Since we've last spoken, my Lainie has grown in so many ways. She has gone from rolling over and over to get where she wanted to go to nearly walking.
Her 8 month pictures turned out and show off her personality as it's starting to bloom. She is more and more on the move and eats just about everything she can get her hands on.
In her 9th month she has really started to chunk up. She started crawling and moves quickly. I would suddenly realize she was missing and have to go on the hunt.
I can't even count the number of times I've been in the grocery store and people come up to us and ooh and aah over my little bug. She makes quite an impression where ever she goes. She had a cold, the first of her whole life and really didn't enjoy getting her nose sucked out with the 'snot bulb'.
Almost a year! And almost walking!! Hard to get her to sit still for long enough to take this picture!
She stands on her head with her butt in the air and looks like she wants so badly to stand up but can't quite figure out how to get up beyond that point.
I have a part time job now at a local health club working in the babysitting room two days a week and she has become quite fond of playing with the kids and finding her favorite toys. Whenever the kids are running and playing she sits in the middle of the room trying desperately to keep up.
Lainie has started to say Ma-Ma and Da-Da more now as well. She shakes her head back and forth and says, "Da da da da da da da". It's one of the single cutest things she does.
I am amazed every day at how she understands more things. One night I was laying on the floor next to her and she was playing with my hair. When I looked up at her I realized she had a comb in her hand. That was the moment I knew she is officially the smartest baby in the whole world.
In other news, Daddy is home for the summer--well, sort of. He has apprentice class for about 8 weeks. And when I say class, I mean he is required to go up to the hall to weld, eat take out and goof off with the boys. But all in all, it's alright with me. All this practice is good for him, and to be honest, I'm not ready for Daddy to be home all day and get the house crazies.
We were able to get down to Missouri to visit over Memorial Day weekend to see the family. Lainie was more than taken with her cousins, and them with her. Emmy didn't let her out of her sight for long, usually keeping her penned on the couch with toys.
We got ourselves a treat for the summer, bikes! And we've really been enjoying ourselves. We've been exploring the trails in town the those surrounding. We rode 12 miles the other day all the way down to the river and back around a bit. Lainie has a kangaroo seat and now she can ride in front with her daddy. 
I am quite thankful for these new adventures we've been going on. It's helping me get into shape. I'm looking forward to losing 30lbs or so before the fall---I'm hoping we can try then for Second Baby. :D
Is that too much information?
We live a few blocks from the park and on one of our walks we stopped and played, and I caught some seriously cute Daddy/Baby shots...
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