Big Girl

Adah has officially moved to a big girl bed!  Yesterday while she was busy watching a show I converted her crib to a toddler bed!  I can't believe actually did it!  I was sure that she was going to be in a crib until she was 18!  Josh and I made the decision to go ahead a switch her because he is home for a little bit and can help me transition her and also because we want to start to potty train her before too long and want her in a toddler bed when we do so!

Much to my surprise she did GREAT!  Now I know she will have her days and nights when she doesn't want to nap or go to bed and will get out 100+ times but for the first time she did SO good and we are so proud of her!  She went to bed last night so excited to be a big girl in a big girl bed and didn't get up until I went in to get her at 7:15 this morning!  Today at nap she didn't want to nap but stayed in her bed for 25 mins playing until she fell asleep!  She did hang her feet out at one point early on and I just went in and told her that it was time to sleep not play and she pulled them back in and laid there until she fell asleep!  She is currently asleep and has been for about an hour now!  Here is so hoping EVERY day is this easy!  RIGHT!

I love you my big girl Adah Potatah!

Happy 9 Months Mickey Moo!

Mickey Moo Bear!  We love you so very much!  We can NOT believe that you are already NINE MONTHS old!  Its crazy!  I still feel like you are so little!  Maybe that is because you never ate baby food or maybe because your sister is just getting so big too!  You can't be 9 months!  You can't be almost a YEAR!  I want you to stay tiny FOREVER!  You are so sweet and have such a great personality!  You are SO DIFFERENT from your sister!  You still love your mommy VERY much and you DO NOT like to be away from me!  You follow your big sister EVERYWHERE!  You LOVE to take things from her and you like to have EVERYTHING she has and it has already caused some BIG fights!  You are quite the adventurous one....you don't care how tall, wide or big something is because if it is in your way then you WILL climb/dive over/on it to get where you want!  You are cruising like crazy around everything and you even will let go and stand on your own!  You look so silly because you are just too tiny to be doing that!  You FINALLY got your first tooth on the 10th...its your bottom front left!  You went to speech therapy and have been evaluated by a dentist because you are tongue tied and they were concerned that it was what was causing you to not eat solids and they are afraid that it could cause some speech problems as you get older!  The dentist is wonderful and doesn't want to rush into anything so we are going to wait and see if by you getting teeth and working your tongue out more will cause it to stretch and to fix itself without having to get it cut!  You will be evaluated again by the dentist in December!  You say ma-ma A LOT especially when you really want to get my attention or want me to hold you!  If I tell you "no" for any reason you stick your bottom lip out and sit down on your booty and just start crying....its quite pathetic!  You LOVED to be chased!  If anyone, including big sister gets down and crawls toward you and says "I'm gonna get you" you grin real big and start to crawl away!  You LOVE to sneak away from me when I change your clothes or diaper and you think it is hilarious when I pull you back to me by your ankles!  You are such a happy baby and you are SO ticklish!  You also started to sleep through the night this past week and I AM LOVING IT!  I put you down between 7 and 7:30 and you sleep until 7 or 7:30 in the morning!  You are SO easy to put to bed and nap!  All I do is hold you and sing you a song and lay you down awake and you just go to sleep!  You do sleep with a paci or two! ;)  We go next week to the doctor for your 9 month check up to see how you are growing height and weight wise!  You are still in size 3 diapers and in 6-12 or 9 month clothes!  You have started to eat solids but still have yet to eat from a spoon and will absolutely NOT eat anything pureed or mushy!  You HAVE to have what we are eating or you will throw a fit!  You are so good at eating just about everything we eat...I guess you just gum it to death!

Sweet little M you complete our little family and we love you our little M&M!  Can't wait to see what the next months bring!  Now to start planning your first birthday!!!!

(oh, and a little request from your mommy...can you PLEASE start taking a sippy or bottle!  You are killing me over here!  I mean don't get me wrong I LOVE nursing you but give mommy a break!  Its been 9 months..don't you want something else! :)  You are still eating every 3 hours during the day but mommy would like to be able to get away now and then!

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