Full force ahead!

9 Months

Lia is almost 9 months old. In a week, she'll have been out in the world as long as she was growing inside of me. It's amazing. So much has happened in these past 9 months but it also feels like just yesterday we were welcoming her to our family. With her growing age comes new and exciting milestones. Lia is now crawling. All over the place. So much that her little knees are red from the workout. We've made knee pads for her out of Paul's socks but I can barely stop her long enough to put them on. She LOVES crawling after Monkey! He now showers her with kisses every chance he gets. There is now an 'eww' factor that goes with crawling. Lia just gets to some things before I can stop her. She's put my dirty shoes and some of Monkey's stinky toys in her mouth a couple of times now. Eww! I have managed to prevent her from drinking out of Monkey's water dish so that makes me happy. Lia also has 2 teeth now. Both bottom, front ones. It's really cute. She is miss personality, talking and babbling to everyone she can. She loves people and even likes to cuddle a little (she has always been very independent). We love watching her grow and thrive. I'll put some action videos on soon.

Lia and Monkey

Lia and Monkey were so cute playing together I had to capture the moment. Monkey always makes Lia smile and laugh. And he licks her all over every chance he gets. Lia is really close to crawling. Things are going to change big time around here when she gets mobile. Monkey will have to watch out!

Music Class

Everyone loves the guitar!

Yummy instruments!

Lia's new friend, Julian.

Zoning out watching bubbles.

Lia and I just ended an 8 week Music Class. I'm so glad we did this together. I think Lia was a little unsure at first but then she really enjoyed it. The babies played with all kinds of instruments- guitar, drums, shakers and other noise makers and there was lots of singing and dancing. It was a very high energy class. It was great to hang out with other moms and have Lia play with other babies. What class are we going to do next...

Mommy's Birthday

Michelle and I always spend our birthday together. This year she came out early and although we had a fabulous time, we were not together on the actual day. It was a little sad but Lia helped me have a good day. The weather was beautiful and we took Monkey for a great walk. Lia giggled every time Monkey ran after the ball! Then we went to Mommy and Me yoga. Lia loves seeing all the other babies and rolling around on the floor. And I love the yoga and talking to other Moms. I hope this is an activity that Lia and I will share for years to come. And for future birthdays, Michelle and I have agreed to be together on the actual day.