Week 39-January 12-18th-NINE MONTHS! Hi, my baby! You now are saying "AI, AI, AI" all the time and you love to crawl after your little rolling balls. Every Wednesday, we go to Mommy and Me at Aish. This week, some little girl pulled your hair and hit your head because you were interested in her toy. You didn't bat an eyelash, although her mommy was horrified. You love to eat books and lately you have been nursing while kneeling. Kneeling is the latest action! You kneel in front of boxes in order to pull whatever is on the inside out.

You love to sit on my father's lap and throw the ball to his dogs, Rudy and Abby. You laugh and laugh so hard. It makes us all laugh! Your favorite songs right now that I sing to you are Doe, a Deer, This Old Man, I'm a Little Teapot, and ABC's.

We went to Mammoth with our friend, Ben and while we were there, you climbed up your very first set of stairs. I am very proud of you, and you were proud of you too! We went to several restaurants, in which you were perfectly behaved. You ate peas for the first time and played in the snow. I actually went snowboarding while you and Papa went off to play in the wilderness. Papa got some great shots of you in the snow. In the condo, we stayed, there was a pine cone with sharp needles on it. This is the only thing I have ever seen you scared of. You didn't even touch it, to know that it was prickly, but you didn't want to. It is almost as though you had a sixth sense about this cone. Papa went around collecting every pine cone he could find for you, but you still didn't want to touch it even though you were interested in them.

While I was in the shower, you were playing in the bathroom. I looked down to check on you and you were standing at the shower, looking up at me! I was so shocked I started laughing and you laughed too, your little face getting wet from the spray! I had never seen you do that before. You are pulling yourself up and standing. Great big girl of mine! You like Ben and he likes you. He asks to hold you and you let him. I love you my angel! You make my world better!!!