9 months

Grace, 9 months 1 day

It seems as if in the past month, Grace's development has zoomed forward.  She's such a fun baby these days, we are relishing this stage.  She can seat herself up, crawl on her hands and knees, pull herself to a kneeling position, grab the tiniest debris on the floor with her thumb and forefinger and feed it to herself(!), babbles a lot and loudly, shake her head no, wave bye-bye, clap her hands, and make a scary face (growl included!).  And as always, she wakes up smiling and goes to bed smiling.  We love her so!

Her stats this check-up:

Height: 28.5 inches (82 %-tile)
Weight: 20lb 3oz (75 %-tile)

Balmy

It was a balmy 85 degrees today in the DC area today. But alas, it is to last only a day. Tomorrow will be back to gloomy skies and April showers. So we took advantage of it the best way we knew how (being the eaters we are)--we dined al fresco!

Grace trying to be serious.

Oh all right, that's not the REAL Grace.

It was a tad windy out.

Twinsies!

Saturday Snapshots

This Saturday snapshot is a glimpse into Sophie's ballet class. I actually got a lot accomplished today, but all without my camera!

Reflections

I saw a very tragic event this morning while at the office and it profoundly effected me...thankfully, I had to leave work early because the kids were both sick (I couldn't concentrate anyway). I came home to these two and was grateful to be with the people who matter the most to me.

School Portraits

Sophie, age 3.5

Clemyjontri

Sophie had a fabulous time at the playground today! The pictures say it all...

Tiny TOMS

I just ordered a pair for Sophie's Spring sneakers. How cute are these?