Nora is 9 months

11/16

We went to church this morning, then out for burgers and grocery shopping. Everyone EVERYONE stopped to talk to Nora and comment on her dress (having cute/extroverted kids, the plague of introverts). When we got home, neither of the girls wanted to go inside. Here they are eating/checking out leaves.

11/17

Maya and I have been doing season themed activities this month. Today we talked about winter. And we built a sheet igloo/ice hotel. It was a big hit with everyone.

11/18

We went to the park today. Maya and Nora both enjoyed swinging and climbing. We remembered the sand toys this time. I built sand castles and they knocked them down. One of us may have eaten a handful of sand.

11/19

Maya had school this morning. They learned about animals in the rainforest and she got a cut little pink frog. Nora and I went shopping. After lunch and naps we played outside. 

I think I'm in trouble with this one. She's a climber.

Showing off her frog

Maya says, "mom, take a picture of me. This is my thanksgiving face." Me, "Why? Because you look like a turkey?"

11/20

Nine months. How did that happen? Taking monthly photos is definitely more challenging now than it was before she was mobile. I got the sheet backdrop up, plopped her down, stuck the sticker on, grabbed the camera. She's busy trying to rip the sticker off. Finally, I distracted her enough that she left it on but she wanted to crawl away and pull up on the table/chairs/anything else within reach or lift up the sheet (in hindsight the sheet fort earlier in the week was poor planning on my part). Her other front tooth cut through today but she is still kind of a grump. Maya isn't much easier to photograph. She won't look at the camera or she does and has a goofy fake grin with her eyes all crunched up. 

Nora at 9 months: she's babbling all the time; says bye, hi, pat, mom, and dad (we think); signs milk; pulls up on everything; cruises while holding on; loves to push the little chairs around the kitchen; loves to play with blocks, balls, pop up sesame street toy, and anything Maya has; still doesn't eat much purees or real food (she only likes one flavor of one brand of baby food, plain yogurt, and bread/puffs/muffin finger foods); loves to escape to the bathroom, garage, or outside if the doors are left open; loves to climb. She thinks fake sneezing is hilarious so we do it all the time and she now says "aah, aah"