Time to Re-Adjust

I know we all have moments in our lives when we realize our course has altered somehow and we're not headed in the same direction we used to be.

The time change and life lately really threw Aftyn and I for a loop. Suddenly, I had a baby who was acting naughty yet who was not normally a naughty baby.

After doing some real pondering about the situation, I decided I hadn't been faithful in keeping her on her usual schedule of naps and time with mommy. So yesterday we re-implemented set naptimes and bedtime. I already had my old Aftyn back after the first nap. My sweet little baby girl!

She's not perfect, but I realized this situation wasn't her fault. We just needed to do some tweaking together to get her back to her happier, well rested self. :)





Aftyn loves watching video of herself. She will sit for at least 10 minutes once a week while we go through her home movies.

When Aftyn began teething at around 7 months, I started to look for creative/fun ways to help her deal with the pain of teething. Luckily I had some otter pops from last summer still in the freezer. So with a little help from me, Aftyn began to enjoy a slight reprieve from teething because of numbed gums. And I began to find out how much I really enoy those things!

Except for 2 flavors. Blue and pink.

Yuck.

I don't much care for them.

Not sure why.

Give me red, purple, orange and green any day!

Because of this realization and not wanting to waste, I now have quite a collection of blue and pink otter pops, with no one waiting to eat them. Perhaps you would like them? Otherwise, I may have to start pawning them off on my scouts come warmer weather. :)

What normal, everyday things do you not like?

Things that need to be Recorded

(There are a few funny things going on with this picture. See if you can find one.)
Aftyn said "mama" today! Obviously, she has no idea what she's saying, other than the sound. But I was pretty excited! :)

Aftyn is such a funny girl. Anytime she is awake in her crib, she likes to stand by the side, hold on, and jump up and down. It's more like bouncing than jumping, and man does she smile and smile while she does it! (After taking her picture, I decided to drop her mattress down finally because it really needed to be done.) I think she considers her bed to be her own personal trampoline.
My sister Alyson once said to me, "Aftyn reminds me of you in her stubbornness. Doesn't that scare you?" At the time, no. Now? Yes. She definitely has a will of her own lately. I am already sure I will live to regret my stubbornness.

Here's what we do :

Recently in our household we have been worrying a great deal about weight.

- I want to lose more of it

- Aftyn needs to gain some of it

- Reed's somewhere in-between :)

Good news of today?

Aftyn is finally gaining - in numbers too astonishing to hear.

Check out the chubs of her belly!

And what are we doing to celebrate?

I stripped Aftyn of her clothes, she's standing without help, and pulling her hair for fun!

(And anything else she deems worthy for celebrations. )

Me - I'm just sitting back and enjoying the fun.

What Aftyn's Been up to

Aftyn has finally become aware of the bows in her hair, but I'm pretty sure I can keep her from pulling them out. She's pretty good about listening when I say no.

She's crawling around like a crazy woman, and pulling up on everything. We've had some funny/scary things happen because of that like Aftyn pulling up on a chair in the kitchen, slipping because the floor was slick with socks on, hanging on for dear life in a funny/awkward position which luckily I happened to see so I scooted over and saved her from bonking her head on the kitchen floor. She cried a little after that, but overall, she just crawls on to something new.

She's started growling. I'm not sure if this is because of the cold she's had that has made her voice a little lower. We will have to wait and see if it continues after her cold goes away.

Her little personality is really coming out! It's so funny and comical. She gets so excited and loves to flail her arms around when she gets that way.

She has discovered a recent love of chewing on buttons and finding little things on the floor to chew on.

She loves when we put blankies/burp rags on her head and when she pulls them off, she giggles and laughs. She loves to laugh. Truly.

Spring Cleaning

Clearly this picture has nothing to do with the rest of the post, but it's fun to look at, right?

Yesterday, Reed and I finally accomplished a goal after months and months of trying. We cleaned/pulled all the weeds in our back yard! I can't even tell you how fabulous it is to only see green grassish sort of stuff growing back there, not just dead tall weeds. And after we haul all the loads of dead weeds off our property, I'll take a picture to share. It's a beautiful sight.

Our next goal back there? A fence, sprinklers and some actual grass. :)

Official 9 month pictures!

There are her 2 teeth!