Nine Months Old

I cannot believe that Ainsley May is nine months old. This time just goes too quickly. She's about 20 seconds from crawling, and sort of scoots everywhere, but once she's up on hands and knees, she's not sure what to do and when she tries to go forward, she falls onto her chest. It will happen anyday. She's almost pulling up, though, so I don't think the lapse in time between those two milestones will be very long.

She's also clapping, waving, and saying "woof" to the dogs. I am about 90% convinced she says "ball" and today I asked her to say "Dada" and she looked at him and said it. Her babble has taken a turn for the more unintelligible and she's making all kinds of sounds -- much more complicated than gaa and goo.

I jokingly told a few people that she said her first word the other day -- "Honolulu." Maybe she's trying to drop some vacation destination hints?

She's not sleeping through the night, but will usually go from about 7pm to 1am and then she'll wake about every 1 1/2 to 2 hours until she's up for the day any time between 5 and 6 am. She's further proof that the old cliche "sleeps like a baby" has serious negative implications in our household. This is why Ainsley and Avery will have no more siblings. No sleep = crazy mommy.

Here's a picture I took yesterday. I just love those lips!!!