The Stones: August 2011

Sweet little "Channers" turned nine months old on the 10th. Sigh, where has my baby gone? She is a wild woman! Nothing in this house is safe from her exploring. She has gone from crawling to trying to walk in no time flat. She stands on her own forever, and when she wants to will take one little step. It won't be long until she's a walker I'm afraid. She also has decided to throw fits and throw herself backwards whenever you take anything naughty away from her. Where did this little "tude" come from?! Despite her spunkiness, she is so sweet and still loves to cuddle. She has been extra needy lately. If I leave her sight, I am followed by a sad little baby crying. When she has decided she is done tearing things apart, she is on my hip. She's more than a momma's girl! She did have a little tooth come through on the bottom left, so I think that is the cause for the extra emotional state she has been in the last few weeks. Makoy had no teeth until he was 15th months, and it was his top fang teeth. Poor kid! The bottom little tooth is definitely a better look. ;) Here are some stats and other things she is doing that I want to remember. And of course, plenty of cute pictures below. I just got a new phone and didn't have the settings adjusted, so there are some random sized pictures. Whoops!

Stats-
Weight- 17lbs 11 oz-40th percentile. She's been at that same exact weight for quite a while.

Height- 26 inches-3.65 percentile. Can we say shrimp?!

Other things she is doing...
-She loves to play peek a boo. She usually lifts whatever she is holding so far up or down that you can see her still. So cute!

-She loves to play what we call "wee" She is always putting both hands up in the air. Then we say "wee" and she laughs, puts them down and does it all over again. She's so fun!

-She LOVES music. Makoy loves to hum and sing all day, and she will rock out to even that. It doesn't matter what is on, if she hears music, she rocks back and forth so hard she'll tip over. :)

-She refuses to eat canned vegetables. She will not do it. If I give her real veggies that are steamed, she will eat any single one that comes her way. She loves table food! She still won't drink from a sippy, but she will take a regular cup that the "big kids" use. It makes a huge mess though, so I'm still trying to find a sippy she will take.

-She says momma, dadda, and hi. She might just be babbling, or she is a baby genius. I think the latter. =)

-She "barks" at our friends dog, Seku. Every time she sees her, she starts doing this funny scream at her. Seku will bark, she'll do it back. Hilarious.

Don't let this sweet little look fool you! She is into everything.

Like, the dishwasher.

The tv goodies...

The book shelf....

These are no longer safe

The wipes...(Ugh disgusting couch. I can't wait to get rid of you.)

The kitchen stools, which despite them falling on her many a time, she thinks they're fun!

Pure joy :)

Makoy was telling her "no no." You can see she takes it real serious.

The blinds are fun, too.

All this wild woman ruckus will result in the occasional busted open skin, but she's still smiling!

But she does slow down every once and a while for cuddle time with brother.

I had to put these "out takes" on here because it cracks me up! It usually takes me 10 shots to get one good one because she's a little dramatic about the flash. Let's try again!

Nope, that one didn't work. One more!

A little better...

Ok, that will have to do. And don't mind shirtless Makoy in the back who was mid getting dressed.

Playing with her little tooth

She is soaking through water proof bibs, so I've decided to be done with them. Sweet, smiley baby!

Pretty girl

She loves her new/old toy that was Makoy's. She cruises with it when it's in the walking position.

This is how a lot of my pictures turn out, too. Her crawling away from me with her hair blowing in the breeze. Her hair is so out of control. It makes me laugh.