9 month stats

9 month stats:

17 lbs 9.5 oz (25th percentile)

28 inches long (80th percentile)

I took Alice to Dallas the first weekend in November. I took friday off and left with Alice for Dallas Thursday night after her dinner, bath and bottle. She was so good on the ride up...she slept the entire way. Once we got to Dallas, she woke up and was up for about 2 hours - new place - new people (not really NEW, but not wholly familiar)

Grandma Didi and Pop took care of Alice while mom got to go shopping :-) and that evening we met Aunt Papa and Uncle Paul at Northpark Mall for Halloween. We didn't want to stay at the house with the dogs barking up a storm at all the trick-or-treaters, so we strolled around the Mall. Alice was a doll, and she slept on the way home.

Saturday Alice began getting (what I thought were) bite marks on her arm, leg and belly. We were confounded as to what was bitting her because we were all on the floor with her and no one else has noticed anything. At first we thought it might be something in Grandma Didi's house, but a trip to the Doctor upon returning to Austin proved it to be an allergic reaction to the medication she was on for her ear infection...plus Thrush.

Alice is now on medication for the Thrush and the spots are starting to fade and everyone is happy that Grandma Didi's is safe :-)

The Pumpkin Patch

Patra and I took Alice to a Church Fall Festival this past Saturday in Round Rock. Although there wasn't much to really see or do (some crafts, a dunk tank and a small petting zoo) Alice loved to people watch. They also had a pumpkin patch, so we brought along Alice's dragon costume to get a few pics.

'What is this big orange thing?'

'Maybe if I taste it I can tell what it is...'

"Rawr" I'm a Dragon!

World's cutest and most ferocious Dragon.

I Love the Park!

Alice loves to spend time outside. Our new favorite outdoor activity is the Park near our house. It has swings, slides, monkey bars, forts, etc... Alice is best at the swings, but will watch the other kids intently as they play on the playground and can't wait to join in. Gotta get that walkin thing down first...grrrrr.

Alice with Gammy

Grandma DiDi

Swingin' with Aunt Pappa

My list of Achievements

Almost 9 months old - and here is what I can do:

• Say mama, dada and baba


• Expert crawler


• Pull up on EVERYTHING


• Balance with one hand


• Feed myself a bottle
• Blow Rasberries


• Drink from a sippy cup


• Feed myself cheese, puffs and cheerios


• I finally have my 2 front teeth


• Enjoy my favorite video (Baby Mozart) - over and over


• Dip my face in the bath water - on purpose!


• Play with classmates

Some more pics

This picture was taken in Daddys lap in his readin' chair

This pic was taken in Grandpa Meadows' lap during a visit last weekend

Showing off for the Grandparents

This was taken at Dog and Duck

This was also taken at the Dog and Duck

Alice's first real vacation

We took Alice on her first official vacation this week. Mom, Dad and Baby drove 6 hours south to South Padre Island for a few days of rest and relaxation. Relaxation was pretty much all that could be done because of the rain for the first 3 days of vacation.

Dad wrote and created graphics between baby sessions, Mom napped and listened to an audio book and baby played, ate, slept, watched videos and was cute in general...all in a typical day for Alice - just in a new location and with tons of attention from Mom and Dad. We all enjoyed hanging out on the patio to watch and listen to the surf.

By day 4, the weather decided to cooperate and we got Alice out on the beach. She had fun crawling on the sand, and we had fun trying to keep her from eating it (yuck!). The most fun was mom and alice sitting in the surf and anticipating the rush of water. Alice rocked and jumped with the coming and going of the waves. She is definately not afraid of the water and getting her hands (and face) dirty.
We all had a good time just spending time together and hope to get dad back to the beach again ;-)

Some cute ones

Here is Alice smearing her dinner all over the place. This feeding was definately her most messy yet....and I stress....YET. Food was in her hair, in her nose, in her ears and forehead. This meal consisted of Winter Squash...YUMMMMM.

We followed the Winter Squash with a few sweet potato puffs (squash is still in her hair). Alice has really worked hard on the "pincher" grasp and can get most of the puffs in her mouth now.

This pic was taken one morning at pre-school

Here is Alice with one of her classmates. She loves to play on the mat with the other kids