Beautiful Girl

While we were in Utah for Thanksgiving your Aunt Corinne took these beautiful photos of you. You have the most beautiful eyes. I love your cute smile and the four little teeth that you have. You love to give big cheesy grins where your eyes are practically closed. It is so cute. You have started talking more and can say a few words that you have just picked up in the last couple days. You say:
Mama
Dada
Shower, or "Showw"
Book  or "Buuu"
Good girl or....I don't even know how to try and spell that one out. :)
And you can say Gavin in your own special way :)

You love Gavin, and are always trying to give him hugs. Usually he loves to hug you back, but not usually when he's watching a show. :) You love taking showers with me every morning. You are ticked if I don't let you in with me, and you are pretty darn cute in the shower. You are still a great sleeper at night, and love to snuggle with your blankies.
You have been sick this past week with "croup". You got a steroid from the doctor that helped with your little horse sounding cough. Now...no more fever, and you are are feeling much better. I am a happy mama.
You get so excited when your Daddy comes home. You love to give him big squeezes, and hop on his lap when he eats his dinner...and try to eat all of his food after you have already eaten. He loves it, and loves you more than anything in the world.

One

The day has come and gone...you turned one! We are here at Grandma and Grandpa Merrill's house for September and October while your dad finishes his last two externships. We miss him so much, but are glad to be here with some family. So, we celebrated your birthday here. You loved your cake and couldn't wait to get your hands on it. Your dad was able to be with us via skype.

I feel so blessed to be your mom Ruby. You are such a happy baby, and make me smile every time I see you. You bring so much joy into my life. I love coming into your room when you wake up in the morning and you are rolling around snuggling and playing with your blankies. You always greet me with a big smile. You go to bed so well. I just lay you down and you put yourself to sleep. I love watching you play with your brother, and how he makes you smile and laugh. You two are the most important things in my life. So glad you became a part of our family one year ago. I love you so much and am so happy that I get to spend my days with you.

Some of the things you love/do right now are:

 

head butts

go-gurts in the morning with Gavin

showing me where your belly button is

stuffed animals

almost walking...you have taken some steps, and can do it, but crawling is quicker ;)

you can scream pretty loud

smoothies

playing with Gavin

Catch Up

A lot has been going on around here lately! We just got back from being gone for a month. While your dad was in Portland, OR you, me and Gavin headed to San Diego, CA for a week on the beach with Grandma and Grandpa Gerber and all your aunts, uncles and cousins. You loved the sand, and had lots of fun there. We then headed back to Medford to stay with Grandma and Grandpa Merrill for the remaining month of June while dad was in Portland.


So, just before we left you started crawling. Well, you were crawling for almost a month before we left....so about 8 months you started. While we were at Grandma and Grandpa Merrill's house you learned to crawl up the stairs. Crazy! You are growing up so fast! 

You love your dad and whenever he comes home from work you crawl over to him with a big grin and he picks you up and you lay your head on his shoulder. It is so cute!

You want to do whatever Gavin is doing. You love to play with his toys and most of the time he lets you. :)

I love hearing you wake up in the morning and waking up from your naps. You usually are just talking away and when I come in you give me a big smile and snuggle up to me.

You have two little teeth now. They are still coming in. You probably got your first one at about 8 1/2 months. 

I can't get enough of you. I love your chubby little baby legs and your bright eyes. I love snuggling you and sometimes wish you could stay my little baby forever. You are the sweetest little thing.

So, that scratch on your nose.......well, you fell down the stairs....all 13 of them. I put you down and I turned away for just a couple seconds and you were gone. I was so scared, but you were okay. Just a good rug burn on the nose. I felt horrible.....so glad you were okay. (These pictures of you in your swimsuit are taken at Hinckley Lake in Cleveland. We went there on Memorial day with some friends. )