Getting dressed

Maddy has started to help me get her dressed. She has started to put her hands into the arm holds and push her arm through. When I go to take her diaper off, she lifts her legs like "here mommy" and smiles. It just cracks me up watching her do this stuff.

Her clothes don't ft

What happened to my little girl? With Reagan, I was always ready to move her up to the new size... Maddy is moving up and I'm sad. Difference between first and last maybe? I don't know. But she's growing so fast. I just had to weed out all the 9 months stuff from her drawers. Sniff sniff. Good thing - I get to go shopping for her. Woo hooo.

Back ache and tired

Reagan has complained on and off for months about her back hurting and she never seems to get enough rest. I'm starting to think there is something wrong. Am I paranoid?

Reagan and the neighbors

I'm so happy we finally got some neighbors with kids that Reagan can play with - just in time. The two boys actually are a little old/young for her. But she loves playing with them. They are both the right level of rambunctious for her. They ran around, got each other soaked with the hose and ended up wearing each other out. It was great!

9 month pics

Today we had Cara come out again and take our pictues - Maddy's nine months and some shots with the three girls. They were all dressed up and ready to go. Maddy got some cute shots from what I can tell. Ms. Cara brought a few tutus over for pictures - those are the shots I can't wait to see. Maddy was so mobile during the shoot, I'll be interested to see what kind of pictures she got.

I want zoo pals

In the last two days, Reagan has seen a few commercials that she drawn to. One is the Zoo Pals commercials. These are paper plates that are shaped and designed like various animals. She likes them. She wants them.

Today on the way to school, she said "mom, i want zoo pals". I said okay. She said, "well let's go get them now" with "that" look on her face shaking her head. Nice. "Where can we get them?"

I said "Target honey". "Target?" "Yes honey".

"Oh"... with a pause.

"Well Mommy, how do we get to Target". So made some directions up and said, "but we're on the way to school".

That wasn't the end of it. She tried her best to convince me we needed Zoo Pals now. At the end, she said "okay mommy. but I really want them".

Sigh, do I get them?

Pulling up and crawling

She's getting there. She's about ready to just "go". She crawls - real crawling - a bit and then drops to her tummy. Once she gets to where she wants to go, she's up really fast. She can even pull up on a wall. We caught her pulling up on the wall underneath the television in the basement. Once she realized she had nothing to hold on to, she looked behind her and dropped to her butt. It was fun watching her move and stand so much. She is so mobile it's amazing. I'm guessing she will walk before she turns one.