9 Months

At over 9 months old, Lila Girl is keeping us on our toes quite literally these days. I seem to be taking more pictures of her back than of her face as she always is in a hurry to get somewhere or discover something new. She is already a little trouble maker and quite opinionated to say the least. Just when I think I have her figured out, she surprises me which then in turn doesn't surprise me. See, she already has me all crazy. After I voiced great concern for our sanity during her teenage years due to some... okay a lot of moodiness, this is a direct quote from Chris, "Maybe it's just a baby phase and when she gets older she'll be nicer." Yeah, that's what usually happens.

Luckily, to accompany her growls to let me know she doesn't want me to chat with her (actually happened today) or her screams in the car (she still hates the car), she has a hilarious and goofy side that is so fun. Sometimes I feel like she is older because she is so funny on purpose. Anyway, here is your fix of Lila for a while in the form of lots of pictures.

Close up

A true Lila expression

Climbing...always climbing

Melts my book worm heart

Who needs fingers when you have a tongue to get the cheerio in your mouth?

Lila loves to crawl in and out of the chairs under the dining room table

Though she has never tasted a cookie, she knows a good thing when she sees it!

Spying on the neighbors

Still LOVING the water. We are in some type of water at least twice a week.

What a goof.

On the move again, heading to her favorite place- the sliding door. I know, I don't get it either.

This is what she does there. Who knew digging in the track would be entertaining?

More climbing

This may be what Lila is most passionate about. Binkies. Yes, I used the plural form because she prefers to have more than one at any given time. She even falls asleep sucking on one and holding another. It is very funny to watch her try to climb, play and whatever else with one binky in her mouth and one in each hand. My favorite thing to watch, however, is when she plays musical binkies. Sometimes she will just sit there and pop one out with her tongue and stick a different one in and suck. About 10 seconds later she will rotate to a different binky then repeats the process over and over. It cracks me up. She is in mid transition in the picture below.

Disclaimer: I do try to confiscate the binkies while at home, but sometimes forget or give in. The fear of being called a bad mom made me throw that in. :) I am not looking forward to weening this kid. You should see her stick it in her mouth when she is really upset. She sucks on it like it is some kind of drug.