I missed doing our eight and nine month posts on Annie. So I'll combine them and post now while I can still remember what she's doing at this age. She loves the camera and always makes funny faces for me. She also loves her Puna. She likes to talk on the phone and hear Puna's voice.
She is teething, but no teeth are showing yet. I like to give her cold carrots to chew on. She likes them a lot.
We've taken her swimming a few times this summer. Whether or not she likes it depends entirely on her mood that day. Some days she cries the second she touches the water, other days she can't get enough of the water.
She is a great sleeper. She is sleeping through the night from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. and still takes one or two naps during the day. She can also sleep just about anywhere.
She loves to feed herself. It usually turns into a big mess, but I don't mind letting her try. Especially when she looks this cute.
She is a fairly fussy baby. Still clings to Mommy and wants her way
all the time. But there are beautiful moments of silliness and happiness too.
Graham crackers are her favorite snack. She wants to eat them all the time! I think she is doing an independent study to find out if a baby can survive solely on graham crackers and yogurt.
Her latest trick is standing up. I love the supermodel pose she's striking. I think she'll be walking well before she's one. After all, she has a big sister to keep up with.
She is down to one nursing session a day. Mommy is so excited to almost be done with breastfeeding. Annie loves to try new foods but usually wants to go back to her favorite - graham crackers. She is not a fan of babyfood vegetables, but she will eat canned green beans. We were never successful in getting her to take a bottle but she can drink from a cup and loves to use sippy cups. She likes cold drinks and I've had success getting her to take formula if it is cold.
She can cruise along furniture very fast but doesn't like to walk while holding our hands. She can stand up without any assistance. Annie loves to try and play with Lily and Lily tries to be patient and include Annie. Annie is finally saying "mama" and has added "lala" and something that sounds like "hi" to her vocabulary. She recognizes her name and will respond when she hears it. She is more aware of singing now and really watches our mouths closely while we sing songs. She likes to babble in a low grunting kind of voice. She is wearing size nine month clothes.
She is very curious and doesn't like to feel left out. She always wants to try and do what Lily is doing. It seems like they are both growing so quickly. We are thankful to have such wonderful girls.
A friend of ours went out of town and needed someone to check on their garden and pick their raspberries. We were happy to do it since we don't have a garden this year. I went once without Jeremy and then asked him to come back with me again so the girls could play and I could get more picking done. The girls had fun on the trampoline and Lily really like playing with the tetherball (she was concentrating so hard on the ball that in nearly every picture Itook she has her tongue sticking out). I got enough raspberries to make four batches of freezer jam and still had plenty of berries left to freeze. Plus my grocery store was running a special on sugar - if you bought two packages of pectin you got 5 pounds of sugar for free. I was happy about the deal and the free berries. Oh the joys of summer!
