nine months!

Happy Nine Months Parker Katherine!

You've been in the world as long as you were in the tummy!

It's quite a marker!

So what are you up to at nine months?

You call everyone, and most everything,

"Aaava!"

Ava is the dog's name.

You say "Mamamamama" and "Dadada" infrequently.

And most of the time you are referring to

anything

but us!

You're very curious about the stairs

and would probably

climb them, given the opportunity.

You're perfecting the running crawl.

You give those baby, open-mouthed

kisses.

And "low-fives."

You pull yourself  up on everything!

You'd be walking if your Mommy and sisters would put forth any effort.

But we don't want you growing up so fast.

You love your king size bed and I think we've officially

kicked your Daddy out of it.

;)

We can't leave you on the bed for a second

of waking moments

because you'll crawl to the edge and tumble off.

You're quite the investigator.

What's in this drawer?

This basket?

This cabinet?

You study Charlee's face with intent

while she tries to teach you to call her

"Sissy."

With your 8 teeth,

you still (stubbornly) only eat

pudding,

baby veggies mixed with baby meat and oatmeal.

And boobie.

You play with bottles.

And sippy cups.

But refuse to drink from them.

You love your sisters...

desperately.

You're so happy to see them when they've been gone.

You love your Uncle Chris.

And your Grampy

(good thing since you see them everyday!)

The crinkly nose thing is new.

And very funny.

So while yesterday it took me 30 minutes to get ready,

today it took closer to 45.

Because I was busy keeping up with YOU.

You grew into a mover and a shaker

overnight.

Like you knew it was your nine month birthday!

You're so smart.

I'm not surprised.

So today's a good Friday

to celebrate.

Just like the Good (Black) Friday

you popped into our world!

We love ya Sweet P!