Oh Baby!!!

Nine months has sure gone by in a blur (as evidenced by some of the blurry photos shared here). Our Monkey Moo has become quite the dare devil now that she's figured out this crawling business. She chases the dogs, follows us around the house and is quicker than we ever thought possible! Just this past week she started pulling herself up on the furniture, but getting back down usually results in her just letting go.  She has 2 teeth on the bottom and is working on 2 more on top, and is still eating all the food. Her favorite game is pulling everything out of her bottom drawers and she loves Skyping with her cousin Lila.

Happy 8 months Monkey Moo! You are so much fun! You are waving and sitting on your own, getting up on all fours and have almost mastered the butt scooch. You say "my mama" and "momom" a lot which fills my heart with so much joy. You LOVE food. It doesn't matter what daddy puts in front of you you will eat it! Chinese food, ALL THE MEAT (especially if it has bacon in it), lol and ALL THE VEGGIES! You are not a fan of baby food and would much rather be eating what we are. Ramsey is your favorite dog and puts up with all your hair pulling. You truly are the best gift ever! ❤️❤️❤️

Happy 7 months Monkey Moo! You are a raspberry blowing, zerbert giving, slobbery little lady, who we're pretty sure is working on teething. But we've said that before so we'll see! You babble so much these days, there's a lot on your mind and some days you'll talk all the way home from daycare. You are sitting up on your own now, and can scooch backwards on your belly on the hard floor and pull yourself forward on the carpet by grabbing fistfulls of the rug, you love to explore! Food is your favorite thing, the look of pure joy that you get when you try something new just melts our hearts. Turkey Pot Pie is your favorite food right now, home made and blended just so. Daddy let you taste ice cream too and at first you weren't too sure, but once you realized how nummy it was you decided it was great! You know what the cherry on top is though? Your first word is Momomom! We love you and all the joy you have brought to our lives little lady! Can't wait to see wh...

6 months already?!?! Happy half birthday Monkey Moo! You finally figured out how to roll back from your tummy to your back and you really roll everywhere now! You've also figured out how to slide around the living room on your belly in the Superman pose using your arms to push yourself backwards. You were so proud of yourself the first time you made it accross the room! You've been eating more home made baby foods and seem to prefer veggies over fruit, but like tart fruits over sweet ones ( pineapple 😋) You are so very close to sitting up on your own. You'll pull yourself up to a sitting position if we hold your hands, and can sit for a few seconds before you topple over. Today was your 6th month check up, 4 shots (and I still cried over each one - I know babers, ouchie) And we've started some sleep training... Mostly we're training me. Not to pick you up each time you squeak, cause babers I need more than 2 hours of sleep at a time. Night one and we've made pr...

Can you believe our little MonkeyMoo is 5 months already? She's just barely hit 16lbs and is about 25 inches of pure wiggle worm. She's perfected her rolling skills from back to tummy and has rolled a few more times from tummy to back but generally gets stuck on her tummy and needs help getting back over. Her favorite food is butternut squash and she adores when daddy feeds her, "helping" by holding his hand and guiding him to her mouth (it's the cutest thing ever)! She's laughing more and more, the best squeals usually come from a game of nomnomnom (pretending to munch on her tummy or neck). She has started reaching for people, especially when she wants mommy and daddy to pick her up. She is learning how to use her hands and it's facinating to watch her work things out. Recently she's started holding our cheeks ❤️ This past month brought her very first camping trip and her very first out doors bath in a bucket which she adored!

Oh little babers, will you please slow down? 4 months got here much too fast for my liking. I just want you to stay itty bitty a wee bit longer. You can do that,  right? This past month our monkey moo has rolled over from her back to her tummy several times while on her very first boat ride, and decided she was done with that trick. She rolled from her tummy to her back twice in her crib, and is  done with that too. She's blowing raspberries and sticking out her tongue and pretty much an all around slobber monster! And along with babbling more she's started saying uh uh uh when she's over an activity. She loves chomping on her fingers and just started sucking on her thumb. She so loves touching our faces especially if you kiss her hand or give it a raspberry! She also discovered a love of swimming which makes mommy and daddy so incredibly happy! I mean who doesn't want a little mermaid baby?