margo: nine months

Our little peanut is growing before our eyes! She had a doctor's appointment and weighed 18.6lbs (42%ile), measured 26.5" (17%ile) and her little noggin was 41cm (0%ile). Her doctor is still concerned with her height and head circumference, so we'll be heading to an endocrinologist for a second opinion right before Christmas.  

So much has happened in the last month- Halloween, an election, our friends moved in next door, Thanksgiving and now we're decorating for Christmas! Margo has been such a trooper and is growing and learning new things every day. Some of her newest tricks include clapping, waving, demonstrating that she's "sooooo big!" and feeding herself finger foods. 

Her new milestones seem to be coming in clusters, but she still isn't crawling. She rolls across the room and scoots when she really wants a toy, but she's not crawling...she's not in any rush and I think I'm ok with it. Either way, she is a happy girl. 

Her schedule is still the same: two 2-hour naps (9a-11a and 1a-3p) and nursing four times a day (7a, 11a, 3p, 7p) and eating solids twice a day (8a and 5p ish) and sleeping from 7pm to 7am ish. Her favorite food is cottage cheese and she really liked turkey on Thanksgiving, so we'll add that into her diet more regularly. We still go on frequent walks, albeit a little more bundled up,  we read books, play with Little People and sing silly songs. 

We are so smitten with this girl and it is so much fun getting to see her grow and achieve new milestones!

we voted and have the stickers to prove it!

mid-stroll photo session 

patiently waiting for naptime

she's a proud Blues fan!

practicing for our Christmas card pictures

snuggling with cousin Nora

 bath time with cousin Atley

Margo's one and only Thanksgiving picture

her onesie says "Gobble til you Wobble"

go vote

Today we had the opportunity to cast our ballot and vote for local, state and federal offices. I'm not one to share my political views publicly, but I will say that I'm glad that, after today, we won't be receiving any more political phone calls, letters, fliers or door hangers! Today was the second time that Margo got to go in the voting booth and I look forward to explaining the democratic process to her as she grows up.

margo's first halloween

Admittedly, Halloween is one of my least favorite holiday's but, having my very own baby doll to dress up made it a lot more fun. She was more interested in the leaves when I took her outside, but she was a happy little jack-o-lantern. 

"Seriously Mom, how many more pictures are we going to take?!" -Margo

Then she had a wardrobe change into her Princess Leia costume. She was such a ham in this outfit, it was hard to narrow it down to just two pictures. I made her wig with a tutorial from this website. It was super easy and she didn't mind wearing it at all. My mom found a plush Princess Leia for her and she loves to chew on the buns! 

margo: eight months

Today Margo is eight months old and Alex is 28, what a fun day! We went to the doctor yesterday for her flu shot and she weighed in at 18.5lbs (60th %ile) and 25 inches long (4th %ile).

Margo is growing right before my eyes! She rolls across the room to get to whatever she wants and would love to be crawling, but hasn't quite figured it out. She finally has two little teeth and worked hard to get them! She babbles up a storm and giggles all the time. She loves her daddy and lights up every time he walks in the room. She tries to "pet" Moose but he's too fast for her, whenever she does get him she pulls chunks of hair out and tries to eat it...someday they'll be best friends, just not quite yet.

Her favorite toy is a toss up between an old parmesan cheese container that I've filled with ribbons tied together that she pulls out and her Little People Nativity. She reads books with me every day and we love our trips to the library. Our evening walk is one of my favorite times of the day since she coo's and chats the whole way, Alex and I get to catch up and Moose tries to catch all the squirrels we see.

She has started to enjoy food (finally) and is eating a variety of vegetables, fruit, yogurt, cottage cheese and chicken. So far I've made all of her baby food and we're both enjoying it. It's forcing me to make things I've never made or tasted, so we're branching out! Her daily schedule is still the same as last month, so we're pretty predictable.

We love this girl so much and we love getting to be her parents. I'd be lying if I said there weren't challenging days, but I know this stage of life is fleeting so I'm trying to enjoy every second.

bath time babe

happy after nap time

Margo on the first cool day this fall

hanging out with the pumpkins at the Vintage Market in Chesterfield 

a family that wears robes together, stays (warm) together

she woke up as happy as a clam