9 months

I don't have a picture for this post that is current, so I'll post one that was taken of Tenley when she was just a week or two shy of 9 months.  I'll work on the actual 9 month picture soon.

Miss Tenley you are 9 months old!!  You are our little bug and we just love you so much!!  Here's what you're doing these days:

-You are wearing size 3 diapers.

-You love all fruits and most veggies!  You also love yogurt and puffs.  Yogurt melts and puffs are great when we are at a restaurant to keep you busy!  

-You are wearing 12-18 month clothes.  Occasionally I can still get you into a 9 month outfit, but not very often anymore! 

-You weigh 20 lbs. and are 28 1/2 inches long. (I think I'm remembering your length right..)

-You aren't quite crawling yet, but it will be any day now.  You get up on fours and rock back and forth, and you are an expert at going backwards.  But you just haven't gotten the hang of going forwards yet.  You are also starting to pull yourself up on the furniture.  You've made it to your knees and just about to your feet.  It will come fast!  I'm not quite ready for that mover stage yet!  I know that once you figure out how to be on the go, you won't stop!  You're a very busy little girl!

-You are making all kinds of new expressions!

-You have 2 teeth that are completely in, 2 more that are almost all the way in, and one more that is just poking through.  This last tooth has been the easiest one.  You didn't get a fever with this one like you have in the past.  

-You LOVE the water and being in the pool!  It's been rainy the last week or so, but we're excited to get you back in the pool and enjoy summer.  

-You say mama, dada, nana, baba.  And you give lots of great kisses!  We're trying to teach you how to blow kisses right now.  You do the sound, but haven't done the motion on your own yet.  

Here's your schedule for a normal day right now.  You wake up at 7:00am.  Have a bottle and oatmeal.  You take your morning nap usually from 9-10:00 or 10:30.  At 11:00am you have lunch.  For lunch you get a veggie and fruit.  No bottle during lunch anymore, which you're doing great with!  This was an easy transition. You take a nap around 1:00-2:00.  At 3:00 you get a bottle and a snack (usually yogurt or oatmeal).  Then around 5:30ish you get supper - which is a veggie and fruit.  7:00 is your last bottle of the night.  You usually head to bed around 8:30 or 9.  You are such an easy baby.  This last weekend we traveled 3 hours to visit baby Makenzie and her mommy Jamie and you were such a great traveler!  You still stayed on schedule and got great naps and just were able to go with the flow!  That's a great trait to have Tenley.  I hope that continues.  

We love you bug.  You keep us smiling each and every day.