9 month old funny girl

It's still so hard for me to believe that I'm actually a mommy, much less that I have a 9 1/2 month old girl! It has been a total joy though to see her grow and change and learn new things. She's still so observant and always wants to be a part of what's going on and appears to often be trying to figure out how things work. At he last appointment she weighed in in the 91st percentile for weight and height, and she's doing great!! She loves to feed herself and has seemed to like just about everything that we give her and has gotten really good at getting it all in her mouth. We recently had some laughs at Thanksgiving because she stole a roll out of my hand and wanted to eat the whole thing! She doesn't have any teeth yet, but there should be one just about any day now!

As she's gotten older there are definitely some funny moments that just crack us up:

1. She has learned how to open the cabinets (we've got the locks on them now) and opened the cabinet with the cat food in it. She had pulled out one of the cans before we caught her, and as we watched her quietly she was happily opening and closing the cabinet. Then she saw us and had this 'busted' moment where she moved herself out of the way and closed the cabinet, but then looked down and saw the evidence she left behind...the can of cat food! The next day she found the cabinet with her old bottles in them and proceeded to play with the bottles, the lids and scatter them all around her.

2. Cynthia loves the cats and loves to chase after the cats and tries to coerce them to come to her by shrieking. As one of the cats would hide safely under our bed, Cynthia would crawl up to the bed and just try to reach under it. One day I walked into our room, knowing that Cynthia was in there, and saw her little legs under the bed...yes she ducked and crawled under the bed to chase after the cat, and she was able to crawl her way out before we were able to snap a picture. But you can bet that we were just cracking up. She's also gotten good at trying to crawl under the kitchen table!

3. There have been a few things that we just didn't think about when it comes to baby proofing...like leaving our suitcase out as we were packing for thanksgiving....yes, she crawled herself on top of out suitcase. And then yesterday, when I had one of the tubs of Christmas decorations out Josh and I turned around to find her sitting on top of the tub...

4. She has learned to clap which is super cute! And she has learned to shake her head, but she can only shake it no...but it's so cute because she has to think about it!

5. And yesterday...we pulled a rookie parenting mistake. I had laid her down for a nap, and a few minutes later all was quiet so we went to check on her. And as josh opened the door we find a girl that is standing up staring back at us. We just turned around and shut the door hoping that would work...but no! We just laughed that she was standing there being so quiet!


Some of our other favorite of recent are when she wakes up in the morning and is just babbling to herself. She also loves to join in on bed and crawl over all the pillows and blanket! It is such a blessing to be parents to this wonderful little girl knowing that God has crafted her just so!!

Is it already November?

Where oh where has the time gone?  I'm a little saddened that it's been since August that I've blogged, but I guess it's safe to say that I've been a little busy!  I will also say that it's hard being a working mom!  Cynthia is at a great day care and we absolutely love it, but so often I look at my computer only to see her smiley face and wish that I was around her to make her smile.  And not to mention that we're all tired by the time that we get home, so the house has taken a bit of a back seat!

I do look at her sweet little face and still realize what a little miracle she is!  And there are times that I am still shocked that I'm a mommy!  When Randi says that Cynthia's mommy is here to pick her up, it just sounds so weird sometimes!  But, I LOVE BEING A MOMMY!  Josh is being a great daddy and Cynthia just LOVES him!

It's amazing how fast they grow and learn.  Cynthia is crawling, quite quickly, and of course pulling herself up on everything!  She's also totally into chowing down and loves feeding herself just about everything that we give her!  She still hasn't broken her first tooth, but that doesn't slow her down at all.

Well, here are some of the newest pics...

Our 8 month old Angel!

With Grandmama and Grandpapa

Ready to watch our first Aggie game!

Going for a walk on a Saturday morning!

Loving the swings at the park!

Chowing down on some bananas

We survived our first stomach bug and ear infection within in day of each other.  This was my snuggly, sleepy, not feeling well girl.

Someone really loves her daddy! 

Doesn't that face just say, "I'm up to no good!"

Dressed up as a strawberry for Halloween

Passing out candy for Halloween 

6 months old and back to work!

Well, we've hit the six month mark...and it's happened way too fast! Cynthia is doing so good, and I'm daily still amazed with our little blessing.  She's still on the "bigger" end, 95th percentile for length and 92nd percentile for weight!  Her coordination has gotten so much better, she is able to immediately bring just about anything she wants directly to her mouth!  Cynthia is sitting up on her own and squirms around a bit.  She's still sleeping through the night, which I appreciate as I've headed back to work!  Yep, inservice is well under way and students come back soon.  We've found a great day care for Cynthia and she's doing great and loving it so far, and actually the day care is out of a house just a block away!  I will say that Cynthia just loves being a part of everything and is so observant.  I really think that she just loves watching and learning as the other kids are playing!  So here are some pics...

Everyone always says that she's so sweet and she really is happy all the time, here's proof that she does cry...but it totally makes me laugh sometimes!

Teething???  I think so!

Being a ham for our 6 month photos!

Yummm!

Cynthia totally smiles like this everytime she sees her daddy come into the room...even if she's tired and cranky and fighting with mommy!

Happy baby!

4th of July...almost 4 months old

A favorite past-time...finding those toes and sucking!

Cynthia gets so excited when Princess is anywhere near...and Princess actually lets Cynthia pet, er, pull on her for just a second!

One of my favorites!

In our big girl high chair getting ready for some yummy pears, or sweet potatoes, or green beans...

A visit from some dear friends...  The kid in the middle is now 17 and I so remember when he was born!

Cynthia playing in her high chair at Chuy's

Playing and spending time with Uncle Michael!

Four Month Pictures

Yep, fell asleep playing again!!

Four Months Old and a Poop Story

So, I'm going to start off with a story that all parents have, a poop story.  It still has me and Josh laughing, a few days later!

We'll just call this Cynthia's present for her Daddy!  It was Father's day and I was about to get ready to load up and leave with Cynthia to Bryan.  Cynthia was perfectly content, and then all of a sudden starts fussing, so Josh says "I'm going to change her diaper, I think she's got a poopy one."  So I decide to go in and check on them.  As he's undoing her onesie, I see some overflow on the edge and say, "oh yea, it's poopy all right."  Josh then lets me take over.  So, I start wiping her and as I lift her up a little I realize that the poop just doesn't seem to stop.  Then we comedically get the onesie off of her only to realize that in the process she ends up with poop all the way up to her shoulders and it's also all over the changing table.  So, we get her wiped off and then take the cover off the changing table.  I lay her back down on the table, and am getting another diaper ready to put on, and what does Cynthia start to do, but pee!  So now, her changing table pad gets covered in pee, even the back of her head gets wet...so it's bathtime for her!  We just laughed and laughed about it...what else could you do?!?!  I did have one question though, where does all the poop come from??

On a cleaner note, we are having a great summer off together!  She does a great job of sleeping through the night, and might only wake up once, and even sleeps in a bit, which makes mommy happy!  She is always such a smiley happy girl in the mornings.  She has found her feet in the past 3 weeks and loves grabbing them and bringing them up to her mouth.  And her new thing is to blow bubbles!  She is absolutely adorable when she talks back to her daddy saying "bbbbbbrrrrrrr" with slobber!

We just had her 4 month appointment and she's really doing great!  She's 16 lbs (92 %ile) and just over 25 inches long (94%ile)!  I'm about to have to pull out her 6 month clothes, she won't be in her 3-6mo much longer!  Josh and I are both amazed at how well she really is doing and growing and learning.  She truly is a blessing in our lives!

Finally, here are some pics for an update!

Cynthia and cousin Logan

Such a smiley girl in the morning!

With Grandma

Another one with cousin Logan

Such a sweet face

Hangin' with Uncle Mike

Scared of Aunt Cat?!?!

In her pretty hat from Aunt Cat

With Great grandpa, Papa

With Grandmama and Aunt Cat

Love you Cat!

Dad and Daughters!

Hanging with Princess

Just staring up at Daddy

With Grandpapa