Saturday, March 24, 2012

9 Month Update

From this...



to this...


Where does time go?

At 9 months, Malia...

* Loves to stand and creep along the couch

* Enjoys sharing a meal with you off your plate
(she has eaten bits of beans, rice, cheese, yogurt, chicken, carne asada and bread - and yes, just a tiny, tiny bit of ice cream - twice)

* Loves chewing on shoes and finds empty egg cartons, the remote control and cell phones entertaining

* Has 4 teeth (two on the bottom, two on the top)

* Has mastered the words mama and dada and likes to stretch out her arm to "share"

* Likes to turn the pages of her books herself

* Has mastered the stairs (and so we've gotten a baby gate =)

* Enjoys using the underside of the table and chairs as her jungle gym and tries to hurry inside the refrigerator whenever we open

* Is sleeping all night again! (from about 8:30/9 pm to about 6 am)

* Is our pride and joy!

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Botanical Gardens

Wednesday both Tyler and I had the day off so, we took Malia to the Phoenix Botanical Gardens. They had a butterfly exhibit going on and we thought Malia might enjoy it. Here are some pictures: