Thursday, April 02, 2009

She's 9 Months Old Now!

Selah-bob at 9 months....

For clarification, her nickname comes from before her birth, when Finn wanted to name her (or him) "Bob." So, it just stuck and now she's fondly called "Selahbob" by family and close friends. (Poor girl.)

This past month brought tons of changes in Selah...

*She has been officially crawling on hands and knees for a couple of weeks now, but when she's in a real hurry she likes to resort to the good 'ol army crawl still. Now she's so fast at it that she sometimes appears to be doing the freestyle stroke across the living room floor.


*She gets into everything now, which is why, on occasion, we break out the old trusty kiddy-jail gate.



*She has perfected using her little pinchers (thumb and index finger) and is great at feeding herself. Yeah!!! That means I don't have to sit there through every little bite. Now I get to eat!

*Because she's such a rockstar at using her pinchers , she manages to find even the most miniscule piece of food, dirt, rock etc. on the floor, even from across the room, and will make a beeline for it (usually with an army crawl) and delicately pick it up, immediately stuffing it in her mouth. Ugh... I vacuum almost every day now. :-)



*She always wants to pull herself up and stand and shuffle around the furniture now.


*She likes to kick-it in this relaxed side position when she's bored.


*She says "Maaaa maaaaa" and "daaa da da da daaaaa" around Nate and I now.


*She loves watching, following and laughing at big brother Finn. And he has really taken a liking to his little sister now too! They make each other laugh.



*Selah is always full of smiles and seems to bring them out of others as well, especially strangers.



We love our little Selahbob!



2 comments:

Heath Family said...

She is getting so big! What a cute girl. We missed seeing you in SD but hopefully we'll catch you another time. Love to you all!

Lina said...

And we love her too!!