Sweet Girl

Miabelle,

Just this week you learned to clap, wave & say duck. How did you get so big??

xoxo, Mama

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Baby Hat Fetish Continues

Monday the weather was 60!!! Hello late January treat...I LOVE YOU!!!  After work I did some window shopping at Baby Gap. Yes, I said window shopping. Not a word that is typically in my repertoire!  I drool for Gaps baby clothes, but not so much for their prices. HOWEVER, I stumbled upon these adorable knit beanies & just wished I had a squishy newborn.  Price wise the store carries them for $16.95 but had 20 % off.  Normally I would turn to Etsy for knit pieces but around $14, after discount, is comparable especially with Etsy shipping. PS These adorable beanies come in bigger sizes too!!!

So I filled my Baby Gap craving at my beloved Once Upon a Child. I found this sweet vintage looking smock with amazing crochet like detail around the neck for $5.50. I squeezed my sweetie into it ...hello 0-3 months... & took advantage of the continued warm weather, for a quick iphone photo shoot. Isn't she AMAZING!!!

Good Medicine

A yucky cold is traveling around our house. First baby girl, now daddy. Hopefully I escape the wrath. Nothing worse then being sick when you have a crazy 9 month old to chase all over the house!!!!!!  I curled up in bed early on Saturday to get some extra rest & watched Easy A. Emma Stone is AWESOME. I loved her in The Help & now in this movie.  A girly flick that made me laugh out loud. Just what the doctor ordered:) (A few trips to Target too!!!)!

Family Tree

How adorable is this Family Tree from Martha??? LOVE IT!!!! For the play room or even if you have a giant family room? I found it at Lil Sugar which is all kids stuff/ALL CUTE!!!!

Skating

Today was FUN.. So glad we resisted the urge to hunker down after last nites snow storm!! Damon made it easy to get out by scraping my car!! Thanks Baby. We went to Celeste's 10th birthday at a ROLLER RINK!!!! So glad Brandi said we should skate. I hadn't roller skated since I was 10, living in our Lancaster house with the half cement basement where I skated for hours to the Madonna Living on a Prayer Album!! My little cutie is snug as a bug in bed & I'm enjoying dessert. LIFE IS GOOD.

9 months

Today is your 9 month birthday. To show how big you are, you said your FIRST words!!!!  DA-DA. Just yesterday Brandi asked me if you were babbling mama or dada. i said no, she just kind of rambles!! But it's true, today I say Da-Da & you say Da-Da back with a purpose. I think its actually Ga-Ga but you even said it to his picture. So I know you know what it means!!!  By the time we got home from Nana's you were a little Da-Da'd out, but he did get a few in person:)

You have the craziest baby hair alive. i cannot tame it!

You play peek a boo really well! Usually with a blanket, sometimes with daddy's Motor Trend magazine..It's adorable. You're a Smarty Pants!!!

You give big kisses upon request:)

 You love to eat finger foods. So far you feed yourself puffs, banana chunks & scrambled eggs (yolks only). Have almost completely weaned yourself. You prefer your milky in a bottle.

We have come very close to crossing the sleep thru the nite finish line.  You go to bed at 7:30pm, up around 3:30 am to eat, sleep until 7:30am.  You've started sleeping on your belly/side. You nap in your crib at 10am & 2:30pm like clock work.  We are finally swing free

You're not quite crawling but you still roll around like crzy. You can even navigate around objects in your way. We really can't take our eyes off you or you're gone!!

You weigh around 16.5 libs & wear 6-9 month clothes.

You are seriously turning into this little person, with such a silly, crazy personality. You NEVER slow down unless it's bed or nap time. you GOGOGO. Your days are filled with PLAYPLAY PLAY.

Finally, you love when we read you. Goodnite Moon, How Big is Baby Elmo, & a Finding Nemo book are some of your favorites.

We are loving you to the stars & back Mia Isabelle!

New Obsession

We are only on Episode 4 Season 1, but we are LOVING Being Human. Thank you streaming NetFlix for having it & the original British version:)