Katie Bug Update!

I love my Katie bug so much and she's growing up so fast!

Shoe shoppign with Mommy and trying on my shoes.

I love family movie night.  Popcorn and Sprite are her movie night treats.  So fun!

Katie got this fun little car track for Christmas.  She loves it!

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But we learned pretty quick that the wheels do get caught in her hair.

Even with a ponytail...  Now she plays with her hair in a bun and with me or Andy in the room to make sure she doesn't get it in her hair.  She still loves the toy though.

Katie is still a pretty sound sleeper but she takes after her daddy.  She just does not require a ton of sleep.  She usually naps at school but not for too long.  About once a week she doesn't nap at all.  She usually goes to be around 9:00.  If we put her in bed earlier, she doesn't sleep anyway.  She stays in bed but will bring toys in bed with her to play or if we don't have toys out where she can get to them, she still lays in bed singing and talking to herself and doesn't go to sleep until close to 10:00.

She's also started waking up on her own around 7:00 or 7:30.  On weekends when she wakes up she comes into our bedroom and crawls in bed with us to watch cartoons until Hannah wakes up.  On school days I'm already awake so I've started just getting her up at 6:45 and getting her ready for school.

A little cuddle time with my girls.

We like to watch America's Funniest Home Videos while we eat dinner. Katie has so much fun watching that show and laughs and makes noises just like Andy and I do.

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Such sweet sisters.  Katie loves to hold Hannah!

Andy took a short vacay over the weekend.  This was getting ready to pick him up at the airport.  We sure did miss him!  (Notice the precious diaper bag over there that Mary made for me.  Hannah's name is monogrammed on the other side.)

Katie LOVES strawberries.  I bought some for my snacks for the week and Katie asked for some too when she saw me washing and cutting them up.  She ate the entire pack of strawberries!

Our bedtime routine consists of bath and pjs, brush teeth and hair, read a book, Bible story, or nightlight devotional book if we have time, night night hugs and kisses, then prayers and night nights.  I always say (and she repeats) "Night night.  Sweet dreams.  Sleep tight.  Don't let the bed bugs bite.  I love you.  See you tomorrow.  Marshmallow."  Not sure where "marshmallow" came from but she always wants me to say it.

Andy and I always go back and "tuck her in" on our way to bed.  Sometimes she kind of stirs a little but always goes right back to sleep.  One night when I went to tuck her in she opened her eyes a little bit.  I said good night and she started crying because she wanted to say another prayer.  She was still half asleep and couldn't even finish a sentence but we said night night prayers again and she went right back to sleep.  I love my little girl.  So sweet.

We spent some time over the Christmas break cleaning and organizing toys...

But it didn't stay that way long at all.

She still loves looking at her books.  I can't wait until she really learns to read them.  Right now she makes up stories or sometimes starts out making up a story to match the pictures then just says some random mumble jumble while looking at each page.  I sure hope that's not what she hears when I read to her.  LOL

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Look at her in that carseat.  How did she get so big?

Visit with the Ortiz'

My awesome college roomie, Leandra and her family came in town recently and got to come over to visit.  It was so nice to see them. 

Risa was ad a dance workshop but Katie had fun playing with Roxy and Robbie.  Except she decided to pour cups and cups of water from her bathroom sink all over the bathroom floor.  The water was all the way up to the top of the hallway carpet!  Sweet little Roxy came down to let Leandra know.  LOL

Hannah 9 Month Update

Hannah's 9 Month Stats...

Height- 26.5" (25th percentile)

Weight- 16 lbs 3 oz (dropped to the 10th percentile in weight)
Head- 16.5" (10th percentile)
Size 3 diapers
6-9 month clothes

She loves Katie and wants to play with her more and more.

She's a great eater!  She's eating table food now (fruit cups, veggies, some blendered meat at home and at school she's had pancakes, toast, Cheerios, goldfish, fruit, and veggies).  She feeds herself which makes life so much easier!

She has milk 3-4 times a day and food 3 (sometimes 4) times a day.  Since she dropped in percentile for weight, her doctor told us we need to feed her more table foods.  She's already such a good eater but I guess needs a little more table foods.

She loves her bath. 

We keep lots of lotion on her because she's got eczema on her legs. If I skip even 1 day of her eczema lotion after her bath, the dry patches on her legs and tummy come back.  She also got her 1st bad diaper rash this month.  Lots of bag balm and corn starch and it finally went away after several weeks!

(I love this picture and those cute little baby teeth!)

She pulls up to standing all by herself.  This was the 1st day she pulled up on her own.  Andy went to get her up one morning and this is how he found her in her crib.  She can also hold on with just 1 hand and reach for something with the other.

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She's crawling really fast now.  I had this tree in the hall ready to go in the attic and Hannah was in my room.  In no time at all, she had crawled out to the hall to play with the tree.

She's a very happy baby.  She smiles all the time and only cries when she's hungry or sleepy.

She still doesn't like to wear shoes or socks, but when we can get some on her she wears mostly size 1 shoes and some size 2.  If we try to put socks on her though, she takes them off and chews of them.  She loves chewing on her socks... even when she's sleepy.  :)

She's a great sleeper.  At school she takes short naps, but at home in her crib she sleeps for 2-3 (sometimes 4) hours for her nap.  She stays up until about 6:30 on weekdays and sleeps until 7:30 or later on weekends.  On weekdays, I wake her up around 6:30 to feed her but she goes back to sleep for a little bit until Andy gets her up for school.

When she wakes up she fusses for a few seconds then plays in her crib until we go get her up.

She loves to sleep on her tummy.  I love these little feet crossed over each other.  She sleeps like this a lot.

She loves to play with any toys that have balls.  The ball popper is her favorite!

She understands the word "no" (no cords, etc).  She loves to grab at the computer plug so we have to tell her no a lot when she gets to those.

She says "dada" all the time, especially when Andy walks into the room.  She tries to say "byebye" and wave sometimes.

This month I started putting bows in her hair.  It's still so thin they don't always stay in her hair, but she at least has enough hair for bows now.

She follows me around all the time and recognizes me, Andy, and Katie when we ask her where one of us is.

She loves for me to read to her and loves to play peek a boo by covering her own face and listening to me say "Where's Hannah?"  "There she is!"  It's so cute and makes her giggle.

What a blessing this sweet little girl has been to our family!