Malaya loves to read

So that's the problem! Jolie would never take a bottle because she does not want to
eat/drink "baby food". She wants big people food. She goes crazy when I am holding a glass because she wants to drink from it. She squeals when I am eating because she wants to have my food. These puffs are just the beginning. She takes handfuls and stuffs them in her mouth. She's an eater!!!


Jolie was saying "whoa" for awhile. Now she likes to say "boom".


Jolie loves the bath. Every night she stands at the edge of the tub and screams with delight. Now she even tries to lift her leg and climb in.

We love to have crawling races down this stretch of hallway!


Jolie can stand on her own for about 30 seconds. I couldn't get her to do it this day though. She will even clap or pat her belly while she is standing. When she pats her belly you can tell she's been hanging out with PaPa lately. (lol)


I finally brought out the walker and Jolie is in love. She would cruise around all day if she could. The problem is she crashes and can't get herself unstuck.

I don't think Malaya will ever give up "mommy's shirt"!


Jolie likes to hold my hand as she falls asleep. On this day, I put Jolie in her crib for a few minutes while I put Malaya down for a nap. When I came back to get Jolie, I found that she had taken her socks off and put herself to sleep by holding her own foot.

Malaya could not vacuum until she had her baby doll sitting on her hip. I guess you can always see yourself through the actions of your children. But don't get too many ideas. Malaya is wearing my slippers in the previous picture, but the "birthday suit" was completely her idea! (lol)

Silly girl! That's not your chair!!

We were so excited to play in the snow. But, 30 inches is not all it's cracked up to be. I spent a lot of time and energy to get Malaya up a hill just to find out that instead of the sled cruising down the hill, it just sunk in the snow. Then I spent more time and energy to drag her back down the hill. After that, we just stayed on the driveway.

Bittersweet

Jolie is trying to walk!!! Jolie just turned 9 months old and she really wants to walk. The other night Sean and I decided to have her "walk" between us. She stood for several seconds, bounced up and down 3 times, stood a little bit more, and then crashed. It was cute!! I'll try to get video soon.