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Ahhh the old days when Sophie would lay around on the floor cooing at the ceiling fan, she was nice and content to just kick her feet in the air, now it’s a whole new ball game. The little kid is into everything. She has learned how to crawl and is picking up her speed every day. It’s really fun to watch her because she doesn’t crawl like a normal baby would crawl. She has one of her knees bent and the other leg sticks straight out. It almost looks like she is half walking and half crawling. I guess it’s better then her commando wounded soldier crawl. Brad and I had to re-arrange our living room in a way that would block off a portion of the room so that she can’t get out. The little walking space that we have is blocked with a basket of toys which she has managed to move and maneuver through the tiniest of space. I was actually quite impressed at how skilled she is going through obstacles. She she is crawling under the coffee table she knows exactly when to lift and lower her head, I think that’s pretty impressive for a 9 month old.

Right now she is sleeping soundly in her little crib. Ohhh how I love nap times. I have a feeling that her second nap is going to go out the window soon, as now it’s only 1/2 hour long and it takes me forever to get her to sleep. I’m not a fan of the dropping a nap transition time. It’s like 2 naps are too many and 1 is not enough. The same thing happened when she went from 3 to 2 naps, it took her a while to adjust, but she slept soooo much better after that.

As for the sleep department, can’t complain there. She sleeps like an angel. She goes down at 7 pm and I don’t hear from her until 8:30 am the next morning. I love her sleep schedule and I an so glad that I took the time to sleep train her. As hard and frustrating that it was, it had definitely paid off.

I am going to go and have some breakfast now. Enjoy your day

Sophia climbing on her friend Arianna’s stroller

Yesterday I realized that we have to baby proof the house - PRONTO!!!!! This kid is out of her mind; she is so quick that half the time I think she’s just going to go off the couch before my reflexes kick in. She was sitting in her playpen on the highest setting so that she could still see us and not freak out when, out of nowhere, she was on her feet half-hanging over the edge.  I almost had a heart attack, but the playpen was about 5 inches within my reach so I quickly grabbed her. This led to dissemble her playpen and setting it to the lowest setting, which further prompted me to rearrange my whole living room to fit the new style of the playpen. I’m a little odd when it comes to that: I get bored of a certain look and have to move everything around to make it look different. I think that’s why I can’t live in the same place for too long, I get bored. Let’s hope that when we buy a house I will be content there for a while.

Anyway, back to my baby-proofing story. Sophie isn’t exactly on the move all by herself, but she is getting pretty close. She has been cruising for a couple of months now, but recently she is really adamant about going places. I try putting her on all fours to see if she will even try crawling, but all I get out of that is her moody whines. She has never liked tummy time and this just makes her even more angry than tummy time. If she is in a really good mood she will rock back and forth on her knees for a while.

She has also developed a new strategy for moving around when she is on her belly. She will go around in circles until she gets to the place that she wants to be at. It’s actually quite funny to watch, but it’s amazing at how quick she is at moving around. I keep telling myself to get that on video because who knows when she will stop doing it. Brad and I thought that maybe she will scoot on her bum to get places, but it looks like the belly swimming is working out well for her.

Overall our little princess has been doing very well. She is sleeping great at night and is mostly happy during the day, unless we don’t pay enough attention then the whining comes out. Well I better go and entertain her now, have a good weekend.

Sophia and her first balloon

Her cool chair