My Lovely Poppy~ 6/14/12

My lovely Poppy,

Today was your 9 month visit, and you will be 9 months old tomorrow. Where has the time gone? It brings me to tears to look back and how fast you are growing. I wish you could stay my sweet, dimpled smiling baby forever, but I wouldn't want to miss out on the lovely young girl you are sure to grow into.

You are crawling, standing up and cruising everywhere! You even let go and stand unassisted for about 30-60 seconds at a time.  You can say "da-da" and are associating it with daddy. Your bottom two teeth have popped through the gumline and you are handling that pain very well. You have learned to play a new game where you put your pacifier in my mouth and pull it out to tease me and see my reaction. You are getting better at napping in your crib though you certainly prefer to fall asleep in the swing. You still sleep with me at night and though I get less sleep, I'm so glad for that time to cuddle with you. I love sleeping against your skin and smelling your hair and breath and feeling you roll into me and nurse for a few moments before falling back to sleep. That is such a peaceful time for us to share our love, even if you are sleeping.

You are such a sweet and loving girl.  I LOVE when you sit on the floor quietly playing with toys. Watching you play and learn warms my heart. Your favorite way to play is to stand holding on to the coffee table and pull every single thing off it onto the floor. Then you love to sit next to the coffee table and pull everything out of the baskets on the shelf under it. It drives us crazy but we love watching you investigate everything you touch before it lands on the floor;)

You are starting to sample table foods and love baby foods of all kinds. You tried basil today for the first time and enjoyed it in your babyfood very much~ just like mama!

Poppy, I love you so very much. I'm SO thankful that you are my daughter. You are blossoming more and more every day. Your smile lights up a room and that dimple melts our hearts. Your brother and sister love you deeply too. I just know that the three of you will be so close in life, and that makes me happier than anything. Daddy and I enjoy playing with you and watching you grow and learn. You have brought such happiness and joy to our lives.

I love you sweet girl, you are so precious and sweet and I'm thankful to God that I'm blessed enough to be your mom.