While the weather has been nice and cool,
we've been taking walks/runs outside in the mornings and on Sunday
afternoons when church is over. One of these Sunday strolls was around
the Cottonwood area, on a nice trail in the mountains. Michael has
been on bike rides here before, so he wanted to take us there to show
how pretty it is. And...he knew there was a gorgeous bridge that would
make a perfect spot for us to take some photos of Jessica. What a happy
surprise when we got there!
I'm not quite sure what it is about this photo that I love so much. Maybe it's the expression on her face, the way she kinda has her left arm at an angle to her leg, how she's sitting up so straight. But it's cute and full of her personality (drama queen, anyone?).
I sure love to take pictures of this
girl. I was just saying to Michael the other day that I wonder if now,
being in the digital and smartphone age, if I'll take as many photos of
our future children as I have of Jessica. You know that old saying that
you never do take as much of your later children because you're just so
busy and don't have time to pull out the camera as often. I'm not sure
if that'll be as true today as it was then, because there's no hassle of
remembering the camera/film as we always have a way to take pictures
and share them through our smartphones. Guess we'll see how it goes
someday!!!
9-month stats:
17.86 lbs (32%ile)
17.86 lbs (32%ile)
26.3 in (13%ile)
She's our petite baby girl!
She's our petite baby girl!
Those eyes...they just kill me.
And that fuzzy hair. It's out of control most days, but I kinda love it.
This girl LOVES her "Dada". He is so much fun!
Exciting Updates:
We've been told by so many people how sweet her cry is. It's been described as "muffled", "muted", and "the perfect decibel for a baby to cry". And they are all true, she's not a very loud crier unless she's really scared or hurts herself. She's a bit more of a whiner, which is kinda adorable (at least for now!). Even though she talks a lot, we're predicting she's going to be a soft-spoken little girl.
She's crawling! It all happened within the course of a few days. She started trying to scoot on her belly while pushing her legs, then she got her arms more involved, then it turned into a bit of an army crawl. She can get around pretty quickly this way!
Jessica pushed herself up into a sitting position from her tummy the other day. We almost didn't realize it happened even though we were watching her at the time. It hasn't happened again since that first time, but what a big girl!
She's eating all sorts of solids nowadays. Favorites are bananas, sweet potatoes, beans, and pretty much anything new. She gobbles up new flavors and has never turned her nose up at anything. I'm quite impressed and hope she continues to love food and exploring new flavors as much as her mother does.
The pincer grasp is pretty much mastered and she's quite good at picking up food and getting it in her mouth. That doesn't mean that her meals aren't messy, though! Oh, to be a kid again and to actually have an excuse to play with your food!
Still waiting for some teeth to pop up... :)
Is she doing the "Army-in-the trenches-on-the-belly" crawl? That's what you did for the longest before you actually got up on all fours to do the creeping (as I call it as opposed to crawling)? I have got to see her do this before she outgrows it. You could get around pretty fast doing that. And I absolutely loved when you did the front-to-back roll all the way across the room to get something. You could usually get to something faster than I could get to you to stop you! Anyway, need to see this sweet baby in this stage before she outgrows it. Love that little girl!
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