Annie is 3/4 of a year old!!
What she's doing:
-Rolling across the floor like a maniac
-Getting up on her hands and knees in an attempt to crawl
-Grabbing everything she can possibly get her hands on
-Drinking from an Avent sippy cup. She's even holding it (sometimes) on her own. She loves water.
-Trying to stand up in her baby bathtub
-Saying "Mama" - in context! When she first started saying Dada, it was more of a sound/word she could make. When she says "mama," she is talking directly to me. So. Sweet.
-Riding in a big girl car seat. No more infant carrier for her! She is officially in the next phase!
-wearing some 12 month clothes!
-mimicking some sounds (kissing and coughing) and actions (banging things together, patting the floor, etc)
What we've added to her diet:
-Kale
-Plums
-Asparagus
-Potatoes
-Honey Dew Melon
-Chicken
-Cheerios (she will pick them up, but will not put them in her own mouth.)
Annie shares the same love of watermelon as I do. It's her favorite.
Her personality:
-She is learning how to express what she wants. It usually consists of grunts, squeals, and screams.
-Unless she is worn out exhausted, she typically throws a tiny fit when we lay her down for a nap/bed. It only (usually) lasts a short period of time and she's off to sleepytown.
-She is a Mama's girl! Which is about time since she has (and still is really) been nuts about daddy!
-She has a little stranger anxiety and cries if someone new is around and I'm not within arms reach
We have kept every video (even the ones we've taken our cell phones) of her since she was born (minus the very first video we did of her at the hospital) and I have been compiling them in Windows Movie Maker so that I can eventually burn a dvd, thus starting our "home movie" collection. I've worked on this quite a bit this month, playing catch-up, and I am blown away by how much my sweet baby daughter has changed. I gave birth to a dark haired little Hispanic looking baby... but I now have a light-haired, fair skinned girl with the biggest blue eyes and the longest eyelashes I've ever seen. Every moment of her life so far has been bittersweet! I look back over these videos and I can hardly remember what the early days were like. I see videos of us playing with her and it all seems like a blur. A (very tiny) part of me would love to hold that sweet little newborn in my arms again, or rock my snuggly 4 month old to sleep. But then, I am looking forward to future days with Annie as she starts to walk and become more independent. I'm looking forward to the day when I don't have to spend three hours of my day sitting at a pump.. However, for now..a (much larger) part of me wants to hang on to this very curious 9 month old who is into everything and fights you when you try to rock her yet throws a fit when you put her down. I want to freeze time right now and just soak up every moment. Babies are only babies for a year (or less)... and then they become toddlers. Her days of just being a baby are fleeting and I can hardly believe my eyes.
I love her so so so much. There are no words to describe what I feel for this precious little girl. We have hard days and we have amazingly sweet days... but no matter what kind of day we have, I cant ever, ever ever get enough of her!!
-Rolling across the floor like a maniac
-Getting up on her hands and knees in an attempt to crawl
-Grabbing everything she can possibly get her hands on
-Drinking from an Avent sippy cup. She's even holding it (sometimes) on her own. She loves water.
-Trying to stand up in her baby bathtub
-Saying "Mama" - in context! When she first started saying Dada, it was more of a sound/word she could make. When she says "mama," she is talking directly to me. So. Sweet.
-Riding in a big girl car seat. No more infant carrier for her! She is officially in the next phase!
-wearing some 12 month clothes!
-mimicking some sounds (kissing and coughing) and actions (banging things together, patting the floor, etc)
What we've added to her diet:
-Kale
-Plums
-Asparagus
-Potatoes
-Honey Dew Melon
-Chicken
-Cheerios (she will pick them up, but will not put them in her own mouth.)
Annie shares the same love of watermelon as I do. It's her favorite.
Her personality:
-She is learning how to express what she wants. It usually consists of grunts, squeals, and screams.
-Unless she is worn out exhausted, she typically throws a tiny fit when we lay her down for a nap/bed. It only (usually) lasts a short period of time and she's off to sleepytown.
-She is a Mama's girl! Which is about time since she has (and still is really) been nuts about daddy!
-She has a little stranger anxiety and cries if someone new is around and I'm not within arms reach
We have kept every video (even the ones we've taken our cell phones) of her since she was born (minus the very first video we did of her at the hospital) and I have been compiling them in Windows Movie Maker so that I can eventually burn a dvd, thus starting our "home movie" collection. I've worked on this quite a bit this month, playing catch-up, and I am blown away by how much my sweet baby daughter has changed. I gave birth to a dark haired little Hispanic looking baby... but I now have a light-haired, fair skinned girl with the biggest blue eyes and the longest eyelashes I've ever seen. Every moment of her life so far has been bittersweet! I look back over these videos and I can hardly remember what the early days were like. I see videos of us playing with her and it all seems like a blur. A (very tiny) part of me would love to hold that sweet little newborn in my arms again, or rock my snuggly 4 month old to sleep. But then, I am looking forward to future days with Annie as she starts to walk and become more independent. I'm looking forward to the day when I don't have to spend three hours of my day sitting at a pump.. However, for now..a (much larger) part of me wants to hang on to this very curious 9 month old who is into everything and fights you when you try to rock her yet throws a fit when you put her down. I want to freeze time right now and just soak up every moment. Babies are only babies for a year (or less)... and then they become toddlers. Her days of just being a baby are fleeting and I can hardly believe my eyes.
I love her so so so much. There are no words to describe what I feel for this precious little girl. We have hard days and we have amazingly sweet days... but no matter what kind of day we have, I cant ever, ever ever get enough of her!!
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| by AAlexander Photography |
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| Me and my sweet baby daughter. (by AAlexander Photography) |
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