9 Months Old

Today Imogen is 9 months old -- and this past 9 months has gone by in the blink of an eye! Watch the short video to see Imogen crawling on her hands and knees. She's been doing this now for about 2 weeks. Also, in the past week, she's started to clap and wave! Some things we've been trying to teach her are all coming out at once. She is a pro at pulling up on anything and everything too, so we've had to watch her a lot more than we are used to. She also has conversations with herself in her own language and Chris and I get tons of laughs from this!

Food continues to be a chore though. The lady will not open her mouth to save her life! It's actually kind of funny to sit there and watch her purse her lips and shake her head as if to say, "get that crap out of my face!" HA I made her some applesauce tonight and after she gagged when I tricked a spoonful into her mouth, I decided to move to some bananas, which she normally likes, but tonight was a no-go. She mashed it between her fingers and played with it for awhile, but never once put her hand to her mouth for a taste. Oh well, when she is ready to eat, she will! Clearly she is not starving, so right now we're going to take food slow :-) She's got her whole life to enjoy it!

9 Month Doc Visit

Imogen went to her 9-month doctor visit today. She will be 9 months old tomorrow -- I cannot believe it! Above is a picture of her and Dr. Lincoln from this morning. We really love him! He is a great family practice physician who has embraced the things we wanted to do with Imogen with no questions asked, such as extended breastfeeding, cloth diapering and delayed vaccinating. He has really taken time to explain things to us, much more than we ever expected with a doctor. He said Imogen is growing wonderfully and is a good natured little baby, which we know she is. She got two shots and did the best so far with them--only cried when the needles went into her legs...but who wouldn't? Here are her current stats:

Weight: 19 pounds 3 ounces
Height: 27 inches

The above two measurements and her head circumference are all in the 50th percentile -- right on track :-)

Below are some pictures from the weekend:

Imogen playing her Aunt Lisa's piano. She loved banging on the keys and swinging her legs!

A great Mommy & Me photo

Reaching up for her Nunny. She is such a happy little girl! More details about her being 9 months old coming tomorrow...

Valentine's Weekend

The weekend started on Friday after work when Chris gave both me and Imogen roses. Here he is handing a single red rose to Imogen for her first Valentine's Day. We held it up to her nose to sniff and she actually looked like she was doing so!
Saturday, very early in the morning, Imogen and I headed down to Kentucky with my mom and Nana to visit family. Our cousins' baby, Luke, turns one on February 18th and we celebrated his birthday this weekend. Here is our little sweet pea in the car. It was her first time in Nunny and Poppa's carseat! She slept most of the way.
Here is Luke at his party enjoying his first sugar! Some homemade cupcakes made by his mommy.
Some outtakes of Imogen on Saturday evening at my Aunt Cathy and Uncle Sam's house. We just relaxed and hung out together chatting the night away...while watching Imogen do her gymnastics all around the family room.
On Sunday, Imogen and Luke got to play together a lot more. Imogen loved exploring all of his toys! He has so many that she had never seen before and was captivated the entire time.

We returned home this morning and were very thankful that Imogen was wonderful in the car both to and fro. A friend popped over with her baby girl, Samantha, this evening for a short playdate. Samantha is about 3 months younger than Imogen.

Then Imogen enjoyed playing a bit more before bedtime.
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend too!

Crawling?

So, yesterday was the first day that we could actually see Imogen getting from Point A to Point B without laying down on her belly. Her favorite mode of long range transportation while she's trying to catch the cats continues to be the army crawl, but, at one point, she went from me on the floor to Chris on the chair completely on her hands and knees! It's been a little harder for her to get her grip on the floor for crawling, I think, because all of our floors are tile and hardwood, so sliding around is just easier. But, I don't think it will be long before army crawling is a distant past and hands and knees are here at last!

Of course, a totally mobile baby presents an entire new set of challenges. Here's to hoping we're ready for them!

Crafts

We received an awesome gift this weekend from my Aunt Carolyn, who is definitely one of the craftiest people I know. It's a beautiful handmade and smocked romper for Imogen :-) And it's smocked with none other than ice-cream cones! Perfect for her!! It is just a tad big, but will fit her perfectly this summer -- but I wanted to try it on her now anyway! It's getting increasingly harder to take a good picture of an active baby girl!
I also got a great picture of her in the downward-dog position!

I finished my latest knitting project for Imogen this weekend, a Hudson Hat! It's my third and final hat of the winter for her (haha!). It's called a 'scrappy' hat because I've used lots of scraps and loose ends of yarn to knit it. The hat came out better than I expected it to, complete with earflaps and tassels -- and I really love it! It does fit her, but is equally big enough for her to be able to wear it next winter too.

What am I working on next? You'll have to stay tuned to find out!

First Teeth

Chris and I have had quite a few sleep deprived nights lately, but finally have something to show for it. Imogen's first teeth made their debut on January 29th. I thought it was just one tooth, but upon further inspection, both of her bottom front teeth are on their way up. I actually attempted to get a picture, but was unsuccessful...as soon as I get one, I'll post it! Yay for Imogen!!!

More Happenings

We start out last Sunday at the celebration of my dad's and my brother's birthday. We had dinner at my parents house and hung out with them all day. It was nice to have everyone together and, of course, everyone loved playing with Imogen.

This is a picture I took that I love!

Imogen loved helping my dad open his gifts. Although she really just enjoyed flailing the paper around.

Here is a picture of Imogen and my mom before we left. I just love the expression on Imogen's face! Normally she hates to be all bundled up in her winter gear.

Longies Specs
Yarn Dyed By: Candypants Yarn
Yarn Type: Corridale Worsted
Colorway: Kandygirl

Next, I want to share the most recent pair of knitted longies I finished for Imogen. These ones actually fit her too! They are her Valentine's Day pants and she'll be sporting them most of the time this month. Here are a couple action shots:

Had to distract her somehow! Haha!!

A first for Imogen recently was her first ponytail!! Her bangs have grown long enough to hang in front of her eyes and it's been hard keeping a barrette in her hair, so I got some very small hairties and put one in. She looked sooooo cute!

Apparently she didn't like her outfit though because she took her sock off and pulled her arm out of her sleeve all by herself! It was so funny to watch :-)

And in more 'big girl' news, we finally lowered her crib mattress. Since she can pull herself up to standing now, we had to make sure she wouldn't topple over the edge. She loves it! (as you can see in the picture below)

Hope everyone had a great start to the New Year and here's to a happy and healthy February!