Shoes

I feel like my little baby is growing up so fast.  I honestly tried these shoes on her in the store and they fit.  Now, 2 weeks later they don't even go on. What???!!! Where has the time gone?

My goodness, she's already 10 months old!

1. Today, Helen weighs in at 19.1 pounds and is 29.5 inches tall.  Growing like a weed!

2. Wearing 9 and 12 month clothing.  Her biggest issue with clothing is that the long sleeves are sometimes not long enough.

3.  Helen is everywhere!  She crawls so incredibly fast, especially if she is going towards something she is not supposed to be getting into.

4.  She has tried all kinds of foods.  She has quit eating babyfood.  She wants nothing to do with a baby spoon.  She wants everything to do with the food mom and dad are eating.

5.  She has 4 total teeth now, 2 on top and 2 on bottom.

6.  We went to Helen's Great Aunt Marie's wedding in Bismarck.  She did pretty good.  We even danced a few dances.  There was a Holkup reunion that weekend too.

7.  A straw sippy cup seems to be the winner of all the sippy cups :)

who made this mess?

1st time down the slide!

Family day at the shop

Bonanzaville Pioneer days

Dramatic

Getting into everything

9 months.........a couple weeks late

I am super behind on this one.  We need to catch up.

1. Helen has become so crazy mobile in her 8th month.  She is into EVERYTHING.  She walks along furniture.

2. We all survived Helen's first ear infection.  It was a tough month for sleep, but we all made it.

3.  She seems to have plateaued in size.  She hasn't changed sizes in anything recently.

4.  We went to the Fargo street fair.  Helen thought it was great, watching everybody.  She even got a nap in.

5.  Eats anything.  She likes just about everything.  I don't think there is any food that she doesn't like.

6.  Loves the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme song.  I don't know what it is about that darn Mickey, but she thinks he's great.

7.  Continues to love car and stroller rides.

these 2 are best friends

one of her minnies

she gets mad she's not tall enough to reach it all

on the move

minnie mouse dress that ellen got her at the street fair

a little hat we found at the street fair

napping at the street fair

9 month sticker picture

this is all we could get

Go Go Go.......

We have had big events at our house these past couple of weeks.  The biggest change for all of us, including the animals, is Helen's ability to crawl and pull up on furniture.  Just when things were starting to get easier............


It has definetly taught me to keep a cleaner house.  Before she could move, I just had to make sure the areas we put her were clean.  Now that she gets EVERYWHERE, we have to clean EVERYWHERE.

Helen is very happy for her new mobility.  She also likes to walk, holding onto hands.  Lets hold off on walking for awhile!

such a busy baby

go go go

rounding the corner

checking out that area under the table

8 months!

I can't believe Helen is 8 months old already!  It seems like she should just be a couple weeks old.

1.  We have completely transitioned to a convertible carseat in both vehicles.  She loves it. 

2.  Helen is able to sit in shopping carts and loves it.  She can look around and see everything.  Kicking her legs is her favorite, when sitting there.

3.  We almost have a crawler.  She can scoot along a little, but not too much.  Murphy is getting nervous about this. 

4.  Busy Busy Busy.  Getting into anything she can get her hands on.  We are starting to see the things we need to childproof.

5.  Wearing 9 and 12 month clothing.  She wears 12-18 month leggings too.  What long legs she has!

6.  Really starting to branch out on her foods.  It is nice that she can eat little things off our plates at restaurants.  One fun outing was going to Tutti Frutti. Helen liked eating pieces of fruits.

7.  She has gone from being on all 4's to sitting a couple times.

8.  Favorite food is green beans.  She likes to hold them and chew on the ends.  She also had some cooked spaghetti noodles that were a lot of fun to eat play with.

First fishing trip with daddy.  I heard they just walked around :)

first father's day

Loves those green beans and spaghetti

Playing around

At the chiropractor with Mommy

On our way to daycare on an early morning

Oh so close

Yay!  She can hold her own bottle

Silly face

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Just "hanging" around

Always busy

Shopping at Target

Checking her old car seat out.

Skype with Jenny

On a walk through Lindenwood Park

First time in the pool

Waiting out her first severe storm warning, in the basement

8 months

The only way to get a picture with her sticker. She's too quick now.

LOVE!