Paige: 9 months

You and Ryan are best of buds lately. You're starting to know how to tease/play with him and you both LOVE it. Not a day goes by that Ryan doesn't ask more than once if you can play with him. He does however not like it when you touch his cars, but he'll usually go get one of your toys for you to play with. He talks to you in a high pitched voice and he's always concerned about where and what you're doing. You love to touch him(hit his head, grab his shirt or stick your fingers in his mouth) and then he tickles you back and you do this back and forth over and over again while you both laugh hysterically. I LOVE IT! I was picking Ryan up from school today and you were playing in the front seat of the car while we were waiting. You got sick of that after a while and so did I cause you turned the heat dial to high when I wasn't looking and I couldn't figure out why I was sooo hot. The point of this was I picked you up and set you down on my lap and Ryan came out from school and you must have seen him right away because you started waving your arms like crazy and you had a huge smile on your face. You were soo excited to see him!

I love watching you sleep. You sleep on your stomach and your side. I don't think I've seen you on your back but once or twice. You sleep with your binkie still and we're ok with that for now. You are so happy when you wake up and Ryan and I love to come and get you! You nap great during the day, if I can keep your schedule. Sometimes it's hard, because I've got to take Ryan to preschool, but you're totally fine sleeping in your carseat.  You stopped sleeping through the night when we went to Utah for Christmas. Then you got sick in January, then you started teething in February and then we started letting you cry again in March. We'll see how April goes. 

That reminded me, your front left tooth that has poked through. I don't see anymore coming, but I'm sure they are. You seemed like you were in a lot of pain for a few weeks. 

    You still love to swing. I love watching your thin hair flail in the air with a grin from ear to ear.

        You love my keys, and my phone. They go straight into your mouth. You've actually figured out that we talk on the phone, so you've been putting it infront of your face or mouth and you'll start babbling.

                    

You've got the cutest chubby body! Your 9 month stats on March 20th were:

Wt: 18lb 12 oz  Ht: 27in  Head 42.5cm

You clap a lot, and you love to look in the mirror.

 We're trying to teach you to kiss, and you're getting pretty good at it. Open mouth of course. :)

 You always clear your plate... you love to eat what you've dropped on the floor.  You're a great eater, BUT you are not a big fan of us feeding you. So anything I feed you you have to be able to pick up. You are nursing 3 times a day. Just so you know, you only nurse from one side. Yes, I look funny, but it's worth it. I've really enjoyed nursing you this long. Although, you bit me for the first time this week. You laughed when I said "No, No!"

*A few other things that I remembered later*

You can suck out of a straw

You're walking around furniture

You love bath time

You've gotten really attached to a little stuff bear that Nancy gave to Ryan when he was born. You hold it by it's arm. It's so cute.

You really are such a sweet baby and I wish you cold stay small forever! We love you so much, and you bring so much happiness to our family. Your cute smile and your contagious giggle just bring joy to our home. I hope you always feel like a special part of our family.