Walk-n-ride...

My favorite thing in the world these days...to walk behind this thing.

...I get pretty frustrated when I push it into corners or walls.

Visit from Grandma

I'm actually having a great time hanging out with nana. I just hope I don't get her pneumonia!

Easter

Look what the Easter Bunny (our neighbors) left on our stoop!

Aria's new second favorite toy...her favorite is walking behind the walk-n-ride.

Updates: Walking with walker, crawling up stairs, crawling with stuff in my mouth...

Mmm tea towels!

My favorite place, in or near the high chair.

A Day in Our Life at 9 Months...

Drink formula (refuse to hold the sippy cup for the first feed)
Eat, clap (her sign language for "more") and get mad when food is gone
Climb on Casey
Morning walk with Casey
Pull to stand up on anything. Favorite things: the oven door and the sliding glass doors.
Throw tea towels on the floor or suck on them. This requires an extra level of cleanliness for my tea towels.
Pull toys out of boxes on shelves, showing very little interest other than throwing them on floor.
Pull books off bookcase in master bedroom
Play with tupperware
Take at least two naps for an hour plus..I've finally figured this out!
Bath by myself, or me and mommy or shower with daddy.
Cry my heart out when getting pj's and sleep sac on
Snuggle and smile just before mom she puts me down in the crib for the night...

Trying blueberries for the first time.

Love em!

Using Casey to stand...

Casey is not a huge fan of being used as a prop to help Aria stand...

...so he rolls over and makes her irritated...then adds insult to injury by trying to lick her.

You can see how happy Casey is = p but he is really good with her.

Dancing

Aria has just started "dancing". We have a vibrating plastic elephant toy--you push his nose and he trumpets and plays music--which causes Aria to do a head bob, shoulder shrug, torso twist that is her dance. It is extremely cute.

Crib Snacking...head "injury"....

Inside of Aria's crib....

...more munching.

Bruise on forehead from falling into banister. Probably the first of many.

Good morning!

Bathtime with Daddy...

Playing with Curious George...

Aria loves this Curious George that Chris won for me at the local fair...not exactly child friendly, I think she likes him because he claps.

This is my "I'm up to something" look...

Playing with the gate...

Trip

Chris, Aria and I had a great trip to Portland. Aria was a champ in the car and playing in the hotel room and the various McDonalds play areas we found for her. Trip back was a NIGHTMARE!! Both C and Aria picked up a HORRIBLE stomach bug (I'm convinced it was from the hotel pool) and the plane ride back was beyond description. Lets just say I feel sorry for everyone on the plane. Things are improving here finally...

Funny pic of Aria sitting asleep in her crib...

She has been nodding off in a sitting position lately. She hates to lie down and spends a lot of time before naps standing and sitting in the crib even though she is exhausted. Click on the image to enlarge. Believe it or not, she is asleep in this picture.

So much fun!

Aria is such a riot. Yelling da da da da all day today. She is a crawling machine. She even has tiny bruises on her knees from crawling all over the house. We have to be pretty vigilant. Today she ripped up the duct tape we had used to "childproof" the internet cable in C's office! Quite a little monkey. We have been having fun going to an indoor play area at the mall and playgroup.

She loves to pull up, crawl, talk (yell) and read and occasionally dance. She has added "Ma" and "Da" to her "Blah" repertoire She had so much fun tonight pulling up one the play yard and talking to Casey, and having her fingers licked. We have finished with the Augmentin and her ears and eyes are cleared up but she has a rash that the ped thought might be a reaction (though not a true allergy) to that antibiotic so he put her on Benadryl and switched her to a different one for 3 days.

We leave for Portland on Sat am. We have cheerios in our arsenal if she gets fussy on the plane. How bad can a 2 1/2 hour flight be?

Standing, my new favorite thing!

Getting kisses from Casey

Caged!

So sweet =)