Beware on this Halloween Eve, there may be a Nina-saurus Rex lurking in the bushes! She'll growl at you, steal your candy, and if you're not careful she may also give you pink eye!
Grandma Vicky made this adorable costume for Nina. It is just too much! The best part is when she walks the tail wags back and forth.
I is scary?Here are some smiles that are sure to brighten up your day!
Actually, I am really posting this so I can brag about my daughter. Just so you know, she is no longer "taking steps" - she is walking.
Ladies and gentlemen, the moment you have all been waiting for....
Although there have been some previous rumors of Nina taking steps (see the comment section of this post), I witnessed Nina's first official steps last Friday. Here are all the gory details:
A few weeks ago, we bought Nina a cart that she can push around. She instantly started holding on and walking behind it. In the intervening weeks, she has pushed it around a bit but didn't seem terribly excited about it.
Then last Friday, she got a bug up her butt that she was going to push that damn cart around! She pushed it all over the house with this huge excited grin on her face. It was amazing - there was no stopping her. Until of course she would get the cart stuck against the wall, and then she would pitch a fit - screaming and crying until I moved the cart so she could push it again. Then she would smile and laugh and continue on again.
After a good 20 minutes, she seemed like she was getting worn out so I put the cart out of sight. Then I had her stand up and I held a big blue ball in front of her. Sure enough she took two step towards it! Absolutely amazing!! The cart had warmed her up and so she was ready to go it alone! She took more steps over the weekend and this week as well. So in the end, Aunt Andrea, you were right - first steps at 9 months. Wow.
In less monumental (but still pretty exciting) news, this week Nina has started to wave bye-bye. She holds her arm up and flaps her little wrist. It is so silly looking.
Let's end with a super-cute picture of Nina looking uncharacteristically subdued.
Nina has now gone from the occasional "accidental" standing to outright free standing. She stands, she knows she is standing, when she falls she gets back up to standing. So we'll mark standing somewhere between 8 1/2 and 9 months. She'll go for maybe half a minute at most, but usually she gets distracted by something before then.
And her new favorite game is knocking over stacks of blocks. If you make a tower of blocks, she will sprint-crawl toward them to knock them over. Greatest game ever.
Oh, oh, this just started in the last day or two - she is waving bye-bye. It is more of an arm flap then a wave, but she seems to be starting to figure it out. Fun stuff!
