Jane 9 Months

 

9 months gone already!!!  These two pics were taken within moments of each other.  She was NOT happy to be put on her back, but when I waived a toy over her it became a fun game.  Jane's really getting into games lately; peek-a-boo, pat-a-cake, tickle fingers, toss on the bed, chase (whether mommy chasing her or Jane chasing the cats), etc.  She's starting to stand on her own for brief seconds, but mostly still crawling.  At least her speed is improving, and she can crawl over and up things now.  I think she's gotten over her growling phase by now (thanks Uncle Erik, it was fun!) and is back to high pitches squeals and babbles.  Thank goodness, I like those better.  Had her first major rash, I think due to strawberries or blueberries, but not sure, we'll have to try both again, separately, and pay better attention.  We've been going to the pool with Jane lately and she loves it!  Like a big bath tub but better!  And of course recently she watched fireworks on the fourth and just loved those too.  Dad says her little personality is starting to show, and although she's had one all along, I know what he means.  She has always been pretty easy going but now makes her opinions known and has clear preferences.  And yeah, she's starting to manipulate her parents but we just love her to bits.  Here are a few pics of other things Jane's been up to this month:

Slightly tormenting Dante for a little tough love in return.  Ah I love that face!  No worries, he didn't claw her, just batted her around a bit.

Left alone with a fruit pouch long enough to make the mess you see here.  I might add that mom knew better.  This is dad's first and only time making that mistake! Right?

And this has been a favorite thing to do this month: put an entire rubber ducky in her mouth and make it squeak by chowing down on it.

So there's the highlights for last month.  Stay tuned, next one should be another exciting one!

Jane 8 Months

Jane's eigth month has been exciting to say the least.  She's kept me on my toes, as she is mobile and extremely curious.  She's tasted cat food at least three times.  At least she's stayed out of the diaper pail and litter box thus far.  Smart girl.  She's now got two bottom teeth poking through her gums, continues to nurse pretty well, and goes down for naps when I want her to for the most part.  She's standing often and even cruises a little bit, but she hasn't quite gotten the hang of that yet, as she falls down often while transferring.  Her 'speech' is developing, this month her sounds are mainly made with unique 'tongue' sounds, I don't know how to explain it, I've been trying to capture that on video and have a few good takes.  Darn it, she always does the cutest things before I pull out the camera, then refuses to repeat for the camera.  So hopefully the videos will remind Jeff and I of the really cute stages she goes through when she is older.  I knew that I was going to love this stage (abt 3-9 months is what I think my favorite age is for kids) and I do.  I wish I could freeze her in time and make it last longer while it is so enjoyable and I'm getting the hang of it.  Now she's just gonna grow and move into the next stage and I'll have to learn something new.  It's fun to watch her explore.  Even now, as she tries to monopolize the keyboard.  Thank goodness I picked up that play table last week, there she goes.   Distracted!  Oh and she loves food and snacks of all kinds.  Pretty much.  I broke my own rule this morning and fed her chocolate cake and a little bit of cheese.  She loved both.  Another development, only in the past couple of weeks, is dancing.  When music comes on that she likes, she will sway her whole body if standing, and if sitting will bob her head side to side.  It's so darn cute to watch a baby dancing for the first time.  I'm sure it will become a regular occurrence, as we listen to a lot of music around here.

Jane 7 Months

Almost through Month 7, boy time flies and Jane is learning and growing up fast.  She learned how to crawl on tax day, April 17th.  So that's the biggest news.  But she's also plugging away at solid foods and enjoying pretty much everything we give her.  She's figuring out some of her more complicated toys, like how to push the music button on one, how to rock her pony, how to reach into something to find a toy inside.  She's even figured out how to turn book pages.  One of her other accomplishments this month is pulling herself upright on the side of her crib.  We lowered the mattress.  She fights swaddling now and can get out of it in a pinch.  But I still try.  Oh, and she found the cat fountain a few days ago.  I let her play in the water until she started crying because she was soaked and cold.  Bad mom/good mom?  I had to let her, she was having so much fun.

Happy Easter... and bathing suit!

This is my favorite Easter photo of Jane that we took today.... I love looking at her smiles.  Today was uneventful really.  We relaxed at home, went to church, then to dinner at family's house.  Home to edit photos and share on our blog!

I also grabbed this shot today because this morning I finished a little sewing project.  I decided to buy (3) swimsuits from the dollar store for the purpose of using the extras for fabric to embellish the first suit, and to make a matching cap.  I didn't know if I'd be able to pull it off, so for $3.00 I felt it was worth the risk.  I'd seen a similar suit from a name brand kids clothing line and didn't feel that a kids suit should cost $60.  But I did think it was an awfully cute suit.  So I pulled it off, I think it came out great.  I'm going to add this to my new 'crafty' blog when I finally sit down to it.  Ah the world of 'someday'... gets bigger with a baby at home.