I was finally able to get some shots of her smiling! Here she is at 9 months old:
Shy little smile
9 month birthday kisses from Cooper
Here's what she's been up to this month:
Some of her favorites....
...bananas:
...chasing after the animals:
...the dog kennel (we wish she could teach Cooper to love it!)
....books including this new talking storybook she received from Mike & Irma
....and this picture book
...and any book she can chew on!
Her Easter balloon became a lot of fun once it was nearly deflated (she was pretty scared of it until then).
Once she could grab it and make it crinkle it was a blast! The balloon had to be retired shortly after this :)
She loves feeding Cooper her puffs after each meal and Cooper had learned to patiently wait near her high chair!
And some firsts for this month....
She had her first Easter
...and her first wildflower photo session
She got her first little goose egg above her left eye. She fell at daycare while trying to use a push toy.
She received her first promotion and was moved up into the next classroom at daycare.
This is not the greatest photo, but I wanted to post it, as I think it is so cute. I was letting her explore these two stairs leading out of our kitchen and she plopped herself down in the corner, which is just barely big enough for her little baby bum to fit. She wedged herself in there and needed help getting out. I love her little expression!
Here she is sporting her new sunglasses getting ready for our upcoming trip to Hawaii! We leave a week from today and we're so excited for a little R&R. We can't wait to let her splash in a pool again!
Her 9th month has been so much fun as she is more mobile and inquisitive about everything. She certainly keeps us on our toes!
We've had a fairly rainy winter and spring which has made for a wonderful wildflower season. We had great plans to pack a picnic and head north of town for a day of fun, but we've all been a bit under the weather this weekend so we settled for plan B. Luckily, we were able to catch some great wildflower patches right in the city. Madeline was much more interested in inspecting the flowers and her surroundings than in smiling, but we were still able to get some cute shots.
I think she makes a pretty cute Easter Bunny!
Here I am with my Easter basket! I had a lot of fun pulling out all of the goodies.
(Disclaimer...yes, my Easter basket had candy in it. The Easter Bunny 'forgot' that I was only a baby, but never fear, Mom and Dad have kindly offered to take care of it for me!)
After the Easter Basket fun, she had two packages to open from her Grandparents:
Awww, I think I like him!
Hmmmm, now what?
This looks like a job for my trusty Leatherman!
Yay! More tissue and cute summer outfits inside...
...and books, too!
With Irma at brunch
Happy girl!
Family photo (Boy, we sure look tired...we had a rough night last night! Someone must have been too excited for the Easter Bunny because she did not want to sleep!)
Mommy and Madeline
