9 Months!

I can hardly believe that Emily turned 9 months old this week! We're now to the point where she has been outside of me for longer than she was in.  She is continually growing and learning so much.  She can army crawl herself pretty much anywhere she wants to go.  She loves to explore the world around her and it is so fun watching her investigate different things.  I had her 9 month appointment on the 1st as well and she is measuring in at 29.5 inches long and 17 lbs.  She's been wearing 12 month sized clothes since she was around 7 months old.  She is definitely our longest and leanest child.  Emily is such a sweetheart and we are so glad to have this (mostly) patient little baby.

Emily definitely poses better when I use the Nikon than when I take pictures with my phone.  She does a great job when I have the Nikon out of holding still and just laughing and smiling.  When I tried to take pictures with my phone, I was constantly trying to stop her from attempting to crawl off the couch.

Ian wanted to use the Nikon to take some pictures and since Tom was home he helped him take a few of me.

Emily was very much done with the photo shoot and ready for her nap (I was taking pictures very soon after we'd come home from her doctor checkup)

This was later in the day (it might have been right after Emily woke up from her nap).  I handed her to Tom and since everyone was being so cute I grabbed the camera again and started to take more pictures.

We asked Ann to stop with the bunny ears so we could get a picture without that

I love seeing Tom being the wonderful dad that he is

Ann wanted a turn to hold and have some pictures with Emily

Cute sisters

All three of my cuties

Oh the goofy faces of Ian

Ian wanted a turn as well to hold Emily and get some pictures

And more faces :)

Ann then wanted a turn to take pictures with the Nikon.  These are the ones that she took with Tom's help

Real life right here :)