letter to emery | 9 months old

You are 22 pounds and 28.5 inches. You still have brown hair and blue eyes. You have TWO (bottom) teeth! YAY! The first tooth you sprouted was a huge surprise! I wasn't even checking your mouth hardly because you weren't showing any signs (no drool AT ALL) and ave didn't get a single tooth until a few weeks before she turned one...so, needless to say, I was shocked! If it is even possible, your smile got even sweeter with those two teeth shining!

You love, and I mean LOVE table food. You never really took to baby food so I was eager to start you on table food. You have taken to it like a pro! You love everything that you have tried and as soon as your tray gets empty, you are fussing for more!

You can clap your hands together and you love to play peek-a-boo! You love to look at yourself in the mirror or phone and you still love to watch Mickey! You also love to dance. When music plays or we sing to you (emmy, emmy jump up and down) you start doing what I call the "two step". You will start stomping your foot on the ground. It is so cute!

You can say MaMa, DaDa, PaPa, and ByeBye ... and a bunch of other sounds! You can get really loud when you are squealing! You have the sweetest laugh and no one can make you laugh quite like your cousin bryson can!

You are so active! You love to crawl after Avery wherever she goes and you pull yourself to standing so you will be able to play with her.  You are already standing by yourself and you love to push a push walker. You get so proud of yourself when we all clap!

You are so patient with Avery. If you have picked up her paci on the ground and slipped it into your mouth & she runs to take it, you let her and just carry on. If she wants you to "walk" holding her hands, you will let her drag you along. If she wants you to eat a crumb she has bitten off of her bite of food, you let her put it in your mouth. If she wants to "holds you" you let me pretend to put you on her hip. If she wants to feed you a bottle, you always let her...even if she pulls it out of your mouth a million times.  If avery doesn't want you to have a toy you are playing with and runs over to you saying "no ma'am emmy" you just move onto the next toy. You love to grab up her cups when they fall on the floor...you have already learned that her drinks are better than yours so you never miss an opportunity. :)
You are the best little sister!

You are wearing size 4 diapers and size 12 month clothes & sleepers. I am already predicting that you will catch up to Avery next year! There is only a 4 pound difference & 5.5 inch height difference between the two of you right now!

You are a complete momma's girl and I love it! You usually won't go to anyone else if I am holding you and if you spot me across the room, you always crawl to me or whine for me. Believe you me, I am soaking it in!

We love you so much Em! Keep growing big and strong ...  we sure are enjoying watching you rock your milestones! 

a letter to avery | 9 months old

Our sweet, sweet Avery! My how time is just flying right before our eyes. You are officially 9 months old now! You are 18lbs and 14oz and 28 inches long and you are 1 oz away for tripling your birth weight. I cannot even believe that you have been here with us for 9 months already. You are such a joy to us and I thank God every single day that I get to be your mom.

You love walking with your walker! You crawl over to it, pull yourself up, get the biggest open mouth smile on your face, and start moving those little legs...but not before looking around to see who's looking at you! You love to pull yourself up on anything and everything and as soon as you get your little hands on something, it is going straight to your mouth. 

You give the best, wettest, open mouth kisses! Theres no way i will ever be able to get enough of those! You still don't have teeth and the doctor said she doesn't see any yet. MeMe said that I didn't get teeth until I was 14 months old, so you make get your teeth late like your momma!

You love playing with your big kid cousins! You would let them carry you around all day if they would. They really love playing with you and you just laugh and smile at them because you love playing with them, too! Anytime Bryson starts running around you giggle so much! Every time they hold their hands out to hold you, you gladly go to them. I love seeing you with them because you are always extra happy when they are around.

You are holding your bottle all the time now and you are probably only eating about 3 bottles a day now. You have officially started table food and oh my goodness girl do you love it! You have loved everything we have given you so far and we absolutely love watching you eat and try new things!

You still love bath time! To this day you have only cried once in the bathtub which is pretty impressive! You love all of your bath toys and you especially love chewing on the wet washcloth! You love to splash the water with your washcloth and you laugh every time you do it! You also will never let go of your washcloth when I get you out so it always makes a trip to your changing table when you get in your PJs.

You are getting a little attitude about you. If we take things away from you or you run out of food, you get mad and start screaming.  It is so funny, but I hope this attitude of yours doesn't get any worse! ;)

You are officially in your big girl car seat! You didn't care for it too much at first, but you have gotten used to it now, thankfully! When I get you in it, you always looks around to the driver seat to see where your daddy is and when I get you out, you always looks around me to see where your daddy is. You sure love your daddy!! When we lay you in the bed to put you to sleep, you always curl up with your daddy! It is so cute, but your mommy sure would like to cuddle with you! :)

We found out this month that you are going to be getting a little sister! I hope y'all are as close as me and your aunt ashton are! I can't wait to see y'all grow up together and be the best buds! I just hope she doesn't mind wearing all of your clothes! :)

Words can't quite express how much we love you sweet girl. You are our biggest blessing and our lives are so much sweeter with you in it. I can't wait to keep watching you grow.