The Daintys

Aunt Jessica has been anxiously awaiting nine month photos of Leah, so here they are Auntie!  Leah was nine months a few days ago.  At her checkup she weighed 19 lbs, 10 oz and she is 29 inches long.  Our infant car seat can't be used past 30 inches, so this weekend we took a trip to Babies R Us with BOTH grandmas to get a new one.  We made a tunnel out of the box and Leah had a blast crawling through it.  We would close the flaps and she figured out how to slither through and then she would crawl out and clap for herself.  So cute!  (There's a video down below.)  She is in such a fun stage right now.  She is not walking yet, but she crawls at the speed of light when she wants to, and she can pull herself up to stand on the furniture and walk holding on.  She's also starting to wave bye-bye and babble with new sounds.

Well there I was in the kitchen, doing some dishes, while Leah was playing with her books, and Lucy was quietly gnawing on her rope toy. Or so I thought... until suddenly I heard a big noise near the table. I turned around to find Leah and Lucy quite ecstatic about a can of Gerber Puffs that had been completely emptied onto the floor! As far as I can gather, Lucy got the canister off the table, Leah took the lid off, dumped the contents, and both of them dug in. I started to scold Lucy, but then realized that this was one of those priceless baby-and-her-puppy-moments that I would miss someday, so I got my camera instead. At least I had just vacuumed! "Hey Lucy! That one was mine!" Lucy now has a palate for banana flavored rice puffs after finishing off this mess...

Although school does not start until next week, I have already been going into school to work in my classroom and to reorganize a section in our library.  Miss Leah has been my little companion on these trips which means I spend half of our time there cleaning up things she pulls off the shelf, but I'd rather spend the time with her than without her!  If only I could bring her with every day once school starts!  Here are pictures of her "helping" me... Organizing school supplies... Here she is during the two minutes she was interested in her toys... But that was before she found this cool crinkly stuff! As you can see, I still have plenty of work to do. More fun things to climb on, and in, and around, and over...

Just had to share some pictures from a particularly messy evening... Check out Leah's post- naptime bedhead at dinner! Here is she is singing while anxiously anticipating her bath... She loves to play in the water from the faucet. This picture was not inteded to be a close up, but she made a climb for the camera as I took the picture!

At long last, here are new pictures!  We took a wonderful trip up to Covenant Point Bible Camp in the U.P. and stayed with our good friends Kyle and Jenny for a week.  It was a blast to show Leah around camp.  She got to sing camp songs, and meet our old friends, and play in Lake Hagerman.  Here's Leah our first morning there.  She appears to be a bit apprehensive about breakfast with 100 people in the dining hall... Kyle and Jenny after dinner.  (Cooked by head chef Jenny - Yum!) Leah found Kyle to be quite humorous... It was cool while we were there, but we made it in the lake a few times! Leah and Jane on the John Deer during  the Western-themed dinner. Back row: Ryan, Leah, and Kyle & Jenny Mecher Front: Nicole, and Jane & Chuck Frasier This is the Cross where campers gather every morning.