9 months and counting

Every day with Caitlyn lately is an adventure!  At 9 months she has 5 teeth with more on the way, is crawling like a maniac and giving us a run for our money.  Her newest "trick" which drives her parents crazy is turning the tv off and on.  She pulls herself up and goes after that button with determination no matter how many times we talk to her, correct her or gently redirect her to another toy.  It's prompted us to pursue getting a new tv and tv console a few months earlier than we were planning on simply for the sake of our sanity.

She tries to pull herself up on most things that she can get her hands on and has a great reach.  We're learning how to Caitlyn proof the house!  She's been standing up in her crib for a couple of weeks and we realized that we needed to lower the mattress so that she wouldn't be able to tumble out.  Mike, amazing at all things, had to drill an extra set of holes for the mattress height because our crib only came with two and the lower one was just far too low.  Angela could not reach over to put Caitlyn in the crib because she's too short.  Mike of course being over 6' had no problem!


She's a squirly monkey lately and that plays out in very sweet ways as well.  She's recently figured out how to really bop along with music and darn if the girl doesn't have rhythm!  Those who are musically inclined in our families (which is really almost everyone!) will be happy to hear that she tries to sing along with music, not entirely off key and loves "drumming" on the floor with her hands. I'm sure her technique will improve with time. ;)  Here's a little video to see her bopping in action!





We recently took Caitlyn on her very first street car ride.  The windows were down, the wind was blowing and she was exhausted...so she laid her head on the shoulder of the person holding her and would have easily fallen asleep if we hadn't had to get off!  It was pretty sweet.  She definitely enjoyed it as did we.

And we've been lucky enough to have Aunt Joan in for a few visits lately.  Joan is teaching Caitlyn the intricacies of her phone!  They were figuring it out together I think!

She and our cat Tabitha have an interesting relationship that baffles us.  Caitlyn, I think, is convinced that Tabitha is a very fun stuffed animal and gets very excited to see her.  Tabitha, doesn't want to be touched by Caitlyn, but continues to plop down right near her only to have to run away seconds later when Caitlyn quickly crawls towards her.  If she defends her territory and bats at Caitlyn, then Caitlyn is just delighted and thinks that it is the best game.  And Tabitha hates it when Caitlyn is crying and always comes to see what is wrong and tells us to make her stop crying because she is concerned for her.  (We're very good at talking to Tabitha! LOL)

All in all, we're having a great time and despite things like having her formula recalled and dealing with a grumpy baby more than we're used to and getting all our housework done (no dusting for quite a while I'm afraid!), we're enjoying life in the South and eagerly enjoying any cooler day we get.

We hope that all of you are doing well and look forward to the next time we see any or all of you!