Month 8 and 9

Dear Jordan,
Yup, you are now 9 months old.  Biggest accomplishment this month is CRAWLING!!  It was so cute to see your first crawls.  Daddy and I were both here to see you.  You were a little uncoordinated at first.  We called it the one footed scoot and hold.  You used your left leg to scoot, and your right was folded in to hold.  So cute.  So much work!  That was the first day....by day two, you had the system down.  Now, after a week, you are speedy and are getting into EVERYTHING!

Today I heard myself say, "You can play with ANYTHING in the house, you can roam EVERYWHERE...the only thing that you CAN'T play with is ELECTRICITY (this includes all electric cords, outlets, chargers, plugs or the like)."  It kind of sounded like God giving Adam and Eve instructions in the garden of Eden.  I chuckled when I heard myself say that.

We had the abuelitos here for a couple of weeks.  They left last Sunday.  It was so much fun.  Everyday we would go there as soon as we woke up for breakfast and mate.  You even tried some...well, not really...but at least I let you make the slurppy noise.

You still laugh all the time.  You love being with other kids.  We get together with Connor, Alex, Sophie, & Dillon.  You get so excited when you see them, you shake.  We are working on the concept of "Gentle."    I'm always scared you are going to claw them, or they'll claw you.

You love pressing things; doorbells, computer keys, telephone, light switches, games).  You use your index finger and point to stuff, actually just the duckies in your book.

You also like to make clicking noises on demand.  It's kind of cute.

You are cute all over!  Even if you peed all over me yesterday!

We took some family pics yesterday.  Here are my favorites!

Big Bear Lake! (Oct. 27th, 2011 Jordan 9 months)

My favorite!!

Daddy and Jordan having fun!

Where does a scarf go?

Mami and Jordan talking about life!

Love you!
mami

Hurray for new teeth!!!

They are finally here!!!!!
"O" and "P" are slowly making their way out!!!  Your little mamelons are nice and sharp and we can see them when I manage to get your tongue out of the way...which takes a lot of skill!  Mommy...the dentist...is very happy she won't have to make baby dentures for you!!!  :)

Dear Jordan,

You're growing, and growing and growing!  I put you down at night and you wake up an inch or two bigger.  You've been a little cranky lately.  People say that you are teething...I don't know.  But one minute you are HAPPY, the next is a different story...total opposite...nothing makes you happy.  It's a little hard to know what to do.  I need to get you a sign language dvd or something! 

You are so cute!  This last week you've been giving me so many kisses.  You open your mouth and smack on my cheek.  It's the most wonderful slobbery kiss in the world.  And then you blow and make noise.  Then I laugh.  Then you do it again till my face is completely wet.  I love it!!!

You've been making so much progress with sorts of skills.  Yesterday, at sabbath school, you were riding the horses all by yourself and having an awesome time.  You giggled the bells, waved the rainbow sticks, and tons of other stuff.  

Every night when we put you to bed and you are sleepy, sleepy, you grab your blanky, put your legs up, and just fall to the side.  We love watching you do that!

Two nights ago, daddy and I missed you so much that we had to go in your room to look at you.  The floors are really creaky so we made a little noise, your eyes opened, we were trying to be totally still and quiet, but of course, I had a laughing attack.  You were smiling at us like "I'm up, you guys are funny" so we ran out of the room and crossed our fingers you went back to sleep, which you did.  

Talking about sleep, I better go to sleep...you'll wake up early tomorrow and I need to be ready to entertain!

Besitos!

mami