Olivia is already nine months old! (Technically, she was nine months old Saturday but I haven't been on the computer much lately to blog!)It's hard to believe that she is as old as the number of months I carried her inside of me. These have been some of the best 9 months of my life. She brings so much light and life and joy into our house. She is such a blessing. At nine months she:
-is finally taking a bottle really well and is getting mostly formula these days.
-is still nursing twice a day but I think prefers the bottle now :)
-is still not sleeping through the night despite her formula feeds. I let her cry it out for a good 30-45 minutes every night and she still won't fall back asleep. But as soon as I give her a bottle, she conks out. Sigh.
-can get up on all fours but is not crawling yet. And that makes me thrilled!!! :) I know my days of being able to lay on the couch and read a book for a few minutes will be over once she's mobile :)
-takes one to two naps depending on what time she wakes up
-is eating 3-4 jars of baby food a day and some table food. So far, she's had (tablefood wise) potato, banana, blueberry muffin, turkey sausage (which she LOVED!), cheese sticks, mango, peach, puffs, grapes, and a few other things I can't recall this early in the morning!
-finally let other people hold her over the past week without screaming. I'm hoping this means she is going to turn the corner with all this separation/stranger anxiety.
-is still saying momma, dada, "Oh" and can recognize all of us plus Carter
-still only has her two bottom teeth but I'm expecting more to pop up any minute
-still adores her brother and thinks he is the most entertaining person on the face of the earth
-went in the swimming pool for the first time this past weekend and she loved it. She was just a kicking and splashing. I'm hoping she won't be afraid of the water!
-is getting ready to make her first two day car trip very soon. Please pray for all of us!
-is the most beautiful and precious baby in the whole world but I'm biased!
Happy nine month birthday Livie! We love you more and more every single day!
2 comments:
She is very photogenic! Love the pictures :) So excited to see yall!!
Time flies doesn't it? She is so cute. I can hardly wait to see her in person. I guess her onsie didn't make it in time...huh? Hopefully it will get there today.
I love you!
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