9 Months

This is our sweet little 9 month old blessing. She has definitely grown in cuteness annnnnd stubbornness this month. She and McB crawl all over the house getting into everything. There are lots of fun times around our home these days. Here is a shot of her playing with the fridge numbers & letters. McB brings them to her when she is crying and she quickly becomes happy again.

Did I mention that she has grown in stubbornness? She is happy until she realizes that playtime is over. She still loves being swaddled but she has mastered getting into sitting, pulling to stand and crawling...while still wrapped in her swaddler blanket. She will sit in the corner of her crib, next to the door, and scream until she finally passes out. While some babies suck their thumb or a pacifier, Cwa has found her arm to be most soothing.

Above, is a shot of our monitor screen with Cwa sitting and sucking on her arm. Below, is a shot of Cwa still sucking on her arm, but passed out on top of her arm. She has been known to remain in sitting until her head starts to bob and she eventually falls forward in sitting and stays in that position as she snoozes. We would'nt dare wake her.

Here are a few more shots of her passed out in her crib.

My favorite:)

She loves to pull up to stand and dance at her new piano toy while it plays music for her.

McB and Cwa hanging out in their tent. Daddy is pretty proud of the fact that she can palm a small ball already.

McB says he gave Cwa "two" toys to play with in the tub. Clearly, we have not mastered the skill of counting yet.
Here are some shots of our trip to the local pumpkin patch. We are still working on getting both of them to smile at the same time. Throwing hay in the air helped.

Mommy, McB and Cwa on the "big, big bridge".

Riding the barrel train.

Cwa eating/tasting her 1st apple. Momma ate all of the caramel first;)

Cwa loved the horses at our county fair.

...and the Carousel.

8 Months

We had lots of fun family time this month! Cwa and McB are starting to play together...or McB is starting to try and get Cwa to play with him. He loves trains and frequently pretends that he is one of the 'Thomas and Friends' characters. He instructs Cwa as to which character she should be...usually "Edward". He likes to push her around "help her crawl faster" and say "come on Edward, come on, park in the shed Edward, noooo Edward, over here, this way Edward".

We spent a "Day out with Thomas" as a family and had a blast. The train ride was a first for all of us. Here is a shot of Cwa waving out the train window.

Did I mention that McB LOVES trains:) Here is a shot of our family on the train. The little conductor in his conductor hat.

We ended the day with a picnic in the park...ing lot. We have had some great evening walking weather. We are finding it a bit challenging to get great pics with both kids smiling.
Here is a shot of Cwa sneaking a toy away from her friend Miss P during their playdate;) They both love the rubber dog toy. Here are some shots from our day trip to the tractor show. McB LOVES tractors too. Cwa just loves being carried by mommy and being outside:)

Cwa looks a little nervous about going for a ride with her big bro behind the wheel;)

7 Months

Better late than never;) We finished our summer with some fun. Over the past month, we finished settling into our new home, made a quick trip to the beach and aquarium, and just had some fun family time at HOME. Our new place is really starting to feel like home for us all:)

Here is a pic of mom and Cwa before "Girls Night". It is probably the last time she will get to go with mom to girls night. Maybe a day will come when she is old enough to carry on adult conversation and want to hang out with mom.

She is still full of smiles and she LOVES to be with her mama.

She LOVED the beach!!!

McB and Daddy catching a fish. Shhhhh, don't tell him it is plastic:) He also pretends to fish in our backyard with sticks. He will catch an imaginary one, hold it up and say, "wook I caught a fish, we need to cook it".

Just in case you can not see from his face in the pics, he was fascinated by the aquarium.

He was a little concerned when Nemo would not talk to him.

Dolphin watching with the cousins:)

Trying to feed herself.

Dessert:)

Yummm!

"Let's do this"

Official pose for "Potty Training"

Dressing his little sis.

Mom was not quick enough with the camera to get a good angle.

Mom caught him hanging out in our built-in wine rack/location of future missing toys.

McB and Daddy finding dinosaur shaped clouds.