Poppy . 9 months.

I'm a few days late with my monthly update on sweet Pea. I'm just too busy picking my jaw off the floor. Poppy is 9 months old and it's all happening insanely fast.

This last month Poppy honed her crawling, standing, reaching, grabbing, balancing, pulling, pushing, and eating skills. Yep, she is moving all over the place. Se has found under the table where Wells used to play when he was her age.

It is so cute watching her find either of us around in the house. She goes exploring too. Oh, did I mention she climbed the staircase. Ah-hem, yep. That happened.

Poppy cut her first two teeth, bottom front. While the were cutting, she developed cold like symptoms. She was a little out of sorts for about a week and then nose dived for the worse. She won't up one day with a raging fever. She ended up fighting that fever for five straight days and wasn't fully herself for another entire week totally 13 days sick. It was tiring, to say the least. She was fussy, clingy, and miserable. My heart hurt so bad.

She is still totally head over heels for Wells. She beams with delight when she hears his voice. She always wants to play with him or really just tempt to climb on him at all times. He loves her too and is so kind to her.

Poppy is eating so much these days. I added in coconut milk yogurt, steak, blueberries, sweet potatoes, sour sop, peas, oatmeal bars, and fish by accident (someone else was feeding her). She loves anything that is given to her.

Along with two bottom teeth came a seven day fever. The fever was accompanied by a cold and ended with a rash. Poppy was way out of sorts. She was very clingy and emotional. Poor little girl.

Happy nine months, Love Bug.

9 months IN / 9 months OUT

I look back at photos from when Wells was growing inside of me and ooooh emmM geee, I was huge. The dad I went into labor, Ted snapped the picture above. I look exhausted and very pregnant. I didn't sleep well during my pregnancy as I'm a belly sleeper. It is crazy to think Wells fit inside my belly just 9 short months ago. 

9 months.

Happy 9 months. Today mover's came and packed up all of our stuff and will be back in the morning to load it up. Bittersweet, I've been sentimental all day. This is the house we brought Wells home to. This is all he knows as home. Time is flying especially with our move in full swing. This past month, Wells got his first tooth. He actually didn't seem to be in much pain but he did refuse naps. His energy levels were sky rocketing which I thought was a little odd. No signs of another just yet but I'm sure they are coming. Wells grew one whole inch in the last two months. The growth is obvious to me as his pants were too short and we switched to mainly 18 month bottoms. We have been stocking our bags with all things beach-y. Little swimsuits, babyaitors, salt waters, and tanks.

He has become this amazing cuddly baby. I am loving it. The other day he started clearly referring to me as Mama. It started as Ramama. Then one day, he was laying his head on my chest and turned his head up and said 'Mama' and popped me in the face. Dada & Mama are about the only things he says clearly but lots of babble and Baaaa's and Raaaa's. About the time of cutting his first tooth, we completely rid ourselves of our nuk pacifier. We also upgraded him to a toddler carseat instead of the infant carrier. Still rear-facing but he absolutely loves his new seat (we have the Maxi Cosi Pria 70) and looking out the window.

Wells loves walking along the couch, wall, and back and forth from different things. He is working very hard on being able to balance without holding on to something. I think his longest stint was about five whopping seconds. The boy can't wait to walk though. I can't imagine him being any more mobile because he already is all over the place. He can crawl up staircases now. He is very active at the toddler playgrounds in the neighborhood and is fearless. He loves climbing and loves sliding down the slide on his belly. Of course, he still enjoys a good swing and laughs the entire time. We may be needing a little hair trim before some upcoming weddings in May. His hair is definitely growing. He loves getting his hair washed during bath time. He really loves it when we let him have extended play time during his baths. I've been putting him on the potty for a few months now and his past month he popped in the potty. I definitely sent my mom and brother picture of his poop! 

This past month, Wells favorite foods were broccoli, chicken, egg yolks, beets, and kiwis. We started slowly introducing coconut milk to him and he loves it. On Easter, he stayed the entire service in the church nursery for the first time. I can't believe he's been out of the stomach for as long as he was in. I love being his mom and learning about who he is.