Emerson Charlotte Baker, YOU ARE A NUT. Oh, how we love this child!

• Beating a dead horse here, but the child doesn't stop. 
• I've caught her standing up by herself a couple times, but for the most part she still holds on to something and cruises her way all around the house.
• She claps.
• She's starting to wave and will say "hi!". 
• She likes to try to copy the sounds we make. The cutest is her little "uh oh". She also likes to try to copy Adam when he blows air.
• She's still obsessed with her big sister. The feeling is so mutual, and it's the greatest. Aiden calls her "Ems" - sister nicknames already!
• She has five teeth, and the sixth is making it's way down.
• She loves the pool! She'll hang in her little float for awhile, but really loves being held. She tries to put her face in the water, which I think she'll really dislike once she succeeds.
• My parents gave us this old push walker they had for Aiden. She loooves it! Except when she runs into something and can't move anymore. Then she screams. Really loud.
• When you're holding her and make a bottle she cranes her neck around to try to look at you with the biggest smile. Like "Are you doing what I think you're doing??" It's so stinking cute!
• She loves food. And she eats it by grabbing an entire fist full and forcing it into her mouth. Which of course means that it all ends up in her lap and she's lucky if the smallest morsel actually makes it in.
• She makes the funny, scrunched little face when she's upset. And she makes this "oooooh" noise.
• She gets pretty snuggly at night after she's had her bottle. Neither of my babes have been snuggly, so I'm thankful for this stage and hoping it lasts!
• Speaking of night - she's FINALLY SLEEEEEEEPINGGGG! For real, sleeping through the night. Well, she wakes up once a night every once in awhile, but I'll take that all day long. Down around 7:30p/8p and up around 7:30a. HOORAY.
• She is starting to get a temper. If she doesn't get her way, she SCREAMS. Ruh roh.
• She's clocking in at 18lbs 7 oz (56%) and 29" tall (93%). That noggin full of brain is 17.5 (69%).

Some fun videos from this month:

Uh oh

Hi!

Sister love (oh, my heart)
9 month checkup shenanigans

Basically, we're obsessed with her and I want to eat her face off on a daily basis. What a treat you are, Emers!!

Aiden: Nine Months

People always reference nine months as the age when your baby is out of your belly as long as it was growing inside you. WRONG. Last time I checked forty weeks is ten months, not nine. Or maybe it's just my way of pretending there is NO WAY Aiden is old enough for this. Nine months. Holy cow.

(I successfully broke our home computer for the time being, so my phone photos will have to work this month.)

Look at this chick! She doesn't stop smiling... or moving!

• We have a crawler! As of May 4, she is officially on the move and getting into everything. I now understand baby proofing - she's especially drawn to plastic bags, outlets and vents. Neato! 
• Speaking of weird things that garner her interest, she loves playing with her medicine dropper, lotion bottles... basically anything other than her bajillion toys.
• She was able to pull herself up on things before she started crawling, but now it's upsy daisy all over the place. Luckily, she's fine with letting go and plopping down on her behind - because it happens all the time.
• Lately she's been sucking her thumb. Not sure what that's about?
• This chick loves to laugh! It's the best sound in the world and we're so lucky to have such a giggly baby.
• One day she decided she would be in charge of feeding herself, thank you very much. Literally, it happened in one day. Now she gets annoyed if I try to feed her anything. We have a stubborn one on our hands. (But also, it seems, Ms. Independent!)
• Speaking of food, she eats just about everything. She's still a little unsure of meat and we haven't let her have sugar, other than that - she's an eating machine. Her current fave is scrambled eggs. 
• She's learning to wave. Really we're just reinforcing "Wave bye bye!" when she flaps her arm like a bird ready to fly away. Same goes for "high five!" I think that one is pretty intuitive.
• Every once in awhile, when the mood strikes her, she'll give us a sloppy, open mouth kiss on command.
• She loves to throw things. Yay.
• We found out that she does not like people riding in the backseat with her. She needs her space.
• She's standing up in her crib, which is the cutest thing, ever. Not so cute when she throws her paci over the side of the crib and throws a fit.
• Bath time is still one of her favorite things. She would spend all day in the bathtub if I let her. She would also spend the whole time sucking on a washcloth if I let her. She's recently learned how to pull herself up in the bathtub, but since it's sloped up she can't exactly stand straight up. Instead, her little booty just sticks straight up. It's hilarious.
• It is getting pretty difficult to change her. The second you lay her on her changing table, she immediately flips over and tries to crawl right off. We've gotten creative with how to distract her... Let her chew on lotion bottles, play with her clothes, play with her brush, etc.
• She had her first big kerplunk. She hit her head on one of the knobs on her dresser and got a big ole bruise. Poor lovey!
• She loves her cousin Jude!!! And she shows her love by attacking him every time they're around each other. I love that they're already best friends.

Our growing girl is weighing in at 17lbs 11.5oz (42%) and standing 28.25" tall (75%). It's hard to believe we're already at nine months. We can't even find the words to explain how much we love our little bug.

I received weekly emails while I was pregnant about how this little babe was growing, and they've kept coming since she arrived! Thanks to that handy dandy email, I was alerted that she is 40 weeks old as of May 31. HOW?!

40 weeks in // 40 weeks out

(Even though she camped out for 41 weeks, even numbers are more fun.)