9 Months

Age

9 Months

Stats
Weight: 19lbs 2.5oz (69%)
Height: 28.5in (85%)
Head: 44.5cm (71%)

Clothing size

9 & some 12 Month

Milestones & Firsts

Standing up

Drinking from a sippy cup

First bath in the bath tub (out of the baby bath)

Sleep habits

We had a fun month this month.
Between seperation anxiety, practicing her new skills, a growth spurt, and a new brace, we have had a LOT of tears at sleep time (and not just on the baby!)

She also loves this lovey.
She will fall asleep while rubbing the silk edges and she is always either holding it or chewing on it when she wakes up.

New/Favorite Foods
Lyla just loves food and is officially a little pig pen.  She eats anything and everything in sight!  When we spoon feed her she squeals and grunts because we are not feeding her fast enough so we have pretty much just let her feed herself for every meal. 

Favorite Toys
Anything that's not toys.

Or any toy she can stand up on

Activity Table / Ballcano / Walker / Activity Cube

New or Favorite Words/Sounds 

Oh our little chatter box. 
 Girlfriend talks up a storm and also LOVES to squeal at the top of her lungs when she's excited.  

Oh, and the best is when she fakes a cough to get attention.

Favorite Activity 

Standing up
... On EVERYTHING

Top 5 this month

1) Jesse's first Father's Day

2) Trip to the Zoo

3) Our new method of taking showers 
(which has now become an almost daily experience since she loves it so much)

4) Spending every second we can outside in this AMAZING weather!

5) Opening a new etsy shop and making Lyla be my model

Lyla also got a new brace this month.  
We did her follow up X-Ray and the doctor said that, even though her hips are still in a fairly "normal range" there are still some trouble points and it would be best to brace her again. 

She is suppose to wear it 16-20 hours a day right now (she sleeps 15-16 hours a day so that's most of her time!) and hopefully at some point it will go back down to only at night.   She will most likely be wearing the brace until she is at least 2 years old.   It has taken some adjusting but overall she is doing great with it!

Lyla is:

ON-THE-GO!
We are constantly on our toes with this one.  
She is into EVERYTHING!!!!

I love her, and her inquisitive spirit oh-so-much!

Now... off to childproof and clean everything in sight....

2 Months

I seriously cannot believe my little baby is two months old already.  Where oh where has time gone??  In some ways it feels like yesterday that I was meeting Lyla for the first time but in so many other ways it feels like she's been in my life forever.  We just recently got our cd of pictures from Lyla's birth and my heart almost breaks every time I look at it.  Lyla has already changed so much that it almost feels like I'm looking at a completely different child.

I'm seriously writing this and becoming so overwhelmed by the thought of how quickly my little pumpkin is changing that I just want to go snatch her up from her crib right now and cuddle with her all night long.  

I have purposely taken moments out of every day to stop and truly cherish Lyla for who she is at that moment. I know that one day I will blink and it'll be her first birthday and I refuse to get to that point and regret not embedding her milestones in my heart.

First piggy tail!

Some of my favorite moments include Lyla's sweet snuggles after she eats. I'll be trying to burp her and all she'll want to do is bury her nose in my neck.  Really I just love snuggling with her in general!

I also love watching the way she tries to suck on her fingers. There's no way to really capture how hilariously cute she is as she has slobber pouring down her chin after she's attempted to stick her knuckle in her mouth. 

I love the noises she makes as she sucks on her binkers. Especially when she's mad about getting a diaper change or when she is tired of being in her car seat.

She is becoming more alert every day. It is so much fun watching as she explores the world around her.  

By far my favorite parts of the day are those moments when she is smiling at me and talking to me!  Her coos are getting louder and longer and I swear we are almost carrying on mini-conversations.

Don't you want to eat her up?!?!

We went to her 2 month check-up today.  She broke my heart when she cried from getting her shots.  I consider myself pretty lucky for having a baby that is as happy as she is.  But it's made me totally unprepared to hear her cry so hard!!!  Can we just skip shots completely?!?!?!

Lyla's stats

Weight: 10lbs 5oz (25%)

Height: 22.75in (60%)

Head: 39cm (70%)

Clothing size: 3 months

Every good and perfect gift is from above, 

coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights

James 1:17

Update on Little Lyla

Last week we took Lyla to get the much-anticipated ultrasound done on her hips.  I was so thankful that it was finally time to start getting some answers and insight on what was going on and what kind of timeline we were looking at.

It really is true that motherhood brings out a whole new side of you.  Since the moment I heard her first cry I have been feeling emotions that I never knew possible.  My love for her is immeasurable and it was breaking my heart to see my itty bitty laying there on that huge bed already going through obstacles in her life.  I just wanted to swoop her up and take her home in that instant.  

mmmm snuggly!

But luckily Lyla didn't care one bit about what was going on around her.  As soon as her bumpkin hit those heated blankets she instantly went to snoozeville.  It was so adorable!  My mood quickly relaxed because of all her smiles and because my sweet sweet husband was being so loving and protectant of her.  (Having a baby also brings out a whole new love you have for your husband too). He's such a great daddy.  Really.

Two days later, on Halloween, we went to see Dr Geitz to hear about the results.

While at the ultrasound a doctor came in and pulled on her legs and said she couldn't feel anything abnormal at all so we went into this appointment being very optimistic about what he would have to say.

Dr Geitz explained to us that your leg should be going into your hip socket at a 60 degree angle.  Lyla's hips are at 56 & 57 degree angles and therefore, she is doing exceptionally well.  

Unfortunately though, since it's not at 60 degrees yet he wants her to continue to wear her brace for 6 more weeks.  We will be getting another ultrasound done in December and hopefully then we will see better results.

We sat in his office for a while as he talked to us more about hip dysplasia and all the scary things it can mean in the future for children (being braced for 2+ years, major hip surgeries, full body cast, etc).  Jesse had to remind me once we got in the car not to get too emotional and freak out just yet because we were just hearing all the worst case scenarios.  The doctor is completely optimistic about her recovery and I think he was just telling us those things just to educate us on this condition and all it can mean (especially since I also had this as a kid and had multiple surgeries because of it).  We just have to continue to trust in God and his plan and trust that if we continue to do what the doctor says we can soon be putting this all behind us.

So, keep praying for our little one!

And we will keep you updated on what we find out next.

In the meantime, take a gander at all these precious little gems of my precious little girl:

I could eat her up!

cuddling with her sucker

so expressive

smiles for miles

one of three pictures of me and Lyla... I need to work on that

7 weeks old!

brace-free morning cuddles with daddy

haha

still so itty-bitty

love.

priceless.

another picture with mommy

What an amazingly amazing little girl she is.  

We are so lucky to have a sweet baby like her.  

I love everything about her

and could watch her all day long.

She is already seven weeks old! 

I can not believe it

Praise God for Lyla Mae!

And I'm ending my long picture series with this shot. 

This is when you know you've gone a little too crazy with the pictures/videos