Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Dear Lyla, 9 whole months have come and past. The above picture captures the very essence of you. Beautiful. Good natured. Kinda playful. Precious. The theme of this month has to active!!! You are such an expert crawler. You're working on standing. Being held is now for the birds and you much perfer playing. I think if you weren't so absolutely perfect, this last month would be my least favorite. You've discovered the power of you cries. You can go EVERYWHERE but you're just awkward enough that you hurt yourself a lot. And you have to endure childbirth for babies (teething). Still, you find a way to make even these struggles so absolutely amazing. You have the most adorable and determined crawl. I love when you race towards me and follow me around the house. I love to my new partner while I pee. I love seeing you peek around a wall as if you've just made the world's biggest discovery by finding me. With all this new knowledge about crying, also comes knowledge about interacting. I swear you talk to me. You are so expressive. You are my little confidant. Partner in crime. I feel much less lonely while dad travels with you around. There are so many other things I love about you....your unruly bed head after a good night's sleep...the way you become chatty at night and can hardly refrain from hearing yourself speak....the way your belly hangs over your diaper. I am grateful for momentary glipses I get of the woman you will become. Smart. Good natured. Fun. Determined. Loveable. I treasure tiny hugs and embraces. spooning. and when you get your little death grip on my clothing.
Here's some other things about you this month....
You are a tiger's blood snow cone addict/DIVA. From your first try you were hooked and would wine for more. NOW, you won't even let me have a bite in between your bites. You actually cry. Whenever we order a drink now at a fast food place you sit up and start whining..thinking it's a snow cone.
You've learned how to take off your bow. Woe is me! But you normally still allow it to grace your beautiful head
You ate your first full container of baby food this month. For dad, not me. You've pretty much mastered baby food and eat it more a meal now, than just a snack.
You LOVE to crawl away while getting changed. I've learned to wipe you in all sorts of positions and practice restraints. Your strength and determination is AMAZING!
You raise your arms up to me now when I reach for you....love this.
Your hair has gotten sooo curly! It has stayed lighter than light as well.
You got you bottom 2 teeth this month
You have this lovely new grunt you make. Kinda like uhhn. So lady like
You have regained your love for books! Hooray. Okay, mostly you just turn the pages rapidly (better than eating them though!)
You pull your socks off the instant you notice them intruding on your need for free toe-dom
You give kisses! Ahhh. You open your lips when I move in.
You are quite the piggy breast feeder. In no way will you wait for me to latch you on. You root and dig til you get what you want. You still get a drunk face after eating.
When playing, you like to be independent but still want the option to crawl in and out of my lap.
You have this lovely habit of scratching when you eat or when you're tired. It hurts SOOO bad. You just literally scratch bare skin, or dig around for bare skin til you find it.
You're kinda getting thunder thighs! They look like jowls. I could kiss each roll all day long. They are now too chubby for the bumbo!
You can pull yourself up to the standing position! You rock the stand and play toys these days. You also enjoy walking along the couch.
You try to suck on Dad and I's toes. EEEEWWW!!
Sometimes with all the activity, I miss cuddling and beg you for more. I don't want to put you down so you arch your back til I relent. Sorry about that.
When you take a decent nap (pretty much never), I find myself missing you! Then I look at the clock to find its only been an hour!
A cup for of water is you total Nemesis. You get so determined and won't rest until you've knocked it over.
In Mexico you learned solids aren't such a bad thing--thanks to the help of cookies. You also became SOOO active. You want to move constantly
You can work a crowd! Smiling and carrying on. It's pathetic
You can still wear 6-9 month clothing easily
You've discovered outlets and opening and closing drawers. Needless to say, we've had to baby proof! And I cried.
You laugh when the little piggy goes wee wee wee all the way home
You can for from standing to sitting and sitting to standing.
You are just one of the girls! You love to play all the time and just want to be part of it all!
You giggle like crazy when I sneak upon you and then start crawling away. What a playful little thing you are.
When you get hurt or scared, you look to me for comfort. Please always do this.
With all the activity you have gotten a few bumps along the way. Thankfully nothing bad like a bruise but little bumps here and there. It's tough learning to be big
You know that blocks of towers are meant to be knocked over
You follow Ty now all over the house! When he goes outside we can find you at the sliding glass window looking for him. You two are little buddies. You get so excited when you hear his collar jingle.
You sleep like crazy person. Thrashing about and every which way. Still have yet to pass to 7 hour mark on sleep. Still not loving naps. You fight sleep every time I try to lure you there. You simply SUCK at sleeping love.
You had your first experience falling off our big bed. I had my first heart attack. You were napping and woke. I didn't get there fast enough so you just crawled right off. And then screamed. It was so scary. But you were fine and haven't done it since
You understand complex play with toys. You try to stack things and feel things out. It's so amazing watching you learn
Your first act of a destructo baby was to smash my scentsy candle on the counter. Sending wax everywhere and cracking the burner.
I say this all the time but you are so admired. A rough and tough biker said to us at Brads the other day, "some guy's gonna get lost in those blue eyes someday and never find his way out". I hope he's good to you and rich. Another younger guy at church said to us "I've noticed all the babies in the ward and yours is by far the cutest".
We think you might get allergies. You get so congested and itch your eyes but it's only at night and early morning and at certain places.
Likes
Limes
Mexican cookies
tomatoes
potatoes
goldfish
cracker
bananas
apples (but not applesauce)
strawberry bananas
cherrios
snow cones
coke
Dislikes
craisins
most vegetables
all baby food meat
strawberries
Stats
15 lbs (2nd percentile)
26.5 inches long (14 percentile)
17inches head circumference (23rd percentile)
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4 comments:
She is too cute for words, Chels. Love your posts to--and about--her. It will be invaluable to her someday.
Oh that white dress is gorg.. We missed ya at the wedding. Spencer asked if you were coming he thinks Lyla is a doll, can you tell he is dying for a girl.
Oh man she is too cute!! Her and I would get along too...not a big craisin fan ha ha
I just turned the computer to Tyson and said, "Is it just me or is that the most perfect little girl ever?" Talk about a pretty baby! I love that picture of her in the bumbo in her little dress. Just darling! I want to hold her.
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