Friends, Hair and Standing!

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Miri is almost 10 months old now and getting even more personality. I watch another little girl (Reagan, below) three days a week and they are so cute together. When that morning knock comes to the door, Miri starts smiling and cooing excitedly. As soon as Reagan comes in, she starts laughing and clapping, it is so cute! Reagan likes her a lot too; the other day, when Miri was waking up from her afternoon nap, Reagan heard her making some noises in her crib. She got really excited and ran to the hallway, pointing and looking and me and making questioning sound, as if to say, "She's awake! Aren't we going to go get her?!?) They love to play together and share very well. In fact, I have to keep an eye on them or else they will share their sippy cups! Reagan is about 5 months older than Miri.
I also watch a little boy one day a week named Issac, though everyone calls him Ike. He is a sweet boy and Miri enjoys hanging out with him also. He crawls everywhere and I have to watch him sometimes when he gets going, he is about 23 lb (even though he is a month younger than Miri) and can knock Miri (15 1/2 lb) over when they are playing if he isn't careful. Miri, of course, takes this as highly offensive. Fortunately, she's pretty easy to calm down.

Miri is finally getting some hair! still not enough for a barrette, but at least the velcro barrettes stay in now. She often has a curly mohawk as seen above and below. I really do try to brush it, but nothing seems to help. It's pretty cute even so, and I'm delighted with the thought that she is going to have curly hair. It looks like it is going to be dark blond and sometimes I catch a hint of red in there also; cute!

I couldn't resist taking the picture below. She is sleeping off a fun day at church and pulled her lovey over her head after I took this picture. I think we have a hard to wake up kid in our future. I love the chunk on those little thighs! She is still very small for her size (height 40ith percentile and weight 3rd percentile) but she sure looks healthy to me. Especially since she generally enjoys eating, especially if she gets to feed herself. She is a cheese eating machine and can put away a good sized pile of shredded cheese after a full meal (though it takes her forever too pick it all up one little piece at a time). She also loves to eat these corn puff things we found. I'm so happy to have found an alternative the the traditional puffs, which contain rice flour and soy and caused an impressive amount of vomiting. I have decided I don't even care which thing is the allergen, we aren't going to eat either until she is old enough to throw up in the toilet, and maybe not even then.

She still doesn't crawl, but she will scoot on her bottom if there is something she really wants. She also loves to stand (supported) the last week or two and walk with help. I think she will be walking before her 1st birthday. I guess we better finish child proofing!

Sassy Girl

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I just downloaded this picture from the camera and it is too cute, had to share.

Cutie girl

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Miri is almost 9 months old now. She has started waving and has gotten even more personable. She still isn't crawling, but she really loves to stand and can take a few supported steps if she is in the mood. She has started to eating three solid meals a day and sleeping longer and longer stretches at night; she made it 11 hours last night! She also has started getting opinionated (or more opinionated) about things. I gave her a lovey (she has several) the other night, and it was not her favorite one. She picked it up, looked at it for a second, then threw it against the wall of the crib and screamed. She stopped screaming, stuck her thumb in her mouth, and went right to sleep after that.
Miri has started enjoying toys a lot more, especially stuffed animals. She loves balls and anything that is fun to chew on. Still no teeth though. She still loves peaches best, but likes everything I try to feed her.

She loves playing with Reagan and Ike (the two babies that I babysit during the week). They get along great, at least until she decides to pull Reagan's hair. She loves hair and jewelry of all kinds. Reagan loves Miri's hair bows and tries to steal them, then put them back on. Very cute!

Cousins Part 4 (Pictures!)

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While Matthew and Audrey were visiting we went to take pictures. Miri was not in a good mood! We managed to get a few good shots, though we only managed to get those as long as she was touching me and standing. I think the picture above is my favorite of Miri so far- that little pouty mouth is so her!
Sweet kiddies. Miri wanted Audrey's hair bow so bad.
Finally a little smile!
Miri sure has sweet cousins.

Cousins Part 3 (the Alligator Farm)

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Matthew and Audrey wanted to go the the Alligator Farm (a cool zoological park near San Augustine) while they were visiting. Miri enjoyed herself, but was kind of hot. She enjoyed getting to hang out with Daddy.
Matthew and Audrey were fascinated by the giant reticulated python; it was 21 feet long. The snake was interested in them too, or maybe it thought they were cute enough to eat!
We tried to get a picture of the kids together, but Miri was having none of it.

Cousins Part 2 (A day at the beach)

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Miri had her first trip to the beach with her cousins this week- actually we went twice. Miri liked the warm, shallow tide pools, but was not a fan of the cold ocean. She dipped her toes in the Atlantic and cried. Matthew and Audrey loved the beach and wanted to ride the waves up and down the beach all day. They also enjoyed sitting on the life guard tower.









Miri would only wear her hat if it was damp, she kept taking it off. She also wouldn't wear her sunglasses, but she did think they were fun to chew on.




Miri got sleepy during our first trip to the beach. She fell asleep on Daddy's chest. She was so cute there we couldn't resist taking her picture. She also passed out the second I put her in her carseat after the second beach trip. I guess the beach is exhausting.






Cousins Part 1 (the Butterfly Gardens and Museum)

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Aunt Ashley, cousin Matthew, and cousin Audrey came for a visit in July. Miri had a big month, she started sitting on her own, clapping, giving kisses, and saying Mama. She seemed to just decide that she was ready to sit alone all of a sudden, she did it one day, and by the next day she could sit alone for 20 minutes with no problem.

We had friends over for an Iron Chief competition between Dustin and I (I won) and Miri decided she couldn't live without Mama. She was crying if anyone else held her and said Mama for the first time that night. It got clearer and clearer as the days passed that she meant it when she said Mama, and it became easier to understand. A few days before the first saying of Mama, Miri gave Daddy a big, open mouthed kiss. He didn't mind the drool.

Miri had a lot of fun with her cousins. We went to the Natural History Museum one day and visited the shark jaws (since Matthew is into sharks) and the butterfly rainforest. Audrey was crazy about the butterflies, which she calls badubadubs for some reason (very cute). Miri liked the butterflies, but was most interested in the fish in the pond.