Hope is 9 months old! I cant believe she has been alive as long as she was the little bump in my belly (no comments about the not so little bump that really was there). She has taught us so much about unconditional love and she makes me smile just thinking about her. I feel so blessed to be a mom and especially Hope's mom. She has such a great spirit and love for life. She is getting so snuggly and loves to cuddle on your lap and give hugs and kisses. She actually gave her first non family kiss that we werent too happy about. She was over having a play date with her friend Calvin from school and he crawled up to her and she leaned in and kissed him on the cheek. We are nervous about her! She is extremely busy and cruises around everything. She can stand for about 10 seconds on her own and gets a little daring at times and tries to take little stutter steps.
Hopes Favorites
Some of her favorite toys are her blow up train ball pit, the tunnell and the rain maker. She loves pretty much all books but gets totally mesmerized by the 'Your Baby Can Read' book. She is learning all those words and seems to understand most of them, so she really seems into the book. She loves to hang out at her barn bookshelf in her room and pull out all the books. She will usually go for the Teddy Bear Bible first. You can tell that she is starting to understand more words. She seems to know what 'no' means, but she doesnt always listen! She understands what 'be nice' means when we say that around the cat. Kissa and Hope are finally getting closer since Hope has learned how to pet her nice and not just pull her tail. Kissa is still not sold on her, but she is warming up. Her favorite songs are itsy bitsy spider and 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed. Basically any song that has me doing weird motions she loves, I think she secretly loves making me look crazy. Her favorite foods are yogurt, sweet potatos, banana, cantaloupe, carrots, sliced turkey and cereal. She loves to play peekaboo and actually played by herself with a scarf. She was pretty proud of herself that she could pull it over her face and take it off.
Hope's Food
Hope is eating a lot of things now. I am still making her food and I have yet to buy anything jarred for her. It has been a lot of work, but a lot of fun too! She eats the following veggies: sweet potatoes, carrots, peas, avacado, green beans (not a fan), squash, red peppers, and edamame. She LOVES fruit and eats the following fruits: banana, cantaloupe, kiwi, peaches, pineapple, applesauce, watermelon and pears. She loves yogurt and I put a little flax seed in there sometimes. She also really likes shaved deli meat and I just fed her tofu tonight. She likes vanilla wafers, goldfish, rasin toast and waffles for a snack. Basically, you have seen her rolls, they arent kidding! She also loves to drink her juice - she is not the best at drinking things herself, but she is trying and the juice is the drink of choice.
I love her laugh and her little voice, she is just the sweetest little thing ever. Thanks heaven for little girls!
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