Nine Months Tomorrow

I just got the little one down for a nap and thought I better post something while I had a minute. It is easier to download pictures, so I'll get some up when Major gets home. He promises that he will figure out how to post video (because I never could...just not the technologically savvy). We've got a good one. Lucy has learned how to crawl. She loves to chase her big red ball (she pushes it with her head) around the living room and play room. She'll also come to you if you hold out your arms for her. She is so cute. She prefers to wear long pants when she is moving around through because the carpet is a little rough on her knees.

No new teeth, but she is teething again. Major's mom likes to tell a story about him chewing on a wooden chair. Well this morning I caught her chewing on the bottom of her wooden rocking horse (no paint was removed). I pulled her off of it and gave her a toy that was a little more appropriate. She is putting everything in her mouth and drooling excessively. Hopefully she'll have some top teeth to match her bottom teeth soon.

Lucy is right on schedule with her milestones including separation anxiety and clinging to her Mommy and Daddy. She has given up sleep because it requires she be away from Major and I for too long. She still prefers me, but only because I'm more of a sucker and let her have her way more often. Daddy tries to be firm and tell her she has to go to sleep on her own (and then Mommy sneaks in and holds her in the rocking chair until she calms down and goes to sleep). Of course Major is right, but it is so hard to see her unhappy. Yeah, I know, we'll both get over it.

In other news...

With the new crawling, it became imperative for Major to finish the kitchen cupboards. He did, at least the bottom ones. They look really nice. If he finishes the top...I mean when he finishes the top ones, I'll post a picture. After that we'll get new counter tops (from Home Depot...very reasonable) and a new faucet and the kitchen will be done. So excited. We changed how we plan to paint the living and play rooms because we bought different curtains than we originally intended. We now plan to paint to match the curtains. This weekend we should finish Lucy's room by hanging wall art. We're going to put up some Winnie the Pooh decals and some framed pictures I've been collecting. I'll try to remember to take a picture.

Well dissertations don't write themselves and I have so little time. It is coming together nicely though, so hope to be done before Major finishes the kitchen (don't tell him I said that).