Nine Months

Olivia has grown up a lot in the last month. She's really turning from a baby into a little girl.

At the park, she is doing things that babies don't do, like swinging high on the swings.

And contemplating going down the slide by herself.

She's climbing up on chairs, window ledges, and even the washing machine.

She's sleeping so soundly these days that sometimes she wakes up with funny marks on her face where she's been sleeping on her fingers.

She even holds still for her pre-church pedicures.

She may not comprehend Halloween yet,

and it's probably a good thing because she probably would have wanted to be a princess, or a ghost, or a witch, and not the swine flu,

but she sure enjoyed seeing other friends in their costumes at the church trunk-or-treat party last night.

That is, until she met a balloon for the first time and couldn't pay attention to anything else.

Happy 9 months, Olivia!