It's a Golden Life

At her 9 month check up she has officially gained a whole pound this month. She is now at 15lbs 14 oz! She is eating everything in sight. She loves black beans, blue berries, bananas and of course bread. She is a great sleeper, going down at 7:30 until 8 or so. She has pushed in 2 bottom teeth this month and had a grouchy disposition for about 2 weeks to get them! Still our sweet princess, into everything and on the verge of walking. She says dada and mama and many other words we don't yet understand. Her swim suit! She loves to lean over the side of the pool and lap the water with her hand! She learned quick that grass is scratchy and must be crawled in a certain way to avoid being uncomfortable. She looks like a cute little frog! Precious.

This picture sums up Malachi. Loud. He has a ton of energy and loves to be very expressive about everything. He has been practicing his nurturing skills by lovingly laying his animals and woody doll down for naps. So sweet. He LOVES to play with cars. Donovan's brother sent him his Chevron cars from when he was younger and Malachi is definitely digging them! He thinks that you can't see him if he closes his eyes. He is mischievous and makes quite big messes. This was minor with peanut butter from snack smeared all over his face, hair, shirt and legs. Another instance of his love for dirt/dirtyness. He loves mud!! Acting silly is one of his favorite things to do. He loves to laugh. He is now officially a big big boy. He has graduated to a twin sized "Cars" bed with his very own book shelf for all his books. He has been binky free for 3 1/2 weeks! (BIG accomplishment) and he is completely potty trained including nap and night time! What a big boy we have here! I love th...

There was a "choo choo pane" and Chi just had to ride it! He is actually very afraid in this picture. We told him it was a real dragon and he was very cautious about it the whole time it was in his sight! Malachi wanted to pose with the Lion but refused to look at the camera. We threw Halynd in there and she loved holding onto the lion. Look at this sun hat. She actually kept it on! It's good that she did because the sun was hot! She loved the swing. Each time she would go back and forth she would squeal with delight! Daddy showing Chi the ducks. There were tons of catfish eating the bread people were throwing in. Malachi was a little cautious of this guy too. He is very scared of snakes. In fact, any scary dreams he wakes up from are always from snakes. Look how gigantic this Boa is!!! I love the reflection of the lady in the electronic wheelchair behind us. She was a real firecracker and was taking up the entire walkway with her chair. She was stinkin cute though. No t...