New Faces

Sorry for the low quality of my pictures today. They were taken on the fly with my iPhone trying to get a good picture.

Vivian has been practicing lots of new face lately. One she likes to scrunch her face up really far and squint her eyes and she breathes really really fast. I'm really not sure where she got the idea but it cracks me up.

The one I actually got a picture of is her sailor face. She sticks her lower lip out really far and puffs her cheeks out like a goofball.

This pictures is just cute. No silly faces.

Here's her sailor face from the side.

And from the front.

Busy weekend

Vivian was a very busy girl this weekend. On Saturday we went to a friend's house and Vivian got to play with two other kids - one older and one younger. She's such a social little girl! She kept trying to play with the little boy who is about 3 years old by crawling over to where he was playing Unfortunately, she does seem to have a problem with stealing toys but hopefully daycare will get rid of that.

Then this afternoon she met R2D2. She still isn't so sure about how she feels about him. At first she crawled away from him.

Then she got a little closer...

And a little closer. But she made sure Victor was always right near her or she would crawl away as quickly as her little legs would take her. She still doesn't like R2 all that much. We tried to explain he's nice but for now she doesn't trust him.

Then she practiced feeding herself yogurt. She's kind of starting to get the hang of it but it's still a very messy endeavor!

Smocked!

Earlier this week my mom came up and watched Vivian while daycare was closed. To celebrate, Victor dressed Vivian in a pretty dress my parents gave to her. It's such a cute little dress! I remember having lots of smocked dresses growing up. It's not something I will buy very often because things get SO dirty when she crawls all over creation... but it's cute for a special occasion.

Overalls!

We had a fun weekend. Saturday Vivian and I walked to the farmer's market and bought some strawberries and cucumbers. She enjoyed people watching and being outside. She didn't enjoy the cucumber so much...

I love this picture!! Such a big girl.

She loves her pink shoes!

Magic Mama

We had a safety pool cover installed in our backyard.

And I can now walk on water. Ta da!

9 month stats

Vivian had her nine month checkup yesterday and did really well! It wasn't a shot appointment so she was pretty happy. The doctor just wanted to see her and check her growth. He was happy with what he saw. She's doing very well. Her weight gain has slowed quite a bit since at the beginning. That's fairly common for nursed babies - they tend to have lots of weight gain in the first six months then taper off. Formula fed babies tend to stay steady the whole first year. That's what they say anyway.

She weighs 20 pounds, 12 ounces and is in the 90%

27.5 inches long in the 50% 

Head circumference is 17.5 and the 70%

It's funny - she definitely had a growth spurt a few weeks ago based on her massive eating and sleeping but the only percentile she moved up in is her head! I guess we should be happy her head started off small. 

I love this little outfit. It reminds me of something a baby would wear in Great Gatsby. It has a matching hat but sadly I forgot to put it on her for pictures. She IS wearing her wedding shoes so everyone can see (admire) them!

I know you can't see her face in this one but it just cracks me up. The child is always moving.

Shoe close up with chunky little ankles!

The Wedding Ceremony

Here it is! The beautiful dress. Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of her cute little shoes. I only have one full-dress shot. It's kind of hard to get full body pictures when she can't stand on her own yet. Oh well. Congratulations to the happy couple!

This is the only picture I took that doesn't have Vivian in it so I thought I should add it

I love this picture! She is going to be a terror as a teen

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