practice

Isla has been practicing her walking!

Pulling up!

Isla's talents

Let's review Isla's talents at nine months;

1) Sleeping: Two naps which range from 1/2 hour to 2 hours. Sleeping anywhere from 10-12 hours per night with only the occasional wake-up which only requires replacement of the pacifier and no milk!

2) Crawling: All over the place! And getting into some things I shouldn't- like trying to pull the lamp over!

3) Pulling up: Not quite onto her feet but onto her knees.

4) Eating: She is eating almost everything. She loves it all and doesn't have her daddy's aversion to veggies! Her favorites are madarin oranges, peaches, pears, corn puffs, sweet potatoes and green beans!

5) Drinking out of a cup- sometimes too much to fast and making a big mess!

6) Waving bye-bye, putting my hands up when the tray goes on the high chair, rolling over and crawling away when mommy is changing my diaper, splashing in the tub, kisses with my mouth wide open, finding the smallest piece of lint and putting it in my mouth and the list goes on! What a talented baby!

more crawling

I realized recently that I am doing a pretty good job documenting Isla's new talents with video and pictures but I haven't really blogged much. I think I should blog about not taking things for granted. Like the fact that Isla is sleeping pretty much through the night now without any midnight snacks. Just an occasional whimper where I can put her pacifier back in her mouth and she rolls over into a dream. Or the fact that she can really recognize her mommy when I walk in the door from work.

Thinking back to my maternity leave seems like ages ago. It is so funny that for seven weeks I sat on a couch with my baby and didn't really get anything else done. Those seven weeks flew by and I must have been really exhausted because I feel like one of my best skills is multi-tasking and I really didn't do anything for seven weeks. Flash forward to nine-month old Isla crawling all over and I still manage to get the house looking pretty darn good to get on the market to sell. It just makes me realize how tired I must have been.

I missed breastfeeding today. My goal was to breastfeed Isla for six months and I made it to seven. I am very proud of myself for making my goal while in my chief year of surgical residency. But today I missed it and wished I had kept going. Sometimes when I'm rocking Isla to sleep with a bottle I really wish there was that skin on skin feeling we used to share. Then I started day-dreaming about my next baby and that made me feel better because I will have that opportunity again (God willing!)

crawling for real!!!!

Mark witnessed Isla's first real crawling event on Friday! Her nine month birthday!!

We also had our nine-month check up that day. She is now 88% for weight and 99% for height!

cutting teeth

Isla is cutting her first two teeth. They are the bottom, middle two. In dental language Mark says they are O and P. Baby teeth have letters instead of numbers.
She does seem a little fussy but not too bad. We are giving her Motrin and Tylenol as well as some homeopathic tablets that melt under her tongue. The TV show "The Doctors" recommended them so they must be good, right?

so close

heart leg warmers!

Grandma Carol got Isla these heart leg warmers for Valentine's day!

she keeps trying...

We are just waiting for the legs to work. The arms are ready to crawl but we just need coordination!

isla trying to crawl