Nine months old today!

Wow, sweet Lillian, you are nine months old today! It seems the older you get, the faster time flies! We are in awe of the many things you’ve taught yourself this month.

You clap your hands, you bounce up and down, you bounce to music, you say DaDa (and still sometimes MaMa and DaDo for Shadow ~said in an adorable super high-pitched voice!).

You wave hi and bye more often, you turn the pages all by yourself of the books we read, you drink from Arrowhead water bottles (small sips every once in a while!) You’ve been able to drink out of a cup for a while now but we don’t do it too often. You’ve had a pearsicle (we froze pureed pears) and you loved it!

You laugh so quickly and easily (you’re a very happy adorable girl!), you crawl SO FAST and confidently now. You go from room to room, even over the travertine tile floor which scares Mama and Daddy!

AND you can GO UPSTAIRS! Wow! You go all by yourself with no help from us (even though we hover right there to catch you if you get off balance!!) You go so fast! You stand up on each stair (YOU STAND!!) and then pull a knee up to the next step and you just keep going! So brilliant and amazing!

We are so proud of you Lillian! We love you so much! 🙂

This picture got really messed up when I added my watermark, like the whole thing got embossed or something, but it looked kind of neat so I’m adding it 🙂