"You're so precious to me, Cute as can be, Baby of Mine."

Princess R has been very busy these last 5 days. She has managed to convince one tooth to show a tiny little piece of itself to the world, she has mastered climbing ALL of the stairs by herself (yes, we're right behind her), she has discovered that moving her feet while standing somehow takes her around the coffee table, and she thrills herself and us by standing unsupported for a few seconds at a time. All of this in 5 days!!! I wish I could accomplish as much in such a short time. Isn't she incredible?!

"Let 'em cry, let 'em giggle, let 'em sleep in the middle. Oh, but let them be little."

Has it really been a month . . .

since I last posted? Shame on me! I can't believe how much R can change in that amount of time. She went from just learning to crawl to standing, feeding herself Cheerio's, and pointing at things she wants (which is everything.) She went for her 9th month checkup today and she weighs in at 20 lbs, 6 ozs and is a very long 29"!! She's in the 90th percentile for height. I hope she's not like Mommy and stays taller than her friends until 5th grade when she stops growing completely. Crossing my fingers that she got her height from Daddy. Dr. Silverman said she is perfect, she will keep her gorgeous blue eyes, and told her to take longer naps. Mommy's hoping that hearing it from a doctor convinces her. Dr. Silverman also saw the beginning of her first tooth!! Hopefully, it will make an appearance soon. Or not. My toothless baby looks younger than all those babies with 4 or 5 teeth already!







Speaking of our pediatrician, Dr. Silverman's son is going to be on Jeopardy!!!!! Everyone watch the week of November 10-14 for Bradley from Alpharetta.

Her First Boo Boo

A paper cut from an envelope of all things. She didn't react at all when it happened. She just kept playing and babbling. I was sitting in front of her clipping coupons and looked up and saw blood all over her hand. The cut on her thumb did not want to stop bleeding. Luckily, Darrell got home at that moment and we got the crisis under control. R loved admiring her Hello Kitty band aid. Almost as much as she loved pulling it off right after I took this picture. She looks so proud of it, doesn't she?!

i love you, nana

mommy is teaching me something that might help you. she says to "just say no" to something you don't want to do. (i don't get it but maybe you do) so, put down those reports, take a week of vacation, and come stay with me!

How did this happen?

When I went in yesterday morning to get R up, I found her on her knees holding onto the top of the crib railing!
I knew it was time to lower the crib mattress, so Daddy did it last night. When did my little girl get so big? I still wake up some mornings expecting to be pregnant, and R is almost walking.

Waiting for Daddy