9 month C.G.

Oh how will this day go Cora Grace? You are constantly amazing me with new things you are doing and faces you are making. I would like to list a few things you are up to, that I can remember with my "Mom Brain" but first... the 9 month photo shoot from this morning... ;)



.standing is staged.

Cora Grace...

*today you had pulled yourself up on the side of your crib when we came to get you up. scary! guess it's time to lower your crib (I was just wondering how soon I would need to do that).
*when playing in the living room with Evan, you pulled yourself up on his toy wagon to get to the toys!? What the heck? We just turned our head for a minute... no more of that missy.
*don't really like to take a lot of naps anymore, nor for too long but mommy is pretty good at getting you down for at least 2 good ones.
*you love to scrunch up your face, purse your lips and spit through them when you are bored or tired.
*is still stealth. we are constantly forgetting where you are when you are on the ground exploring cause you make NO noise!
*crawls everywhere in a cute army crawl but we get new stages of this constantly including: 'stink bug'=legs straight and arms straight making your booty straight in the air. you are also getting on your knees all the time but don't yet understand that you can crawl from that position. ;)
*has finally got a tooth that popped through on Sunday but on Monday it was buried in your gums again, oh well, they'll all come out eventually. If you are lucky, maybe that means you will get to keep your teeth a long time into adulthood. (you'll care about that later)
*always has a smile, always, even when you don't feel great, coughing, sneezing and thick snot is coming out your nose.
*adores Evan and yesterday crawled from your room to his for the first time, just to gnaw on all his toys and books and stuff.
*your hair is a slightly darker blonde then from birth. it is also growing a lot and thicker. Mommy vows not to touch a hair on your cute little head with scissors till you are at least one but maybe two. (i waited to cut Evan's on his 13mo birthday and even then, it was a baby trim at first.
*you are getting to be a really good eater, rice cereal and also all your baby foods! you even eat willingly, green beans and peas which Evan did NOT like at all and was very opinionated about. don't get me wrong, you have opinions too so we have to choose the right moment to feed you otherwise you will get 'bored' and we all know know what you do when you're bored. i for one do not want green beans all over my face thank you. ;)
* you can sit up! you sat yourself up for the first time recently but also if we sit you up, you will stay there rather than throw yourself back and hit your head. whew!
*you still spit up after every burp (and beyond). Sunday you spit up your whole bottle you poor baby, I admit, I was worried about you but you were fine. I think it was because of your new tooth. it's amazing to me what teething symptoms can translate to!
* 's Adoption is still not finalized and is our families #1 priority in our prayers (after thankfulness for our abundance of blessings of course), that we will soon receive your paperwork and get you sealed to our family.
*still wears some 3-6 month clothes but usually 6-9 or 6-12 mo clothes but the arms are usually too long so you just suck on them. ha ha ha. I hope this means you will still be able to fit in the blessing dress Aunt Jennifer custom made you whenever we finally get to bless you. :/
* can make Daddy smile even though he works very hard on being cranky when he's sick like he is. No one can resist your gums, dimples, happiness, chub and internal joy.
*doesn't have a dr. appointment until next week? so will have to report then on your growth but you seem to being doing pretty well, definitely growing, we are thankful for that.

xoxo Mom