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Gable Willow--11 Months Old

1 comments Creatively crafted and posted by Amy Fletcher at 8:51 AM

Wiggly-movin-and-groovin Starfish,

What a month it has been! You are just changing and blowing our minds with all the nifty things you are doing!

You didn't get any teeth last month, but just a few days ago I discovered a shiny new molar has erupted on the left hand side of your mouth. You keep chewing on your finger so I have a feeling its twin will be making itself known soon.

Your coordination is improving every day, and we love watching you feed yourself. While your pincer grasp isn't spot on, you are doing really well getting the food into your mouth. It is a lot more graceful now than it was a few months ago that is for sure! You put your paci in your mouth all by yourself (though you aren't really a paci girl except for in the car and when you are really tired).

When it comes to food you are very demanding. You will grunt and squeal and point at things that you want. You are always interested in what everyone has on their plate and want whatever is in our cups. You also know what you DON'T want as well, and will shake your head "no" and purse your lips when you are full or don't want what is being offered. You rarely refuse anything, and you are happy playing with the food on your plate when your tummy gets full (though that sometimes results in food getting flung all over the floor.) Your new favorite thing is to offer your food to one of us. You like to stick your (often gooey) fingers out with a bit of cracker or a raisin and offer it to Daddy or I. You grin and squeal when we tell you "no, you eat it!" and pretend like we are nibbling your fingers.

We've transitioned you from a bottle to a sippy cup, and it didn't take you long to figure out how to get the milk into your mouth. You love the game of "drop the cup" and then spend the next few minutes grumbling and whining until you get it back. You also like to kick your legs to "scoot" yourself in the high chair. Sometimes you get going pretty well and the chair moves forward or backward a foot or so!

You sit up so well, you roll over (and roll around) in all directions and now that you are rolling everywhere you like to sleep on your tummy instead of your back. You really have no interest in crawling. You scoot yourself backwards and pull yourself around and spin in circles to get to what you want, but you don't want to put those legs under you! I think you are probably going to skip crawling and go straight to walking. You have great interest in standing and stepping! The walker that Honey and Papa bought for you has been good for you. Though we are learning quickly that baby-proofing is imminent--you already tried to stick your fingers into the electrical outlet on the island and you are trying to open cabinets and drawers!

You are crazy strong. Your arms sometimes whack me across the chest when you flail them in excitement and it hurts! When someone kisses your hands you start flailing around and have caught your Daddy and I in the eye, jaw, and nostrils! You like to give high-fives, especially to Papa and you get all excited and giggly when he gives you one back.

Just after you turned 10 months, we went to see Honey and Papa at the Lake House. Uncle Paul and his family were there too, and you got to experience playing in the lake (you stuck your face into the water and splashed and played and laughed.) We also spent some time at Honey and Papa's house in Glencoe. It was nice to get away and spend time with our favorite people.

Your stranger-danger-clingy phase continues and has gotten worse. You pretty much only let Mommy and Daddy hold you, and if someone approaches you you tuck yourself into our necks and pull yourself even closer.

You've hit the "fake cough" stage and think its hilarious to fake cough to get our attention. And darn it if it doesn't work every time...

You now say "Mamamamama" and "Dadadadada" and you make a lot of different noises and sounds. You are always babbling and making noise and you wave at Lily dog and try to get her attention by squealing and reaching for her.

Nothing within your reach is safe anymore. If I carry you into the pantry, I have to hold your arms to your sides because otherwise canned goods, crackers and cereal boxes get pulled off the shelf. I have to give wide-berth to anything on countertops or shelves.

Here are some things you've been up this month...

You wore your Fishing Hat that Papa gave you

You were ready for the lake!

You got some Honey snuggles in.

You splashed in the lake at Conchas.

Lake life is hard...

You rode in a boat. Also, lifejackets are not comfy...

You helped Mommy with laundry.

You had some pizza and breadsticks...

You were a morning porch cutie.

You were really excited about playing in the water.

Baby life is exhausting...

You got into the bag of toys...

Breakfast at Honey's house!

You were a cutie in pink.

Waiting for the tub...

Day out with Daddy!

First Independence Day!

Standing baby!

I've got this cup thing down...

Getting into stuff...

Want some cracker?

Celebrating Mommy's 38th birthday.

Shopping for recliners.

I love you Lily Dog!

Smiles for Mommy.

I've got this cup thing down...

Mmm. Cheerios.

Jumpstreet adventures

Happy girl!

Practicing my walking

Hanging out with Daddy and brother

Gable Willow--9 Months Old

1 comments Creatively crafted and posted by Amy Fletcher at 9:30 AM

My Starfish Girl,

You are such a toothy girl! Since last month you have had two more teeth erupt, putting the count at 8 teeth!! And those teeth, while shiny and cute, can also be painful when you bite Mommy! Everytime I nurse you now I have to tell you not to bite me before we begin because otherwise you have a tendency to try to use me as a chew toy! The few times you've actually bitten me hard I have had to yell at you and you DO NOT like that. (Truth be told neither do I, but I don't like being bitten either.) Big crocodile tears and crying ensue! (Often from both you and me!) I know you know what I am telling you when I tell you not to bite because I've seen you look at me, start to bite and then change your mind when I say NO.

I am so impressed with how fearless you are about food. You LOVE pickled foods, including dill pickles, bread and butter pickles, pickled okra and fried pickle spears! A few weeks ago we went to a crawfish boil at Ms. Delia's house where you ate corn, potatoes, gumbo and spicy crawfish! I could hardly get them peeled fast enough for you! You would start fussing for more the second I stuck a piece in your mouth!! You make a zombie-like growl when you want more food and will try to fling yourself closer to the spoon to make your point come across. You have also thrown a fit when I've walked away from you for just a moment to grab a napkin because you thought I wasn't going to finish feeding you some prunes!! You LOVE Greek vanilla yogurt and will eat as much of it as I will give you, and you've become quite keen about eating melon and strawberries. Several times just this past week we've had people come up to us in restaurants and tell us how impressed they are with your eating! (Apparently you draw the gaze of onlookers at other tables.)

You like to grab everything that is near you and put it in your mouth. When we put you on the floor we have to make sure that brother hasn't left any of his small cars or Legos on the ground because if it is within a 2 foot radius of you then you will grab it! You are trying to scoot towards things you want and you can turn around in circles while laying on your belly. We haven't seen you do any crawling yet but I imagine we will soon.

Your curiosity is adorable and you look at everything around you with a watchful eye. You always like to be able to see your Momma and you get quite upset when I'm not in your line of sight. Your stranger danger continues, and you've fussed several times after being handed to one of our friends for just a few minutes. You have made it quite clear that you only want your Momma on more than one occasion (but your Daddy knows the drill and understands, though it doesn't make it hurt less when you grab onto me when I am trying to hand you over to him.)

We're working on you feeding yourself and often give you free reign with a spoon or a little dipper. For the most part your aim is true--you get most of it in your mouth and not too much of it in your hair :) I genuinely love what a foodie you already are. My heart bursts with pride (and so does your foodie Honey!) We are also working on sippy cups and trying to teach you how to hold it yourself. You are trying, but its a work in progress. You have straws down pretty well though, and I can often give you drinks of my water when we are at restaurants (you still dribble some out, but you can definitely use a straw just fine!)

You love your Lily Dog and try to grab her every chance you get. She loves you too and will sometimes come and get me when she hears you fussing (even before I do!) She even came and laid down next to you during a photo shoot I was doing for your 8 month pictures. I think you guys will be buddies.

On April 24th, 2015 you stayed in a hotel room for the first time. Your big brother Lucas had to have some dental work in Dallas so we stayed near the hospital the night before. You and brother both liked sleeping in the same room as Mommy and Daddy and we all (thankfully) got a good night's rest!

You can sit up really well now--long enough that I can trust you for a little bit without a prop behind you. You also can sit up for baths now, and you like the water rushing over your head when you have your hair washed. Speaking of baths, this month you also had your first "kitchen sink bath" because you were SOOOO messy we decided it was better to wash you off downstairs! You loved it though and kept squealing and smiling your gorgeous, toothy smile. You loved playing with the faucet and splashing in the water.

Your Papa says he has never seen a baby more beautiful than you, but especially in the color yellow. You are one of those rare people who can wear yellow and look amazing in it. Speaking of Papa, we were fortunate enough to have him come and spend the weekend with us this month. He and brother have May birthdays and we enjoyed having him here. He loves spending time with his grandbabies!
He bought you your first hat--it says "My First Fishing Hat" on it, and it is baby sized and pink with a green fish!

Watching you eat a popsicle the first time was really amusing. At first you flinched because you weren't expecting the cold. Then you drew back and made a pucker face because it was a little tart. But THEN...you grabbed it out of my hand and proceeded to gnaw away at it, leaving nothing but a little bit of fruit blob on the bottom.

It has been an exciting travelling month for you! We took TWO train rides in Grapevine--one was in late April when Thomas the Train was here visiting, and then when Papa came we went and road the train again! We had a really great time both times and you seemed to like the rocking of the train.

Twice this month we have found you turned perpendicular in your bed--you are getting so long that you hardly fit when you stretch across! We found out at your checkup today that you are now 18 pounds and .5oz's, are now 28 1/2 inches long! What a tiny but long girl you are! Dr. P thinks you will be a tall and skinny girl...I wonder where you get that from???

You watched your first sporting event this month--Daddy and his team played in the district dodgeball tournament! You and brother and I watched from the stands (though I'm not sure you quite understand what was happening yet.) But you were really good and did amazingly well even though it was super loud!

Here is some of the cuteness that has happened this past month....