9 Month Old Baby Girl

Eden has been crawling for about a month.  She is pulling up, squatting, cruising, and thinking about standing/walking.  She's a champ at eating baby food and doesn't turn her nose at anything unless it's too cold.  She drinks water from a sippy cup and even attempts a regular cup occasionally.  She is a huge Daddy's girl and will lunge for him when he comes near.  She also loves her big brothers and smiles easily for them. 

At 9.5 months, she had minor outpatient surgery for a blocked tear duct.  During the procedure, they tested the other tear duct (which seemed to have opened on its own around 3 months) and discovered it was blocked as well.  The ENT moved a bit of cartilage that was blocking each tear duct.  All in all, we were only at the hospital about 2 hours.  She did wonderful and I'm so happy to not be constantly wiping her eye of yucky stuff constantly. 

Preschool Photos

I love both of these pictures of Corban's school photos...too bad the prices are ridiculously high.

Read The Signs

Caden is learning the power of words. It all started when he created this door hanger at school (art? library? not sure which class)

And then he decided we needed more signs in our house...This last sign was his response to the question, "What do we need to do to help you remember to pick up after yourselves?"

We've got a creative boy on our hands. :)

Coloring & Writing

Corban had homework over Spring Break. The instructions said to color all the happy faces. I was blown away when he colored the first one all on his own and stayed in the lines. It was a beautifully colored smiley face circle. He went on to complete the page. Then what happened next blew me out of the water...he wrote his name.

He asked me a few times how to write certain letters (he's got the C and the O down pat) but he wrote them without me holding the crayon. 4 years and 3 months and this kid can write his name and color in the lines...wow, I can't wait to see what else he does in life.

Standing and Moving

I've come to a realization. I can think of a million things I should have done or written a post about or I can just stop thinking that way and focus on what I can do now. So, with that new perspective, I want to remember what Eden is doing NOW - at 9 months.Eden had no interest of crawling until about 8 months and then it seemed she took off. Within a month, we went from crawling to standing to pulling up to cruising a bit. This girl is on the move! She's keeping me more than busy, but I love the adventure and curiousness that she is showing. She is such a joy and we are loving every minute with her!