9 Months Old!

Elizabeth,

I can't believe that in just 3 short months you will be a one year old! This year is just flying by way too fast. Sometimes I wish I could freeze time as it is, but it has been so much fun to see how you're growing and changing every day! You got to celebrate your first Christmas this month. You didn't exactly understand what all was going on, but you sure had fun! Daddy and I can't wait to be able to teach you the real reason for Christmas - Jesus' birth! You loved playing with your Little People Nativity set. It is such a great way to introduce Jesus' birthday to you. Daddy and I love you so much! We can't wait to see what this next month has in store for you.

Love,

Mommy and Daddy

Weight: 16 pounds, 4.5 ounces

Length: 28 inches

Diaper size: Size 3

Teeth: Still no teeth...

Clothes size: You're wearing 6-12 months, 9 months, and even some 12 months clothes!

Sleep: You go to sleep pretty much right at 7 (after your last bottle of the evening). Most of the time you'll sleep until 6:30-7, but there are times you wake up earlier. Sometimes you'll go back to sleep, depending on what time you wake up for your bottle. Mommy likes when you go back to sleep!

Favorite activities/things: Sitting up, crawling, pulling up, trying to stand without help, your Little People Nativity set, playing with the ornaments on the tree, watching Giggle Bellies, and so much more!

Eating: You take either 4 or 5 bottles a day, depending on if you decide you're hungry early. You also eat breakfast around 8, lunch around noon, and dinner at 6. You've started refusing all baby food, unless it's oatmeal mixed with the banana drinkable yogurt. You absolutely love steak, it's just so crazy to me that a little one without any teeth can eat table food, much less steak. You also love crackers, cheese, any other meat, potatoes, and sweet potatoes. Elizabeth, you're not too fond of fruits. I don't know if it's because they're too slippery for you to keep in your mouth, but any time I give you apples or bananas, you end up spitting them out.

Nicknames: Sweet Pea, Miss E, Lizzie, Little Bit

Talking: You're still very talkative. You make "p," "ma," "da," "ba", and "ga" sounds. You've started stringing them together and are just so proud when you hear yourself talk!

New adventures: Nothing too new this month, aside from going out to eat and actually getting food from the restaurant!!

New Skills: Not too much new here... just perfecting the skills learned last month!


Our photo shoot was a little later than normal this month due to the Christmas holidays and traveling. It's getting a little chilly to take pictures outside, but we still managed to get some cute ones!

Because standing
is so much cooler
than sitting!

getting some grass

I got some!

I wonder if I can eat this!?

Right after I took the last picture, E tried to put the grass in her mouth. I quickly put the camera down so that I could stop that from happening. :)