40 Weeks

Ruby turned 9 months old on Friday! My how the time flies. Here's our little cutie showing off her teeth and her little dimple (she only has one just like Mommy). She caught another cold on Thursday :( They just don't stay away. It's most likely from being in the nursery, since Ruby's great at sharing germs. She's been having trouble falling asleep, it's too exciting to sit there and clap, or to stand in her crib. And it's also fun to throw her pacifiers over the side. Silly girl. Sleep is always bad when she has a cold, but thankfully last night she only woke up twice total. Yay!

 Mommy got a new diaper bag in the mail this week. Ruby was too excited to have some paper and a box to play with for a little while.

 Her official 9 month photo.

 She got some new toys from a friend... Disney characters! We're prepping her for our trip to Disneyland later this month.

 Ruby was way into watching the World Series, and cheered with us for the Giants.

 Hanging out with Mommy.

 She loves reading her books.

 Standing up all over the place!

She fell asleep like this yesterday. I guess it was comfortable. :)

Yesterday was Halloween, so my little Gingerbread baby and I went to Norpac to say hi to all of the nice ladies, and then we went trick-or-treating at Marian Estates (retirement center and convalescent home) with some friends.

This is Andy's costume... Rod Sterling from the Twilight Zone. Ruby is intrigued by his lack of a beard. She just stares at him, but she smiles and recognizes him.

She was climbing in a basket this morning while I was sorting out the diapers she's grown out of. Silly baby.

39 Weeks

 Ruby's turning 9 months old tomorrow. Crazy! This has been quite the week of accomplishments for her. She has learned to pull herself up to standing, sit from laying down, and how to clap. She also got her bottom right molar in. The down side of all of that is that sleep has been horrible. She tries out all of her new things in her crib when she needs to be going to sleep, including in the middle of the night. Needless to say we're all tired. I'm hoping and praying that she starts sleeping better soon. We ordered a white noise machine and a book about sleep, so hopefully that will help. She has also started liking to eat solid food more. Her current favorites are peaches, sweet potatoes, and carrots. All of the orange foods. :)

 Crawling over Daddy's leg with her coat on. It was super cute.

 The first time she pulled herself up, and we got a picture! She was proud.

 Clean, snuggly baby.

 She's getting good at standing with furniture.

 Playing with her dolly.

 She army crawled right out of her sock.

 Helping Mommy with her quilt.

 Sweet smile.

 Her hair curls a little bit when it's wet... We'll see if it gets curlier.

 Her play place while Mommy's in the shower.

Ruby's friend Quinn came over today to play. They had lots of fun. Ruby loved her and was full of giggles!

38 Weeks

 We had a fun week last week. We;/ finished out our staycation by going to the pumpkin patch. It was raining, so we didn't get pumpkin pictures, but that's okay. Ruby posed on a hay bale for us. She's really getting her army crawl thing down, and also gets up on her hands and knees. She pushes off of her feet though, so crawling isn't quite working yet. She can pull herself up to kneeling when she's by furniture. She also said "baba" this week, and we think she's trying to say "Mama." :) She loves to say "Dada" still though. It means Dad, Mom and food. She's so sweet at night. When we're praying with her before bed she reaches out for us and goes back and forth between us. It's too cute. She gave me a kiss this week while we were praying. She's about to get her bottom right molar, so she's been a bit fussy this week. She still has a little cough, but she's almost better from that month long cold.

 She loves animals!

Flower baby

With Mommy in the rain.

 Pointing at her food.

 Napping with Mommy

 So cute!

 Naked time!

 Playing with toys.

 Talking on the phone to Aunt Becca.

 Look what I can do!

 Playing with her lamb. It plays Jesus Loves Me.

Gardening with Mommy

37 Weeks

I forgot to do my blog post yesterday... oops! Here's Ruby at 37 weeks. We've had a lot of fun this week. This picture is at Old Navy trying on clothes. We had lots of fun :) She's the cutest baby ever. She has lots of fun crawling around and getting into everything. We've been getting lots of library books, and her favorite ones are the ones that she can touch (like with fur on the animals, etc). She loves music and dancing. She's ticklish just about all over and is so happy all the time. She's still getting over her cold that she's had for almost a month. She mostly has just a cough left. 

 This is how she often falls asleep, with her feet straight up in the air. Silly baby.

 Playing with her food.

 She loves her photo album.

 We went to the zoo on Tuesday. She loved the animals and had lots of fun! She may have loved looking at people more, though, which makes me think that she will love going to Disneyland next month.

Playing the drums with Daddy. 

 Zebra!

 Giraffe! Although Mommy's teeth are more interesting.

 She had lots of fun with the Lorakeets. They were hopping on people's shoulders.

 The zoo tired her out. Feet up again... :)

 Elephant!

 Showing off her chunky thighs.

And naptime with Daddy. Just after I took this picture she woke up a little bit, grabbed her pacifier, put it in her mouth and fell back asleep. Cutest thing ever.