Nine Months

I think my days of putting a headband on Sarah are numbered or possibly over...pretty much right after I get in on her head, she decides to pull it off. Oh well, maybe she'll get a little more hair in the front so I can put small bows on her head instead!

The girls enjoyed the afternoon in the pool, and Sarah is looking forward to more days in the pool at her cousin's house!

Shiner and Sarah update: Now that Sarah is mobile, I'm sure many of you are wondering how Shiner is cooperating with us. Well, again, the doggie surprises me. He's been doing great with Sarah. You can see from the first picture how much Sarah loves Shiner. It's really Sarah that we have to make sure doesn't do anything to provoke Shiner at this point. I will say that lately though, Shiner has been licking Sarah a lot more frequently; it's actually starting to annoy her, me and her daddy a bit!

A cute picture of Gavin and Luke playing with Sarah while we were in Houston. These guys really love her, and they are super excited to see her when we visit.

Just chillin...

So, Sarah now goes straight to this toy area or to her books in her room when I set her down on the ground. Before I know it, I'll see her in the hallway...

Sarah has also discovered the door stopper; she's quite amused at the noise it makes.

Hanging out in her pack n play. Sarah enjoys playing with her toys in here each day. Lately, Shiner has been sitting right next to it, so she gets a little frustrated because she wants to get out to see/touch him.

I'm Mobile!

Sarah's on the move! It's more of an army crawl because she still does not have her stomach off the ground, but she's definitely not staying still anymore!

This is where Sarah started playing.

And not long after, this is where she ended up. Gone are the days of putting her on her blanket and leaving the room for a bit. Now that she knows she can move, she wants to explore the world!

She had to take a break from all of that moving!

We took Sarah to the pool for the first time over the weekend. She had a great time! Sarah liked her floatie, but she preferred for one of us to hold her while she kicked her feet in the water.

Visit to Houston

Over the past week or so, Sarah has started saying "MaMa" more, and her new word is "NaNa". Sarah also started scooting along on the ground this past week, which was exciting! We think tooth #3 is coming in on her top front too.

While in Houston, all of my sisters and their families got together at PaPa's house. All of Sarah's cousins REALLY love Sarah and enjoy playing with her. Sweet Camryn wanted to give Sarah a kiss; too cute!

We were also able to meet Grandma Penny and Papou for the usual Saturday morning breakfast with the family. At the end of the visit, Yia Yia was convinced that Sarah was ready to start Kindergarten already!

We also spent the morning at Papou and Yia Yia's house. I don't know why all the pictures we took with Papou and Sarah turned out this way, but I still wanted to include one. Sarah had a great time hanging out with her great-grandparents; she was smiling and talking a lot during the visit.

We were also able to make it to the Weyer's home one evening. Samantha was very excited to play with Sarah! The girls had a good time! I had a lot of fun playing with Samantha as well; she's so full of energy!

Cute picture of Sarah in our neighborhood

This is one of two signature facial expressions that Sarah is doing lately; the other is sticking out her tongue, which I talked about on the last post. When we took Sarah for her eight month pictures, these were the two faces she made the entire time too.

Look at big girl! I just thought I'd try to put Sarah up against her crib to see if she'd stay standing against it, and she did! (had to get a picture of that)

Eight Months

She's growing so quickly! Sarah said "MaMa" a few times about a week ago. She's also eating a lot more solids. Since I've talked about them last, she's had sweet potatoes, squash, apples, bananas, and pears. Peas, sweet potatoes and pears are her favorites so far. Not a fan of bananas at all. She also has two teeth coming in on the bottom front.

Two new things Sarah is doing are sticking her tongue out and moving her knees up when she's on her tummy. The tongue thing always makes us laugh. Sarah is on a mission to crawl here soon. Any guesses on when it might be?

We lowered Sarah's crib about a week ago; just another example of how she's getting so big so fast...

Jammin' out with her music player

Zemira Catherine is Here!

Our close friends, John and Nicole, welcomed their baby girl on Monday, May 10th. Zemira is just beautiful, and we are so excited to be a part of this wonderful time in their lives!

First Mother's Day

For the past seven years, I haven't looked forward to this day, so I wasn't quite sure how it would be, but my first Mother's Day was wonderful. What a blessing my baby girl is!

My Personality is Really Starting to Show!

Sarah and I met Daddy for lunch, and Sarah sat in the highchair for the first time. She really liked to look at everything that was going on around her.

Our attempts at bluebonnet pictures with the girls this week.

The girls really played well with each other. Sarah wanted to put everything in her mouth, and Addison wasn't too happy when Sarah would take whatever Addison was playing with so she could put it in her mouth.

Can I have some of your food, Addison? That looks tasty...

Sure, cuz, but don't tell your mom; you aren't suppose to be eating this stuff yet...

Sarah is trying to go forward, but all she can accomplish is scooting back. She tries so hard; it's pretty entertaining to watch her these days!

We were about to go for a walk. I'm not sure what this face is all about, but I thought it was a cute one!

We went to feed the ducks by the lake. Sarah enjoyed seeing them, but we could have done without the heavy wind; check out Sarah's hair...