9 months

Princess Savannah...

...weighs 18 lbs., 11oz and is 27 1/2 " tall.

...threw a fit at the doctor's office on Friday, it started as soon as we had to strip her down to her diaper to get her weighed and lasted until we got outside.  I'm sure the shot in each leg and the finger prick didn't help.  The doctor was SO good with her though (which, I guess that should come as no surprise since children are obviously their speciality), letting her play with stethescope and lights to look in her eyes and mouth before he used them on her.

...eats bananas, sweet potatoes, peas, green beans, zucchini, carrots, apples, pears, peaches, chicken, avocado, mango, papaya, kiwi, graham crackers and Cheerio's.  She seems to like everything except kiwi, although she does tolerate it.  Her favorite foods are bananas and avocado.

...has never had formula!  It's been a ltitle stressful for me lately because my supply has definitely decreased, the amount I'm able to pump at work is just enough to send to daycare but as long as it's enough, I'm happy.  I think at this point I'll keep going until she decides she's done or until she's a year old, whichever comes first. I love that I've been able to breastfeed for so long but I can't wait to have a bowl of cereal and a vanilla latte with real milk (instead of soy).

...has been rather attached to me lately.  I'm not going to lie, I love it.  But it does make me sad to see James' face when she's reaching for me while he's holding her and to know that he feels helpless as she starts wailing when I walk out of the room.

...still isn't sleeping through the night, she usually only wakes up once around 2 or 3, nurses and goes right back to sleep.until 6:30-7:00.  At this point I think it's more my fault than hers, she doesn't need to eat she just does because I'm offering.  If I just let her cry a little longer or send James in I think it would only take a few nights and we'd be set.

...chases the dogs around the house. They hate it but we find it to be hilarious and so does Savannah.

...is the happiest, sweetest, cutest baby ever, I love her to pieces and I can't imagine my life without her.

From SGN - 10th Month

From SGN - 10th Month

From SGN - 10th Month

Sorry for the lack of updates, the time change has us all out of whack.  Savannah has been going to bed a little bit later which is great because we get more time to play but also sort of bad because by the time we start bath and bed time she's exhausted and VERY cranky.

She's picked speed with her crawling, she's all over the place and it's really cute.


She's also pulling up on everything and walking around the coffee table and her music table.  This is one of her new favorite spots:

From SGN - 9th month

From SGN - 9th month

On top of it getting darker later, dinner seems to be taking a lot longer these days.  I'll give you 2 guesses as to why...

From SGN - 9th month

From SGN - 9th month

From SGN - 9th month

Their butts are planted next to her now that her food is a little more to their liking and she's very interested in keeping them entertained.  I have considered putting them outside while she eats but I'd rater she get used to them now so we're not dealing with this in a couple years.

She is definitely our daughter, we don't exactly demand more food the way she does but we do get pretty cranky when we're hungry. (There is some vaccuuming going on in the background, James didn't know I was recording.)


We've recently added zucchini, papaya, mango and kiwi to her ever expanding menu. Thankfully she doesn't seem to be anywhere near as picky as I am.  Since the only fruits I eat are grapes and apples, I've had some learning to do about when fruits are ripe and when things are in season.  She also eats graham crackers (and likes to feed them to the dogs) and occassionally Cheerio's.

graham crackers + no bib = big mess

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There was also a brief stint with pureed beef.

It might look like ground beef in the picture but I assure it's more like meat paste. Mmmm, appetizing.

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The first night she had it she woke up around 12:45 a.m. with a tummy ache and terrible gas, we weren't sure if it was a result of the beef or something I ate so we went back to chicken the next night.  We gave the beef another go two nights later, I'll spare you the gory details but as the result of some projectile vomit we went through 4 pairs of pajamas and took a bath at 4 a.m.  James got a stomach bug a few days later so it likely wasn't the beef but we aren't real anxious to try it again anytime soon.

She's mobile!

Our little Princess started crawling on Tuesday night!

8 months!

Savannah was officially 8 months old as of February 27 (better late than never, right?).

She weighs about 19 1/2 lbs. and I have no idea how tall she is but we've had to put away most of her size 6 month pants so those little legs that never stop moving are definitely getting longer.  It's bitter sweet to put away her clothes as she grows out of them, I'm obviously happy that she's thriving but she's growing up so fast!

From SGN - 9th month

From SGN - 9th month

We started her on chicken last weekend, it looked gross when I made it but both James and I taste tested it and it really isn't all that bad.  The texture was a little interesting for us but she seemed to like it.

This meal was like Thanksgiving in a bowl - chicken (yes, I know we eat turkey on Turkey Day), sweet potatoes and green beans.

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And quite messy!

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Savannah's grandparents were here for her 8 month birthday, among all the eating and shopping we found time to hang her swing on the porch and have a mini photo shoot in the backyard.

From SGN - 9th month

From SGN - 9th month

From SGN - 9th month

From SGN - 9th month

From SGN - 9th month

From SGN - 9th month

From SGN - 9th month

Always cute after a bath!

From SGN - 9th month

From SGN - 9th month