9 Months old

Dear Sophia,

My sweet darling, you are 9 months old today. My how the time flies love bug. You are reaching an age where you are becoming so much fun. You are trying to crawl. Well let me rephrase that, you get in a crawl position and that's about it, you haven't been brave enough to move your little hands and knees!

You are starting to want to "walk". You grab on to our fingers, pull yourself up and take off "walking". It's so cute, it looks like you are doing some sort of high-step march. Gosh I can't believe how big you are getting.

9 things I'm loving about you this minute:

1. Your hair- it is getting long enough to put up in pigtails and ponys. I love it! I love it even more in the morning when you have crazy bedhead hair. It's the best :)

2. You give kisses- the wetter the better! I love your sweet little open mouth kisses. I love that you are able to show affection back. It makes my heart melt.

3. Your teeth- you only have two teeth on the bottom, but they make you look like such a big girl. I think you will be getting some top teeth soon though!

4. Your love for books- you are your mother's daughter and how proud I am! You are following nicely in my footsteps sweet pea. We read books together throughout the day. Your favortite right now is 10 little ladybugs, we read it many many times a day!

5. How much you love food- you haven't met a food you didn't like. You eat basically everything we eat, we keep it as healthy as we can. Mostly, breads, fruits, veggies, some meats, beans, etc. You LOVE rice and beans, tortillas too! Your favorite foods lately have been yogurt, avocado, any type of beans, and toast. You tried hummus the other day and loved it! Such a big girl.



Sharing whole wheat spaghetti and turkey meatballs with mommy

6. How much you love people- especially kids, anytime we see a baby or a kid when we are out and about in the stores or at the park, you just giggle and laugh. It's so funny to watch. People come up to us all the time and tell me how beautiful you are, you just smile.

Laughing at another baby swinging next to you

7. How much you love your daddy- it is my absolute favorite part of our day when your daddy walks through that front door and you see him. You light up, smile, giggle, laugh. You can't wait to be in his arms. I think you will be quite the daddy's girl

This was right when daddy got home from work the other day

8. How happy you are- you are always smiling (well 95% of the time anyways).

9. That you are my daughter- I am beyond blessed. I don't have the words to describe how lucky I am. Thank you for making me happy every single day. I love you more than you will ever know.

With unconditional love,
your mommy