Photo Day Gone Bad

Last weekend we devoted the day to taking Alyzah down to Spokane for pictures at JcPenney. We bathed her really well, got her dressed up in this cute pokadot dress, changed her nap schedule around so she'd be wide awake, and did her hair (which yes takes awhile!). We drove 30 minutes down there and as we were walking in Alyzah exploded her diaper and got poop ALL OVER everything including her cute dress! haha. It was pretty funny. Photos will have to wait for another day.

9 Months

Climber

Alyzah loves to climb into things...and pull everything out of cabinets....even if they are bigger than her!

Hair when Wet.

New Tricks

Alyzah knows what the word 'kissy' means and loves to give kissies to everyone except mom. She loves kissing her stuffed animals and plants a huge one (on her own) on dads lips right when he walks in from work every night. She gets so excited to so him. She also loves to kiss herself in the mirror.

She just started saying Uh-Oh. She tries to say Lyzah but it sounds more like LaDa. She loves saying Dadda. She still does not say Mama.

She also loves to clap and to shake her head at you (dad taught her that one - thanks dad!...Luckily I don't think she knows it means No yet.)

Dancing

Lyzah loves music and dancing!

Alyzah Trying to Stand

Alyzah is almost 9 months old but these photos are from a few weeks ago. I'm not a very good blogger. She is crazy about biting her bottom lip right now.

Anatomy of a Child's Stomach

I saw this on facebook and thought it was funny and very true. This reminded me of Brinley, my niece for sure!

Water

One of our biggest challenges with Alyzah is with drinking water. If Alyzah sees a cup, it's all down hill from there. She is obsesses - no not with the cup, with the water. She's not a fan of juice, only water. For mom to drink during the day, I have to go to the kitchen and drink as fast as I can before Alyzah rolls her way over to the kitchen to see what I'm doing (she's quite fast). Hence why most days when Alyzah goes to sleep, I realize I haven't drank anything all day. And forget a sippy cup, you can't get it away from her. She has her mom's stubborn personality and if her mind is set on something, it's set and hers is always set on water.

Personality

Alyzah is starting to develop a personality and it is soo cute. She is 7 1/2 months old. She does so many things that just crack us up. I will have to try to get videos of them. She repeats sounds she hears us say - so we say Ugh, and she says Ugh, then we say Ugh, etc. She starts it off and makes crazy off the wall sounds and expects you to imitate her and say them back to her and then she laughs. She loves peak-a-boo. She makes a few crazy faces and wants you to do them back to her and then again she does it, you do it, she does it, etc etc. She snorts when she laughs. She loves to type on the computer and opens about 50 windows in a matter of minutes. She loves music. She goes crazy when you turn the radio on or put videos on youtube for her. She is quite the little personality. I laugh just about all day long.

And she just started pulling herself up from a sitting to a standing position the other day!!! Yay! Now if she would just stop army crawling and actually lift her body up with her knees... :)