Noah John is 9 months old. This is a big deal in my opinion. It means he's crossing over the 'baby' bridge. He can stand now while holding on to something and can very briefly let go before he falls down on his bottom ;D. Before long, he'll be taking steps. Again: sigh. He is beginning to show an interest in books and will sit through one pretty well now, as long as I'm holding him and being animated (which is easy for me -- being animated that is ; P) He is still a happy boy and a nursery favorite...so long as he is full. He has no patience when it comes to eating! He has started eating table foods, mostly bread torn into pieces, also corn, mashed potatoes, etc. He likes drinking V8 juice and it only took one exposure to it to get him used to it. He loves nonna and poppa, mamaw, papaw, and sissy. Aunt Dana is his favorite baby sitter :) aside from Miss Taylor who is the only person I will leave him with outside of family. I rarely leave the kids, although I have begun to leave Grace for 3-4 hour stretches. He sleeps all through the night, although he has cut 3 1/2 teeth (one is alllmost there) in like 5 days and it was ROUGH on him (okay, and us). He was up more than normal at night so I found myself sleepy several days there. But now he is back to himself and slept 11 1/2 hrs last night...up from his normal 8-9 per night. I'm still breastfeeding but he's beginning to taper off...down to about 4 1/2 hrs between feedings and none at night. He doesn't like getting his diaper changed one bit (wiggles and kicks and 'fusses' at us) and as a lady in church put it, it takes an act of congress to change him...ha! We are blessed and we know it, if that is our biggest problem.
Grace is also changing a lot these days. Her vocabulary continues to impress us, as does the complexity of her sentences, stories, and her thought processes in general. She told Shawn he was annoying her the other day. I keep saying I'm going to write down her quips but I forget more times than not. Anyway, she communicates clearly, and well, and is a natural born leader. She has a plan and wants it followed (where does she get THAT!?) She told me the other night..."Mommy come pray!" I said no because she was being bossy. She said, "Mommy, Jesus will be disappointed if you don't come pray!" (Ok, so, needless to say, I prayed). She can write the first letter of her name, when she tries. She can also verbally spell her name.
"G- R- A- C- E, Grace" She recognizes numbers 1-8 and we are working on putting her princess number tiles in numerical order. She can do with minimal help. She can sing almost any song you can imagine (literally) and does so on-key. She likes playing with her doll house (that she's had for about 2 yrs now) and the little dolls with it, her little people princess castle and carriage, her Hello Kitty from Build-a-Bear, and loves helping me in the kitchen. She plays with her Barbies some now-I decided to let her have Barbies even though I contemplated not for awhile. She really likes dressing herself including picking out her outfits, and her favorite shoes for a loooong time now have been crocs. Dang those ugly-cute things, lol. They are so easy to slip on and off, they've even won me over so I have let her wear them constantly for probably at least a year now!!! She also likes to dress and undress her Barbies, her baby dolls, and her stuffed animals. She is a sharp little girl, if I do say so myself ;). She doesn't watch tv a lot, although during my class, I slipped up and she watched it everyday. It bugged me-she'd get really grumpy and insistent that she watch it and LITERALLY she lost interest in her puzzles and even ones she could do, she'd struggle with lots during that time period, to the point that she'd leave them unfinished and I'd redirect her and we'd wind up finishing it together after a little squabble. Thankfully the class is over and we're getting back to normal. Grace is a great helper...she gets diapers, wipes, etc for me. She initiates hugs and kisses for me and her daddy (and her brother). She likes to sleep in her big full-size bed and will tell me to get out after story and prayer time at night. The other night I was beginning to doze off after story time ... she said ... "Momma! Get out of my bed please! It hurts me when you're in here...it hurts my arms, hurts my feelings, it just hurts me all over!" Can you imagine?
Shawn and I enjoy the kids at this stage SO MUCH! It's one of the best so far...NJ can't walk so he's still easily contained and Grace is mature enough to reason with, sit for extended periods of time, etc. Sweet! This period is going to whiz by though, because our boy is going to be walking soon. But for now, we will enjoy this time...these moments...both precious and fleeting. I lift up a prayer for them both now-- for their salvation, Godly friends, their safety, and that they will know true peace by following God all their lives.
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