A couple weekends ago, we got together with some friends (the preggo-clan) to let the babies get together. Aislynn had fun with her best pals, Emma Grace, and Parker James. Me, Kaci and Hillary were all preggo together (not to mention 2 others!) and we keep in touch regularly. EG showed Parker and Aislynn how to crawl-climb. It was fun to see them play (this was their 3rd play date).
Here they are at 4.5 months old
Here they are at 1 month old
and 8 months later (9 mo old)
Our big girl had her 9-month check up on 1/14. Her first appt got cancelled due to the blizzard of 2010. Miss Aisy-poo weighed in at 17lbs, 27.5" long! She's right on track. She did great. Here she is all dressed up for her appt.
Our goal for the next month is going to try and increase the amount of food she eats, and see if she'll try using a sippy cup more often. We're also going to try & teach her how to point, give kisses, wave "bye bye" & play peek-a-boo (okay, so those are my 'mommy' goals) She's already learned "kisses" and will lean in for a peck. We continue to sign to her (mama, dada, eat, milk, drink, 'all done', bath, sleep, more) We want to work on "please", "full", "thank-you". They'll all start kicking in with time.
Over this past weekend, I swear she gained a pound and decided she was going to be "Dora" the Explora! She pulled herself up last week, so we lowered her matress. Now, that's all she wants to do. We lay her down, she flips over, grabs the rails & bloooop! She's standing. She looks like she's doing the hula-dance b/c her mid-section gets wabbly... (video to come later). She also talks NON-STOP (I have no idea where she gets that from) :) She's constantly talking about something. She also loves to sing. She does these really high-pitch, soft, held-out sounds... she's not really saying anything, just kind of singing. She also says 'la la la la la" aaaallll the time and really sticks her tongue out to get a good "la" in there.
Some other things she's doing:
-Anytime it's time to eat, or anytime she sees us eating, she starts smacking her lips making it real obvious that she wants some food
-She's crawling better and wanting to crawl over and on top of things. She had her first 'owie' when she climbed on to of a toy and lost her balance and hit her cheek on the side of it (she's fine though)
-She's got that super-hawk-like baby vision... where she can see any speck on the carpet and she's REALLY good using her finger and thumb to 'pinch' and pick up anything she sees.
-She likes feeding herself little bits of things and really smacks the food to get all the flavors out :)
-NO TEETH yet
-She makes a bridge with her body when she's crawling around. She'll push up on her hands, throw her butt in the air, and keep her legs totally straight- resting her toes on the ground like she's a TeePee or drawbridge...
-She likes standing on her knees (freely) like she's praying or something :)
-Just tried stage 3 baby food and she does just fine with it
-Tried 'yogo baby' yogurt & really liked it
-Still in size 2 diapers but after our current 'stock' runs out - we're moving to size 3.
This last weekend, we met a bunch of friends (and their babies) at a BBQ joint. It was SO much fun - We of course, took an updated "preggo-clan" photo with all 5 mamas holding their babies (wait, 4 mamas, 1 daddy... Sarah was sick so her hubby Adam had to stand in). Crazy to think we were just lined up holding our bellies!
Video link to "Aislynn & Alaina - gal pals"
So - it has officially begun... Aislynn getting into everything. She's such a happy baby - I just crack up watching her. She's so interested in everything. It's awesome to see her grow & develop and do something new. Each week, something new. This week it's definitely pulling up and making a teepee/bridge with her body. I have a ton of videos and pics to post later. I can't believe I'm already thinking about her birthday, never too early to start planning! :)
It's hard work being an active baby!
