Paige figured it out!

Turn your head and check out Paige crawling across the room. She was headed for the laptop with her picture on the screen. We had her crawling all over the living room trying to get her hands on it.

And...sippy cup. She just needed one with a straw.

Cowgirl

9 months

Yeah! She's been out longer than in to quote Brian. We just had Paige's 9 month doctor's appointment on Friday and she's doing great. And, as we suspected, topping the growth charts.

height: 29.5in 95%
weight: 23lbs 10oz 97%
head: 48cm 99%

I'm pretty sure I'm starting to get some looks like "why isn't your kid walking" little do they know she's only 9 months old.

As I've mentioned before, she is super strong and so so close to crawling. Of course she has been distracted by her pulling up and standing talents that she has stopped trying as hard to figure out the crawling. Now she works her way around the room through a process....sit...reach...attempt to crawl...reach..sit in a different place...reach...attempt to crawl...reach...and so on. She kinda goes in circles until she gets somewhere and then stands up on whatever toy will support her. Her fine motor skills seem to be ahead of the game with gross motor skills, and communication on track. She's very good with her pincher's and loves to practice at meal times by eating whatever I put in front of her. Bread and cheese are some of her favorites at the moment.

BBQ for Grandpa's Birthday

Our Big Girl!

Paige has been adamant about standing on her own and checking things out so we have spent the last few weeks standing her up against whatever we thought she could hold on to. This past week she finally figured out how to pull herself up so now she thinks she can use anything for support. In the last few days she figured out how to get herself into a sitting position from her belly...needless to say we lowered her crib mattress over the weekend and it only took her one night to start chewing on the rail. I guess we have to give her a little break. Poor baby has another ear infection so she has now had 2 in each ear and on top of that her top two teeth are on the way in according to the doc.

This past weekend Brian's mom came to visit over her spring break so Paige got some good Grandma Shirley time including her first trip to the park. Paige had so much fun!

Children's Museum

Thanks to Aunt Kim and Uncle Jeff we have a family membership to our wonderful Children's Museum. I have been waiting and waiting since Christmas to activate our membership...we wanted to get the most out of our year so we thought we would wait until Paige got a few months older to start our year. I couldn't wait any longer so today was the 1st of many trips :) We also added the +2 so if anyone out there wants to come with us just say so!

Let me just say, I love this place! I have many childhood memories of days spent at this museum. I can remember playing in the water with Betsy, traveling "around the world" with my parents and grandparents, an elementary school field trip digging up dinosaur bones, dancing under the water clock at my junior prom, running through the place like a 5 year old with Bianca in college, and many more. Needless to say I couldn't wait to start creating memories with Brian and Paige. Today was both Brian and Paige's 1st trip! We couldn't stay for more than a couple hours...Paige is on a demanding schedule (eating every 2 hours and taking 2-3 naps) but we had plenty of time to enjoy ourselves.

Here are a few photo's


playscape



carousel ride

transformer from the movie

3 story dinosaur climbing into the building

 This one is from play time at home...made me smile so I thought I would include it.

March Madness

This might be my favorite time of the year...St. Patrick's day, basketball and spring! Unfortunately, Purdue got smashed by VCU to end the weekend. I guess we will just sit back and enjoy the rest of the tournament.  Go Butler!?!?

We didn't do anything too special for St. Patty's day but Brian did bring me a card, green flowers, and dark chocolate :)  We had a nice evening at home drinking green apple martinis and watching basketball. Her teachers loved her outfit for the day.

She loves her spoon

 Friday more basketball!

Saturday started out with swimming in the morning which went really well. I guess the pool was unusually warm...perfect for Paige! She had a great time and we didn't have to pull her out early. Next up, more basketball, and a visit from my grandparents. Paige put on a show making sure everyone knew what she could do with all of her toys.

Sunday more basketball and plenty of play time with Paige!

I just love this dress!

reading her 1st Purdue text book

Sorting shapes?

Over the last several days we have starting to get more adventures with her food. She's had yogurt, "real" bananas, baked potato, cheese and avocado (her favorite).

Quick Update

Paige has officially out grown her 1st car seat...we had an unofficial height and weight check a little over a week ago and she was at 29in and 22lbs which makes her too big for the seat. We are starting to get the hang of things now that we can't take her seat in and out of the car. I haven't taken any pictures :(

She's up on all fours rocking back and forth so she's making progress on the crawling. She also gets up in the push up position and does "mountain climbers" which is pretty funny to watch. She tries to pull up on everything but she's only getting a few inches off the ground.

This past weekend was cousin Brayden's 1st birthday party so it was nice to see family and let the babies play. Poor Brayden wasn't feeling too well but I think he still enjoyed his Mickey party. 



We thought this was a good time to wear our St. Patty's day outfit including matching flower made by Sara.



On Friday, mom and I headed up to the Indy Kids Consignment sale where we found some great deals on toys, clothes, and shoes for Paige. I can't wait for the next consignment sale and garage sale season! I really can't believe how big Paige is getting. I took her to school today in a 12 month outfit and an 18 month rain coat. I know baby clothes very drastically in size from brand to brand and the rain jacket's sleeves are a little long but still...she's soooo big. 

We continue to introduce her to new foods...tonight she had avocado for the 1st time and loved it.

8 months

Paige currently enjoys clapping, blowing raspberries, banging everything together,eating her puffs and she's starting to wave. She's trying soooo hard to get moving but she hasn't figured it out. She sticks her forehead down on the floor and her two hands with her legs fully extended trying to move. I really think she might do a summer-salt before she crawls. Everything is going well right now. She's eating, napping, and sleeping like a champ. I'm enjoying my extra time during the day now that she's figured out her naps.

I still can't figure out how to rotate my video...sorry.