Well this has been a rough month for us all, noone more than Lillian. 4 days before turning 9 months old she came down with her first case of Roseola which as you may have read was unpleasant. Then for about a week she felt better and wouldnt you know it she caught something 'roseola like' again about 10 days before turning 10 months old. Poor sweetie. The two illnesses back to back like that really set her back in her eating schedule and temporarily stalled her walking progress. She was back to herself in time for her 'birthday'.
She had only just turned 9 months when she started walking aroudn furniture quiet well, then about a week after I got out one of the baby push carts (pictured) and we thought for sure she would only be able to take a few steps around the area rug in her room but despite having Roseola #1 she loved it and could keep it under control and walk all over the house even on the wood! The first night she kept using it to go back and forth to Jared and I and even when she was so tired she started falling down regularly she would grab handler herself, pull herself back up and continue on. Eventually I had to put a stop to it and take her to bed. The next morning she saw it and crawled right over to it and started again. Evidentially noone told her that 9month olds werent supposed to be walking around! This weekend just a day before turning 10 months she was using it to walk and always gets frustrated because she will get to a wall and just shake the handle pushing it back and forth trying to get it to go again. So, I took her outside and let her walk down the sidewalk. She walked 1/2 length of our block before i picked her up because she was slwoing down, she was so distracted by the falling leaves, it was a long distance that she went even with me stopping her, I was so surprised. She was tired after that!
On other fronts she has learned to clap and will do it somewhat on command, the command being "yeah", though she does it more for Daddy than anyone else. She is refusing baby food and when you try to feed her some to fill her up since she is still inefficient at 'big girl food' she will let you know how much she dislikes it by spitting it back out or blowing it all over you. We try telling her "No, No, not a nice girl, no thank you" but she only proceeds to smile.
She is fitting into size 1 clothes already, though most of them are long for her in the legs they fit her belly! She has recently hit a bit of a growth spurt, her arms dont look quiet as chubby as they had (with the rolls with creases in the middle of her arm).
She is also a big talker now. She says things with the right inflections, intonations, and emotions, it is all very cute. She babbles really complex words and while we are still not sure that she knwos what Dadda and doggie mean she gets them pretty right on. It should be any time now that she really gets to talking.
She still has 3 teeth, bottom two and the one to the side of it, the other side you can see the hole where something is tryign to poke through but it has been that way for a long time.
We enjoy her so much right now it is hard to believe. As everyone says we truly cant imagine our lives without her and Jared often comments on how 'lame' we were without her and how empty our lives were. He is such a great dad and truly wonderful with her. I cant think of a better dad around, it makes me appreciate him all the more.
I have inluded pics of her 'walking' (as promised above) she was sick at the time so note the sweaty hairdo and flushed face--poor dear. Also one of her in an asian outfit that my vietnamese friends sister made (who lives in vietnam), their children also wore it and it is so adorable. I really got soem good smiles on her that day, too many to post. Last but not least another of her favorite times, bath time! I am sure she will appreciate this photo later.
