NINE months old

today, brennan hits NINE months old. 3/4 of a year. it feels like the 9 month mark is significant. she has now lived outside me just as long as she was growing inside of me. she is growing more, curious about more, doing more. these nine months have been the best of my life. having little b around is incredible.

and lastly, just a sweet little series from today. so brennan loves her daddy. they have a neat, special relationship, she lights up when she sees him, and i adore their bond. but she LOVES her momma.

earlier today when i was trying to take her pictures on the purple blanket to compare how much she's grown, all she wanted to do was sit in my lap. i kept trying to position her back on the blanket, but she kept trying to crawl to me:

one time too many, i pushed her away from me in the name of a good picture, resulting in this sad face:

and then, she got her reward.

brennan:

* is developing an adventurous bone that i don't quite know what to do with. it rivals the likes of cousin caroline and i'm interested to see it play out. she tries to climb on top of everything. she reaches for things out of her grasp, falls and tries again. she never sticks by me, instead preferring to crawl to and explore far away rooms. today i found her in lane's office on top of one big storage container trying to get on top of the second higher one in order to reach a book on the bookshelf.

* sings with me. i sing to her ALL THE TIME, and she has started meeting my songs with 'ahhhhhhhhh, eeeeeeee, aaaaaaaaa'. super cute.

* has developed a willfullness and is not afraid to express her feelings with me if i do sometime to/for her that she doesn't like

* seems to be SUPER close to walking. she'll take steps if we hold her hands as she goes

* LOVES sophie

* crawls to my legs and tugs if she wants to be picked up

* thinks that looking in the mirror at herself is the most fun activity of all