Leah and Zoe!

Gadget Fun

Leah already loved the salad spinner, but it's even cooler
now that she can make it spin.

C Is for Cookie

Leah has a strong preference for blue monsters.

Fairest of Them All?

Leah enjoying the mirror side of her block.

Hard to Choose

Leah is now 29" (95%) and 15 lbs. 14 ozs. (10%). The doctor
says she isn't worried about her weight, but then she told us to
put margarine on/in everything Leah eats. Yuck.

It was hard to pick the official birthday photo this month.
Here are some of our other favorites.

9 Months Old

Leah has her check-up this afternoon, so we'll share her stats
(and many more birthday photos) tomorrow.

I Spy . . .

The green sparkly in the cracked door is Fagin's eye.
She loves him, but this is about as close as he lets her get.

Laundry Time

They started out matched and folded on the chair. Oh well.

Helpful

Leah likes helping me around the house.

Snuggling with Mommy

That's What We Like to See

Putting her climbing skills to such good use

Swim Date with Caroline

We enjoyed a lovely Friday evening with Caroline and her family.

And So It Begins

Leah has been pulling up for the last few days. It's just been difficult
to photograph because she was pulling up on me.

But this morning when I went in to get her out of bed . . .

Taking Inventory

Yes, It's a Cheerio

She loves to play with them, but she has no interest in eating them.

Quality Time

Gawker

A nice, older man came and put siding around our new backdoor.
Leah watched him work for more than an hour. He said,
"No girl has watched me that closely in many decades."

Tadpole

Braces Here We Come

It took us a couple of months to get a picture of Leah's first two teeth. Ta-dah!
We're also proud to announce the arrival of a top tooth.
(Maybe that's why she got up 4 times last night.)

Bathing Beauty

Leah went swimming for the first time on Tuesday. It was a success.

The Trip

Peter and I went to Toronto this weekend for the lovely wedding of
our friends Jonathan and Julia. Leah stayed in Houston and enjoyed some
quality time with her Gramma.

Here Leah displays a can do attitude prior to our leaving. She was mostly
a delight, but she also took the opportunity to demonstrate her independence.
She decided that bottles were not her thing. Her dear Gramma fed her
breast milk with a spoon all weekend (a slow and messy process). So we
would like to thank Gramma for her can do attitude as well.

Hair Product

Who knew that plum and bananas would make such an effective hair gel?