9 Months!

My little cutie is 9 Months old now. I can't believe how big she's getting!

Today we went to see Dr. Tara and Caroline is now:

Weight: 16 lbs 7 oz (5-10 percentile)
Height: 27 1/4 in (25-50 percentile)
Head: 17 in (25 percentile)

She did great gaining weight this past month. I think I discovered the problem...not only was she not eating very much, but I apparently was only making about an oz of milk for her :(. Now she is on formula which I am kinda bummed about. I wanted to nurse her for at least a year...but I didn't have much of a choice. Now she is on that yucky powder expensive stuff and she LOVES it! She gets so excited for her bottle. Not only that, but everything has gotten better since doing that. She sleeps better through the night and is happier during the day...not that she was unhappy before, but she is just happier now.

This month she seems to have grown up so much! *She started to pull herself up on everything. She likes to pull herself up in her bed. This means she doesn't like to sleep! I mean, really, who wants to sleep when they can play? She also pulls herself up and throws her pacifier out of her bed in hopes that I will come get it. I have been going to get it until today...which means she is in her bed screaming right now. Breaks my heart, but I need her to learn to sleep and not to do that. *She started crawling yesterday! She has been trying so hard to do it for a while. I put her on the floor yesterday and she crawled right over to her toy and pulled herself up on it. I was so proud! But, now I am in trouble because I'm sure it's only a matter of time before she discovers all the things she can get into. *She has started to say momma when she is happy instead of when she is sad. Now, when I am the one making her cry (like by getting her dressed) she cries for dadda and when Tom is making her cry she says momma. Smart girl! We're going to be in so much trouble when she is older! *She started waving "hi" and "bye". *She whines A LOT! It was so funny at the Dr today she was getting her temperature taken, head measured, ears checked, etc....the regular stuff, and she just whined and whined and whined until she was done. She kept saying momma and reaching for me. What a ham! I love her. *She is stubborn. When something happens that she doesn't like she fights you! She straitens her legs, throws her arms, and her face turns bright red. She demonstrated this for Dr. Tara today too. She asked if she takes after Tom or I...I think both of us are equally stubborn. *She plays peek-a-boo. *She screams...ALL the time! We decided to make a video so we can show her when she's older. Hopefully it actually uploads this time! *The days of taking her places and her sleeping are gone! If there are people around, she's not going to sleep. She gets really hyper and wiggly when she is tired--just like her mom who talks a lot when she is tired. We went out last week for Toms brothers birthday and she stayed up until 11 PM! The next morning she was up at 6:30 just as usual. She basically sleeps every night 7:30pm-6:30am.

So, that's 9 months! We love you so much Caroline and can't wait to see what you do in your 10th month of life!


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Dinner in Bed

Caroline has discovered that she can stand up in her bed and play and jump. When nap time came this afternoon she refused to sleep. She played in her bed for an hour and a half. This is what happened when I tried to feed her dinner.

Now I am a little worried that I might not sleep tonight since she didn't eat or drink anything. I guess I will try to wake her in a few hours for a bottle...I did transfer her to the crib somewhat successfully. Sweet dreams little girl!

Here and There

Here are some random pics and videos I had on my camera from the past couple weeks.

Caroline playing the piano. She loves to just sit and play (more like bang) on the piano. I didn't get out the camera till the end, so she is getting a little cranky...but you get the idea. I really hope she shares my love for music (I think she already might). She has the most beautiful long piano playing fingers.


Mommy! Take me outside! She likes to go outside and to go on walks.



I was trying to catch her sleeping with her bum up in the air (it's so cute), but she woke up right as I snapped the picture. Maybe next time!

COUSINS:
Christopher is such a sweetie. He always wants to be by Caroline and get stuff for her.
This is about as close as Anthony will get. He's still warming up to us...we'll get there. I got him to ALMOST give me a hug. That's great progress!

I've yet to get Nicholas to take a picture with her. Maybe next time. Sometime we have to get a picture with ALL the Gounaris cousins!

Peek-A-Boo

Today is going to be a long day! Tom is home sick! Poor guy has been throwing up since 1 o'clock this morning. Hope he gets better real soon! He thinks it is food poisoning, so hopefully Caroline and I don't get it.
Caroline has started to play Peek-a-boo! It's so cute! She learned it from the song they sing at her Gymboree class.
The other videos are of Caroline and her cousin Christopher. He is so adorable! Caroline loves to see all her cousins and they are so sweet with her!

My Cutie!


The Gounaris girls...this is Carolines first girl cousin on the Gounaris side.


Peek-A-Boo!

Summer Weather in Spring!

Last week we had some pretty warm days. Wednesday was 90 degrees so I took Caroline to the beach! After Tom got off work he brought a picnic and we ate and then walked on the boardwalk. It was so nice! I love warm weather and can't wait to get my beach pass and go very day this summer!



Eating some vegetables in her tent.

There were a lot of seagulls out that day trying to find food.

Easter

Easter ended up being a beautiful day! We had breakfast with Tom's mom in the morning and then went to his Uncle and Aunts home for dinner. Caroline loved all the attention she got, but was really tired by the end of the day.

Looking around the sofa to see daddy!

Playground Fun

I should just rename this "Caroline's Blog"...it's pretty much all about her! I just love her so much, and she is the most exciting thing in my life right now!

Friday, daddy got off work early for the holidays. We went to Hoyt Farms and played on the swings and walked around. She's still too little to do much, but she enjoyed watching the other children run around and play. She is always so happy. She even skipped her nap and STILL was happy.