9 Months!

It is hard to image that nine months ago I gave birth to this sweet little angel! Elizabeth has grown and learned so much in this short amount of time... it amazes me. As Aaron was feeding Lizzie this morning, he told her "you have been outside of mommy longer than you were inside of her!" It was an exciting thought but also a little sad. I really enjoyed that time when she was in my tummy! But having Elizabeth in our home has been a joy and has passed so quickly that I knew this day would come eventually. While I am very nostalgic about it all, here are some pictures to show the amazing, happy little woman that she is.

 Here are some shots up close and personal. The top right was this morning as I was telling her she is nine months old... she wasn't very impressed :) She has a serious look about her that cracks me up.

Lizzie has become fond of pulling everything out of buckets, bins, baskets- you name it and she likes to take everything out. Here she is pulling all the shoes, socks, tights, and leg warmers out of her bin. Such a big helper to mom!

More examples- helping mom unload the dishwasher and take all of the clean clothes out of her laundry basket!

Today we went to the park near our home and got to play for a while. Lizzie enjoyed the slides but in most of the pictures she was distracted by other kids playing by her. We had a great time with her and loved every minute!

Lizzie loves her fruits! We will feed her veggies first so that we make sure she eats them :) and then give her the fruits! Well, on this particular day, I dropped some of the food onto her tray and she got very excited about it! She smashed it in her hands and started to play. So I gave her some more food on her tray and she swirled it all over the place! It was in her hair, up her nose, all over her arms and face. She was having the time of her life playing with that yummy berry mix! It was just too cute to not enjoy the mess :)

A few recent shots with mom and dad! She has turned into a little cuddler and will crawl over to us and give us big hugs. She is a sweet girl!

She is learning to wave goodbye!

 Happy nine months old Lizzie J!!!