Mickey moo is 10mths

Michaela-

I can't believe that you will be 1 in two short months.  You are such a big girl and it amazing me all that you can do at just 10mths.  You are still so different in so many ways from Adah and even though you are 10mths I feel like you are still so tiny!  You don't talk or babble as much as Adah did but you sure do move a heck of a lot more than she did!  You have been crawling now for a little over 3 months and you have been pulling up and cruising for longer than that!  You are so fast a crawling and cruising!  In the past 3 weeks you have really started to stand on your own.  You will crawl over to places and pull yourself up and then let go and just stand there or play with things!  I have no doubt you will be walking soon because you keep wanting to take a step but can't quite get it yet!  You are quite the dare devil and you are into EVERYTHING!  Mommy had to call poison control on you because you got into a home fragrance oil!  Silly girl!  You hate to be left alone and you always want to be held by mommy!  You are finally used to daddy now and don't mind being with him and you smile so big when he gets home from work but you still prefer mommy.  No stranger can talk to you without you crying...in fact unless you really know the person you won't let them talk to you without crying and clinging to me!  You don't smile much for strangers...which is SO not like your sister!  You are a lot more serious although no one can make you laugh like your big sister can and I just love to hear you two playing together in the back seat and giggling away!  You have taken some beatings from your big sister and have had several battle wounds but nothing too major!  you have two teeth now, both on the bottom.  You are not nursing as well anymore but you don't want to drink anything any other way...you are stubborn.  We are good to nurse 3-4 times a day.  You nurse really good in the morning but then you get so distracted for the two mid day feedings and then sometimes you will eat before bed but if not I go in and nurse you before I go to bed just to get an extra feeding in there.  You are doing so good at eating table food and eat pretty much anything I put in front of you as long as it isn't mushy!  I don't know how you do it with only 2 teeth but hey you are happy so I am happy!  You are in size 3 diapers still and size 9mth and 6-12mth clothes.  You don't care for shoes or socks so you don't wear those much.  You also hate any type of bow or clip!  We are trying to get you to drink whole milk but you are not having it.  I give it to you in your oatmeal everymorning and on your cereal when you have it but you will not drink it straight....until today....I have tried blending it with fruit, warming it up, etc and today I was a bad mom and put a baby spoon full of Nesquik chocolate powder in a sippy of milk...not even enough to change the color to brown but that little bit of chocolate flavor won you over and you LOVED it!  I know I probably shouldn't have done that but I was desperate!

You are the sweetest, cuddliest little angel and i could just kiss your sweet face all day long!  I can't get enough of you!  When you smile it melts my heart!  I love your precious little grin!  You are mommy, daddy and sisters world!  We can't imagine life without you and can't wait to see what your future brings!

Love you my little M&M

Fall fun

Adah's preschool class had a field trip yesterday to Conner's Ah-Maze-ing Acres!  We had so much fun spending the day with all her friends in the beautiful weather!  There were so many fun things to do there  such as animal petting, train rides, hay rides to feed cows, pools of corn for the kids to play in, horse back riding, pumpkin picking, etc!  Michaela was quite the trooper unless I was putting her on the ground or near pumpkins, grass or hay!  Evidently Fall is not her time of year....that or she hates all things outdoors!  Here are a few pictures from our day:

This is from the day before, we had a park play date!

 My two little piggies and a big hay piggie!

 Adah and her teacher Mrs. Dawn!

 Part of her 2 year old class!

 ...with Mrs. Dawn!

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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