Anabelle

Our sweet baby girl is growing up WAY TOO FAST!  She's into everything (but that's nothing new), very happy and smiley, as well as constantly learning new things.  Anabelle will be 9 months old in 2 days, which is unbelievable.  She's starting to "try" to talk, saying things such as "bababababa" oftentimes.  Addie loves to translate for her.  She loves to stand up and "cruise" and has just started to let go while standing up, but has yet to take any steps.  I'm sure that's coming soon.  She also loves to be outside whether it's on walks, in her exersaucer, or on a blanket (which she quickly crawls off of to try to go eat some grass or leaves).  She is eating lots of table food and I suspect she'll be stopping the baby food and starting to eat only table food in the near future.  No teeth, but that's no surprise to us.  She sleeps around 11 hours each night and takes 2 naps a day which vary depending on what's going on that day.  Her favorite toys are my car keys and any tags she can find to chew on.  She has some "taggies" books and blankets, but she cannot be fooled-she knows a real tag when she sees one and only wants that.  Anabelle is still small for her age, but we aren't sure what she weighs or how tall she is since she hasn't been to the doctor since she was 6 months old.  She is obviously healthy and we are so thankful she it in our family!  Here are a couple pictures and a recent video of her.

And yes, she can make it to the top of the steps easily.