9 Months

We've reached crawling. She's been working and working at it, and managing to kind of rock herself around, but when I got home yesterday she had managed to get herself over to the bookshelf and empty a few shelves. She is really hard to hold right now, she still insists that she be facing outwards so she can see things better, but she's also usually squirming to get down to the ground, or at least be able to hold onto somethihng. Francesca says it's hard to walk with her because she wants to push the stroller. She gets super manic if Finn gets in the bath, or if she gets out of the bath and see's it she wants to get back into it. She still is pretty fussy about getting clothes put on, she doesn't like to be messed with. I've been using Tilly as my enforcer, the cats are always meowing to get food, trying to extort us "give us food or we'll wake everyone up" so now I hold Tilly low and we chase the cats all over the house. It's really sweet to come home and she is so excited to see me and wants to be picked up imideateley. She still likes to hang on to my mouth, and often tries to wipe off my beard. Eating is still a fun game, especially drinking from a cup although she always jerks her head to the side when she's done and winds up getting water poured down her front. Her favorite thing ever is paper and she doesn't understand why we won't let her eat as much as she wants. Whenever I get out my guitar she insists on playing it. Most of the time she's pretty quiet, but sometimes she gets in the mood to see how loud she can be, then she let's out super piercing shrieks and is very pleased with herself. It's hard to set her down on the ground because she tries really hard to land on her feet. Often if we leave the room and she starts fussing Oliver tries to pick her up and soothe her. Finn is a bit rough with her, we can't tell if he doesn't understand that she is a baby and not big enough to play, or if he's feeling a little jealous. Speaking of jealous though, she gets angry if Francesca picks up Oliver or Finn. But we're all doing well, growing and running along.