My baby's growing up & Labor day weekend.

Raelan at 9 months:

Weight: 15 lbs 10 oz. She's in the 5th percentile for her weight. Tiny baby and I'm not complaining. I love it!

Raelan took her first step almost a month ago and has reached a record of 3 steps before falling/sitting.  She's so close to walking! Crawling is just so much more efficient for her so she's contented. I can't wait to see her waddling around. Raelan climbs full flights of stairs and attempts to get off the couch on her own (30% success rate). She's figured out how to play chase and when I get on the floor and say "I'm gonna get you!" she will crawl away at top speed and laugh. She also sometimes dances to music by flailing her arms up and down and bouncing a little. She still loves to be outside and is getting better about not eating everything she sees. She has 4 teeth (maybe another one on the verge of popping through). She hates wearing dresses because it impedes her crawling, so I've given up on dressing her up for church. (Because, let's be honest, 3 hours of church with a baby who's missing nap time is already a marathon!) Raelan gets really giggly at night when I'm getting her ready for bed.  Today I found her jumping (bouncing?) on her bed and laughing about it. I'm kind of blown away that she's 9 months old already. I've had her in my life as long as I carried her inside. While I am (thank goodness) not as huge as I was when 9 months pregnant, my heart is wayyyyyyy huger now than I could have imagined it would be. ;)

 She loves to brush her teeth.

 I love when she wears jammies.

 She loves to play with Izzy.

 Starting her young.

 Snaggle tooth and scraggly hair...yet soooo cute.

Devouring watermelon.

Such a sweetie.

 She sometimes thinks I'm funny.

On days when I'm feeling super ambitious, we go for walks.

I couldn't get her to hold still for her 9 month pictures so I turned on the TV hoping that'd work. But then I couldn't get her to look at the camera. It's getting more and more difficult to snap those pics.

Oh and I meant to blog after Labor day but I didn't. SO here are some pictures from our adventures of that weekend.

We got up super early to see the hot air balloons. Awkward family photo time.

 Sunrise. We were right by the rocket balloon. We thought it was a shark as it was inflating and now we won't rest until we see a shark balloon.

Second best morning of the year only to Christmas.

Since it was my birthday weekend I convinced Ammon to go to Babby Farms. It was magical. We got to hold a lemur!!! I only got a super shaky video of it so I will spare you. But it made my life.

This little guy stuck his face in my bag of food and put his paws on my lap and seemed very friendly. Then the tour guide came and told me to back away because apparently this was actually aggression and he was on the verge of kanga-kicking me. I almost wish it had happened because it would've been an awesome story, however painful. 

 I was slightly afraid of the zebra teeth.

It's like he's daring you to try.

P.S. His name is Lawrence.