Better Together: 9 months

Oh Brylianna you are such a cute little baby.

Your little toes, you like to wiggle them and suck on them when you are in your car seat occasionally.

Your little hands. They make the cutest sound when you crawl across the floor. They hold on tight to our fingers or cling to our t-shirts when you want to be held and cuddle.

Your cute little smile, lights up a room and is never in short supply. You have a talent of smiling the widest smile ever and somehow still keep your binky in. Several people have commented on this ability of yours.

Your little giggle is the cutest sound in the whole wide world. Daddy makes you giggle the best. And you imitate other people when they laugh sometimes :)

Your cute little teeth. You just got your 3rd one.

Your little happy bounce you do, when you are excited or when you see food is adorable and you just have so much excitement and joy you can't keep it all in that little body of yours.

You are starting to get the courage to try to switch from object to object around the house while standing. You went from the bench in our front room to a kitchen chair which is becoming quite normal. You even have the courage to only hold on with one hand sometimes.

You have tried to stand up on the empty laundry bin and have fallen over backwards and bonked your head on the floor. Also your little walker. You are trying to climb into it sometimes now too, so I have to watch you extra carefully.

You love crawling over to me when I am cooking or doing dishes and you always pull yourself up using my leg, my pant leg, skirt whatever. I have to make sure to wear a belt sometimes because of this habit of yours haha

You were so good at your 9 month checkup. Yay for no shots this time. I was super grateful. You are now 16 lbs 1 oz and 28 inches tall! You are in the 15th percentile for weight and 82 percentile for height. You are tall and skinny like your daddy.

You have been on lots of hikes with us! You are super good in the backpack carrier thing we got for you and you love to look around at nature. Our longest hike so far was 8 miles and you did awesome.

You are SO loved. Sometimes when you bonk your head or cry your daddy and I race to pick you up first :) Yes you are a bit spoiled, but that is okay because you are such a good baby and genuinely sweet spirit and you made us parents and will always hold a special place in our hearts.

Keep growing, keep smiling, keep giggling and being happy. We love you Brylianna. These past 9 months have flown by faster then we ever thought they would. ( I am wondering why these 9 months went so fast and why being pregnant for 9 months took FOREVER!) We are excited to see the sweet little girl you are becoming.