October
16, 2013
Dear Adlee Mae,
You are just over nine months
old. Your personality is coming out more and more. The phrases your daddy and I
use to describe you include: “She’s a pistol.” “She’s a ham.” She’s determined.”
“She’s a bundle of fun.” “She’s going.” “She’s not happy that I won’t let her…”
I still call you “Punkin” “Punkin-Pie” and “Sweetie.” Daddy still calls you “Chunk-a-chunk”.
When you play, you like to bang
your toys together, put them in your mouth, take them out of containers, and
(sometimes) put them in containers. Last night, you thought it was really funny
to put your toys in my mouth.
Your favorite activity is
climbing the stairs which you did for the first time on October 2. You go up
those stairs very quickly if we don’t have the gate up. I think you like that the upstairs isn’t
baby-proofed, and there’s lots to get into.
You’ve been mobile for a while
now. You started crawling on July 12. You started using the furniture to pull
yourself to standing around July 21. Now, you stand and sit easily on your own,
walk along the furniture, pull yourself to standing using walls, and even stand
without holding anything for a few seconds to close to a minute. In September,
I went to some garage sales and found a toy with a handle and wheels (a baby
walker) for you. On September 28, I was watching TV while you played on the
floor. The next thing I knew both that walker and you were standing right next
to me! I set you up to walk again and called for Daddy. You walked across the living
room with that toy several times that night. Now, it’s one of your favorite
things to do. You are so proud of yourself.
You started to interact with us
more in the past few months. One of your favorite games for the first few
months you were able to crawl was “Where’s Mama?” I’d go hide and call loudly, “Where’s
Mama?”, and you’d come find me. I loved seeing you smile really big when you
first saw me. Lately, you seem to be tired of that game. Around the same time
you started crawling, you started playing “So Big.” You stopped after a few
weeks. I guess you got tired of it.
You go to nursery every Sunday,
and Mama takes you to the library most Mondays. You aren’t scared of other kids
at all. You don’t interact a whole lot in those places yet, but when we go on
walks with Noah Randall and his mom, you turn sideways in your stroller to look
at and talk to him.
Your language and speech
development has come a long way. You can make many consonant sounds most
consistently, m, n, b, d, y, w, and g. You say “yay” and clap, but your left
hand doesn’t quite flatten out all the way yet. You sign “All done” at the end
of meal time. You have waved good-bye to people, but you don’t do it
consistently. Often, you nod and say “Yup” or “yeah” when we ask you a
question, but I don’t think you really know what it means.
You didn’t like food at first.
You never really enjoyed anything pureed, but you do like finger foods. You
enjoy peas and beans (navy, pinto, black, etc.). You like cereal and baby
cookies. You’ve tried meats, cheeses, rice, noodles, fruits, and vegetables.
When I finish picking from the garden and carry you and the container of
vegetables into the house, you like pulling grape tomatoes out to eat. You
haven’t choked. You are most interested in eating and drinking whatever Mommy
and Daddy are eating and drinking.
Shelby and Sally have gotten
used to you being more mobile. They let you pet them. Shelby lets you crawl
over her. You like your doggies and laugh at them when they play. They like you
and love sitting next to your chair at meal times.
You are really a loving girl.
You went through a phase where you really liked to “kiss” (suck on) Mommy’s and
Daddy’s noses. You still do it sometimes, but not as often now. You squeal and
laugh when Daddy walks into a room. You fuss and follow when Mommy leaves a
room. You lay your head on us and hold onto us.
We love you! I’m sure that by
your one year letter you’ll be walking and maybe even talking. You are growing
so fast!
Love,
Mommy
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