Henley at 9 months

It is hard to believe that my little princess is growing so quickly! Why does time fly by so fast when they are so little! Some days you want them grown and others you hope they would stay babies forever! Well, that is not going to happen so let me tell you all about her and what she is up to right now in her life!

At her 9 month check up she weighed in at 18lbs 7oz and her length is 271/2 inches long. This puts her in the 50th percentile for both! It is amazing how differently our children our in their stats! Henley is blowing Christian away with the weight issue...not so sure if that is a good thing!? Henley loves to eat and just about will ingest anything she can get her hands on! We have started real food with her because she has become so uninterested in baby food! Some of her favorite things to eat are Mac n Cheese, Stove Top Stuffing and Little Blueberry muffins. She also likes any kind fruit you can imagine from peaches to watermelon! She is great with a sippy cup and realizes what it is for. I am pretty sure she will have it mastered soon! I still nurse her and have been trying to completely wean her, but it has not been that easy! I think I am a walking pacifier for her at this point in time! I have tried to get her on a paci, but it is not happening!

Sleeping through the night is not something that she wants to start doing anytime soon! Henley will sleep 7-8 hours, but wakes up quite often in the middle of the night! There has been a month of re-occurring ear infections so her sleep has been effected on top of it! The doctor also told me that at the 9 month mark that many children start with sleep issues because anxiety creeps ups in them and they start to dream too! The combination of all these things makes for a baby who refuses to sleep well! What kind of drugs are there out there to make your babies sleep?! I need some of it for her and me!!!

Henley is crawling and started doing so before she turned 9 months old! I was wondering and waiting and it finally happened! Her world has opened up to her, but she honestly does not care to get into to many mischievous things! The dog bowls are her main fascination and seems to want to swim and splash in them constantly! Oh yeah and did I mention she likes to eat their food too? I am happy that she seems to be a little more reserved and calm than her brother and is very content sitting and playing with her toys! Speaking of brothers the two of them are so cute playing, but do not get me wrong they fight too! I already can hear the two of them...mommy she/he is touching me! Sometimes they look at each other and one of them just gets mad and starts screaming! Oh the joy of sibling love!

The last and final thing about our sweet angel is that she has spoken her first word...mama! I know she knows that is associated with me because she will sometimes reach for me and say mama! It of course melts my heart and I sweep her up and kiss her all over! It is funny because Christian will say, " I say mommy and Henley says mama!" He tells her to stop talking! The interaction between the two of them is so cute and sweet! My favorite thing is to catch them when they do not realize they are being watched! There is so much love between them and I can not wait to see how they are as they continue to get older! We feel so blessed to have such sweet, loving, happy and healthy children!

Play Day!

Julie, Bennett and Preston came over the other morning for a play date! We put out the water slide and the kids played outside all morning! I think Bennett liked the water slide once she figured it out and Christian loves it this year! They are at such a great age and played really well together! Sometimes you would think they were brother and sister...they fight like it anyway! The four kids had a fun morning playing and we hope to do it again soon! Enjoy the pictures!

My 34 Birthday!

On June 24th 1975 I was born around 3:00 something in the morning! I know my mom is reading this and thinking she remembers the time! I was a month late and my poor mom...well I can only imagine! These days a doctor would never dream of having you go past your new date and if you are lucky you can deliver before! Anyway, thanks mom for putting up with my stubbornness even before I was around! My birthday was a good day and actually not quite as chaotic as it can be for the most part! A friend of mine dating all the way back to grade school and her kids met up for a morning at the pool! Angele has a boy, Caiden that is 4 and a daughter, Riley who is 8! Christian loves to play with older kids and he had a blast! We went over to my parents pool because it is much more nice and quiet than the public pool's! The kids played and we reminisced about old times! We had lunch for everyone there and then around 1;30 they had to go because Angele had to work that night!
Brian was actually in town that week and would be home for me to have a birthday dinner with the whole family! As a tradition growing up my mom would always make us whatever we wanted for our birthday dinner! Well... Brian cooked filet's on the grill and my mom made fried green tomatoes! YUM! We had corn for Christian because he is obsessed with it and a salad too! The salad made me feel not so bad about eating a dozen fried green tomatoes! :) After dinner we opened some gifts and I got some great things! My favorite thing is what my hubby gave me! Brian gave me a Kindle! I am obsessed with the thing and have already begun reading every chance I can get! I can not wait to take it to the beach and relax with a good book!

I had a great day, but nothing eventful except that I turned another year older! I am trying to forget about that part! Thanks everyone for being a part of it!