maybe "bye-bye" will be next. 



*You are starting to pull up on short objects---you are really keeping be on my toes lately. 
*You can get into a sitting position all on your own now. 
*You nurse 5 times a day, take 2 good naps, and sleep 7:30-7:30 each night (with one feeding around 5:30 AM). 
*You are getting better with your sippy cup but you are still mostly using it as a teething toy.
*You LOVE the squeezable baby food pouches. You usually have at least 2 a day. You love any pureed baby food.
*You like Puffs and Cheerios but you are just scooping them up with your fist. You are still working on your pincer grasp.
*I've tried giving you small bites of fruit, waffles, and other soft foods but you are not interested yet.
*You love bath time and hanging out in your jumper. But your favorite thing is when your brothers are trying to make you laugh :)
*You are a happy little girl and you love to cuddle. You would be just fine if I held you all day :)

All my babies at 9 months old...

This was our hardest month to take pictures so far. Since you have learned to crawl---you are NOT content sitting anywhere. You were not happy about sitting in the chair for pictures so Cason and I had to work real hard to get you laugh this month. Cason is my picture helper---he's great at getting you to smile :)

Click here for Corbin's 9 month post

Click here for Cason's 9 month post (I can't believe Cason was taking steps at 9 months---Chloe is no where close to taking steps thank goodness)

Chloe's First Swim

We took Chloe to the pool for the first time today and she actually really liked it. I thought the temperature might bother her but she was as happy as can be (for about 30 minutes---it was nap time). 

It is near impossible to get a good picture of her these days. She won't sit still on the floor---she just crawls away. She won't sit on the chair---she just tries to get down. And she definitely doesn't like to look at the camera.  

We tried to get a picture of all three of them but it just didn't work out and Chloe was ready for a nap by that point...

So sleepy...

Summer Fun

We've just been enjoying some summer fun around here lately. 

The Sci-Tech Discovery Center currently has a Butterfly exhibit so we went to check it out last week. 

Can you spot Cason?

They begged me to do the Hurricane Simulator...

We met Gayla, Jennifer, Kari and their 6 boys at The Arc to work off some energy. The boys played for 2.5 hours and had an indoor picnic---they loved it. The only picture I got was of Chloe and Miles snoozing away :)

We always try to make our Target trips fun :)

This sweet baby gets to have more naps in her bed during the summer---when school starts back up, napping on the go will return. 

We met the Van Sickle boys yesterday at Lil' Ninjas to play. It was Suzie's birthday---Happy Birthday Suzie!!! I'm sure that is just what she wanted to do on her birthday---LOL

It was my first time to take the boys and I really liked it. The boys had a blast playing. It was a little crowded because a day care was there so I bet on a regular day it wouldn't be too crowded at all. There were several different obstacles they could do and there were workers at each one helping the kids. We will definitely be visiting again. 

And just because I love baby laughs, here is a video of the boys making Chloe laugh at dinner :)

And last but not least, here are two videos of Corbin singing his "Mommy" song. He learned this at school for Mother's Day and he's been singing it ever since. I wanted to document it because I love it so much :)