9 Months Old...Marlee J is Today, Hooray!

Growing up so fast!  It's like she's starting a whirlwind of milestones.  Her two top middle teeth are poking through her gums...can't believe she's got 4 teeth.  I heard some grinding during lunch the other, and I hope she doesn't make a habit out of it...that kinda makes my skin crawl.  She's crawling (mostly still army crawling, pulling self with arms), pulling to standing (did that in her crib for the 1st time yesterday instead of napping...the crib is now officially lowered all the way down), walking on the floor holding on to our hands (loves it!), eating lots of food with her fingers (Cheerios, banana, toast, veggies pieces like sweet potato, etc), feeding herself some with a spoon (starting w/ banana pieces...load up the spoon & give it to her), and the cutest thing ever is her DANCING!  When we sing or especially if music is playing...she starts wiggling and bouncing whether she's sitting or standing...it's soooo cute!  She did it the 1st time in her portable high chair out to dinner at the GridIron in Centre with David and my parents, there was live music playing. 

And the sweetest thing happened Friday night...after dinner we got Marlee ready for bed as usual, then went to the front porch to hang out talking and rocking.  David held MJ and rocked while we talked...she played at first, looking all around and up at Dave every now and then.  Being out there awhile, she never got fussy once, she loves outside, she just got more and more still.  She was facing Dave sitting in his lap...done playing with her toy, she started leaning against her daddy's chest.  At first she just would lay against him for a few seconds...getting longer and longer til eventually she fell asleep.  We let her sleep on him for a while longer while we continued to hang out, talk and enjoy the nice night outside.  Plus, she hasn't actually fallen asleep on us for months...it was PRECIOUS!!!!  He put her to bed and she slept all night...it was the first night without her blanket as well. 

She is growing so fast and gets more and more precious everyday!  We're going to Centre again this weekned for Memorial Day (and MawMaw, Great Grandma, and Gramps' birthdays).  Beverly and Case are bringing Carly for the 1st time (their baby girl was born healthy on May 4th).  I hope the weather is good so that we can hang out at the lake...and Marlee can wear her swimsuit for the 1st time!