We Have a Walker!

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Over the past two weeks Andi has started walking. Each day she gets more confident and goes further. She is up to walking the length of some rooms now. It is amazing watching her progress and how excited she gets!

The weather has been nice, fall temperatures which makes the outdoors more enjoyable. The pic below is priceless. She isn't too crazy about walking on the grass! However, she will play with it.

I couldn't get her to take very many steps outside, but that night I got it on video!

Now we are going to go back to when it was first beginning. She started standing alone a little before she was 9 months. The funny thing is she always had to have something in her hands to balance her like a coaster, Matt's house shoe, remote, or sippy cup.

She was starting to get brave going from the coffee table to the couch and vice versa.

She still loves to look outside and bang on the door. She also likes to press her face against the glass and stick her tongue out. The bank got to enjoy her doing this when I had to take care of some business. A room full of glass walls kept her and the people in the bank entertained!

I don't know why, but I think she looks like my mom in this pic.

 We still have our most common outing: Wal-mart. She still acts well, we haven't had a melt down yet. As long as she has her paci, we are good!

I have mentioned before she loves to waller. Here's a camera roll:

We are getting her accustomed to shoes. At first she didn't know what to think but now she is a little better at wearing them. Keeping them on and socks is a challenge though.

 Watching daddy shave.

 I can't believe how fast she is growing. She is entering toddlerhood and it is getting crazy!

She gets into things at 90 mile an hour now. She has gotten her hand slapped several times because she likes to get a hold of things she shouldn't. She likes to help unload the dishwasher, mainly the utensils that gets her hand slapped and laundry baskets. She likes to get in drawers and take things out and throw her food. She is a constant mess maker...lol. I say no a lot these days and the more stern I am, the more we have a tantrum. Little miss is definitely not lacking in the personality department.

She has started pointing at our family picture on the wall and going ooh, ooh. She has also gotten really vocal, meaning loud. She has also started clicking her tongue a lot. She has also started trying to kiss the dogs. She will lean over with her mouth open, eyes closed toward their noses. JuJu gets up and leaves, Sam gives her a big kiss. Her and Sam have become quite the pals. He is constantly licking her and will chew up her pacifiers. I think that might be a way to break her from them by saying the dog ate them.

As for her sleep habits. Each night is different, never is she consistent. One night she will not make a peep and the next she is up and down. I never know what to expect. Next week she has her 9 month check-up and we are excited to see how much she has changed since her 6 month exam!

Andi: 9 Months and a Cold

Well she lasted nine months before getting her first cold, thanks to me! I came down with whatever is going around, head/chest cold. My worst days where I was running a fever, I was off so I had Andi all day. I tried not to breath on her but she ended up catching it. This was about 2 weeks ago. She is getting over her cold but the runny nose has been a nightmare! She hates to have her face wiped and the poor girl's nose was stopped up a lot or she would be blowing snot bubbles. I bought nasal spray for her and Matt would have to hold her in a head lock so I could get it up her nose! What a fit she would throw! The bulb syringes are worthless! I hate them! They do not work well at all, especially with a squirmy baby!

Even though she had her cold and fever, she still was a happy baby most the time. She tends to take things well, however she has started throwing more fits. I think it might just be her age. One minute she will want you to hold her and don't dare put her down, then she wants down and don't dare pick her up. She will scream sitting in the floor and turn bright red, holding her breath. Last night I made her mad because I told her no when she wanted to get the remote and she started screaming at me. She is a very strong-willed little girl. She will throw things when she is having a fit. Matt and I got a kick out of it because he would give her blocks and she would throw them as fast as he gave them to her while she screamed.

The newest thing she does is walk with her musical toy, pushing it. She will just take off with it and gets so excited!

She is standing alone a lot now, especially when she has things in her hands. Then she realizes she isn't holding onto anything then slowly squats down. She cruises a lot now too from couch to coffee table to sofa table. 

She does this grunt thing and goes oooh, oooh and flares her nostrils when she does it. The picture shows the face she makes when she does it. She does it a lot. It is her way of talking or get your attention.

Trying to get a picture of her not blurry because she is moving, constantly is very difficult!
The cutest thing that Matt and her do is have a nightly game they play. He will get on all fours and act like a bear and come after her. She will crawl as fast as she can, usually to me squealing! Then she will bury her head in my leg. Then he will hide behind the door and pop out at her and she will scream and get excited! I have tried to video tape it but Matt says I am ruining the moment which really means, he doesn't want to be on video acting silly!

The things she likes to play with the most is the remote, Matt's house shoes, the coasters, and her piano. 

Of course everything goes into the mouth several times. She likes the dishwasher and fridge too. She will try to crawl on top of the lid of the dishwasher and she will take the bottles out of the door in the fridge. Usually when I am cooking, she likes to be standing by me, so I open the fridge and let her play with the bottles. It usually entertains her long enough for me to get stuff cooked.

She absolutely loves bath time. When she hears the water running or even the shower come on, she is immediately in there all excited bouncing. 

When ever we eat in the living room, this is how it looks. Andi and the dogs like to pester for food. She really is as bad as the dogs, lol. She LOVES, LOVES manicotti. I make it with spinach and she eats so much of it. She really eats anything we eat.

One of the funniest things she does is dance. She has just started doing this whenever I sing to her. I will do a little dance and she will start bobbing her head and waving her arms up and down, bouncing. She is definitely a ham!

She still hasn't any teeth. What is frustrating is you can see them through her gums! I hope she has some by the time she is 1, which isn't far away.

A lot of times I feel guilty because I work so much and such random hours that I don't get to spend a lot of time with her. I am thankful though that the family is able to keep her. I just feel like I miss out on a lot, sometimes. Hopefully I can cut back hours once I get my debt paid off. My goal is the end of next year!