9 Months!

Baby Annabelle is 9 months old!

The biggest part of your 8th month was your baptism.

Jenna and JJ both lovingly accepted the roles as your Godparents and were more than willing to share this special day with us. You looked beautiful in the same gown that both myself and Cousin Dawn wore for our baptism days. You were patient in Church and didn't even cry when you were with Pastor Phil. You did speak to him a couple times and right into the microphone. The congregation already loves you.

You had both Great Grandma Sampson and Great Grandma Nance with you that day.

We are so blessed to have this day to share with you baby girl. So proud.

In your 8th month you continued to grow into the silly girl that you are. Belly laughs, squawks and smiles make up the majority of your day. I have to make sure I add at least 10 minutes to each errand stop since people just can stop and talk to you all day. You are gracious with your time and still so patient with strangers.

In the past month you have:

---pushed out another 3 teeth. 5 total now, 2 on the bottom and 3 top middle. You had one sad night when you woke up in some pain, mostly you just stay fussy during the day. Your diaper area gets a bit red but so far you are pretty lucky.

---continued your speed record in crawling. You can spend all day traveling around the house and you no longer like playing in just one room. Again the poor cat gets chased around all day.

---learned how to creep around furniture and you made it to standing on top your toy box.

---stayed your dad's little buddy and you prefer him putting you to sleep.

---still loved eating. You stick with chunks of steamed carrots, squash, sweet potatoes, tofu patties, grapes and sometimes some melon. You still prefer apples and pears as a sauce. You will still eat anything.

---made it back to 6:30 or 7 wake up time. This is just easier on everyone.

---You go to bed around 7:30-8 pm and you still tend to wake up talking around 5 am but go back to sleep.

---You are eating 4 times a day. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner is split with milk and then food whenever I eat, then milk for bedtime.

---made it back to 2 larger naps during the day. You will snooze in the car if we are traveling and its dark out before bed. You still nap longer if Dad is around and we have yet to figure out why.

---you are signing for milk, more and waving. You give high fives too.

---You absolutely love you Gigi. Great Grandma and you had this connection right away. She makes you laugh like no one else can you think she is the funniest person ever.

Baby girl your smiles and laughs are still the biggest part of my day. Even with such a busy and festive month you continued to be such a trooper. Your bad days are filled with so much joy it is a testiment to how happy we all need to be with our lives. Your tummy is upset and you are breaking teeth and yet you continue to crawl around and find things to bring your attention back to happy. Everyone continues to love you. Your family and all of our friends just want to hold you and cuddle. You recognize faces so easily and I think you are starting to enjoy how happy you make everyone. You quickly tell us when you don't like something and are not a fan of being told NO. You still never sit still if you are held you still need to be walked around. Your energy level amazes me. We love you so much baby girl and just continue to be so grateful for you.

At 9 months you wear:

Onesies: 6 months

Jeans, pants: 6 months

Tops: 0-6 months

Dresses: 3 months

Jammies: 6 months