22nd August 2009

9 Months - Wow How Fast It Goes

Melina will be nine months old on Monday.  I’m amazed at how fast time passes.  It was this time last year that friends were coming in for the baby shower.  I can’t believe it’s been a year since I’ve seen some of these ladies.  But time passes quickly when there is lots of time for baby, and little time for other leisure.  So the update this month, and tonight, is extraordinarily brief.

All I can say is that she is learning to crawl, creeping across the floor in no time at all, getting into things, talking (well, you know her words, not ours), sitting up on her own (again, and again, and again at all hours of the night), and showing a lot of interest in anything.

What others tell me:  she is very alert, very bright, strong motor skills, etc etc.  What do I know?  I have nothing to compare to.

What I do know is that we are very, very, very blessed - so incredibly lucky to have each other.  We are healthy.  We are happy (95% of the time).  We have had a lot of people help us, some expected, some unexpected. 

I’m becoming a bit more cautious about my updates for reasons you surely understand as parents.  But we are doing very well, and have adjusted to what we know thus far. 

I would say out of all moments I treasure most now?  That quiet time we get every so often where we really can just lay beside each other and smile at each other.  I doubt this time will last for long, as she is very much a wiggle worm and on the go all the time.  But it’s a very sweet moment in time, and I’m very thankful for such.

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