You got yet another new toy! Mummy saw this while out shopping today and she couldn’t say no 🙂

Maths time
So if we say 10 toys at an average ‘becoming bored time’ of 5 minutes per toy… that’s at least 50 minutes of play time guaranteed! Now we just need to work out your average ‘memory retention’ per toy to calculate how many more toys we need per rotation. Then taking into account your average ‘I never want to play with this toy again’…. OK… this is getting complicated… let’s just say you’re worth a 1000 toys!!! 😀

You learned very fast, even trying to put your activity cube block on top as well 🙂 Your one weak point is your feet, you kept kicking the tower over! I think it was a combination of a) your desire to kick & smash, and b) getting too excited… the energy has to go somewhere 🙂

We had a week of blistering sun in which I complained… and your mother can testify to this, I complained a lot. Now when we have something special to do with you, it rains… and rains… 🙁 So we’ll just have to wait until the weather clears up, however here is a little sneak peak as to what’s in store for you.

Here we go! It seems you’ve decided how to express your frustration or when you don’t like or want something 😀 We noticed it a few times ourselves and even the Creche mentioned it in one of your ‘dagboeken’. Due to your limited ability to move around the only thing you can really do from the sitting position is to collapse forward and cry. It’s actually quite ‘funny’ to watch, you’ll understand one day when you have children 🙂

It was also incredibly funny due to the fact that, even though you were protesting, your right hand was reaching out to play with your ‘activity cube’. You didn’t want to back down from your protest but at the same time, you still wanted to play 🙂

You have so much energy in your legs… Mummy and I are getting slightly worried as to what’s going to happen when you’re able to walk. Specifically when we’re in the middle of a department store and you don’t get what you want… those feet are going to stomp!!! 🙁

I have a plan and it’s going to make us all rich! It’s my next ‘get rich quick scheme’. All you have to do is find the lady / queen… or in this case… the raisin 😀 It’s quite simple really, all we have to do is find a hustler and beat him at his own game. You have to be ‘eagle eyed’ and out of three cards, find where he put the queen! Simple toch?! 🙂

I thought I’d start you off easy, under which hand is the raisin? If you find it… you get to eat it 🙂 I don’t think you need any more encouragement than that.

I like at the end you had to double check whether there was a raisin under the other hand 😀 I like your thinking little one!

I don’t know what it is but every time we eat together I tend to find something simple to keep you occupied, this morning was no different. You’re always reaching for the ‘tea towel’ next to your table, so today I thought I would give it to you 😀 It wasn’t really what you expected however you seemed to enjoy yourself. You have many years ahead of you to get your own back on me 😀 I’m already planning how you can help me scare Mummy 🙂

Similar to how we play ‘peek-a-boo’, when I place the towel on your head you’re actually waiting for me to take it off and laugh with you… at one point I wanted to see how long you would sit there for… the results where quite funny 😀

As you know I take a picture of you every Friday, you’re now 9 months old and I’ve yet to forget… ‘touch wood’! Today I waited until you’d had your bath and the results were breathtaking! In each picture you were so expressive, each one showing a different part of your personality. There’s no denying, as Mummy always says, we made such a beautiful baby 🙂

Recently we’ve had to adopt military tactics to get you to eat your greens. A combination of toys for distraction and now the use of ‘slight of hand’… I’m no magician but it’s also true you’re no ‘eagle eye’ 😀 I really hope you begin to eat better, Mummy puts a lot of time and effort into these meals! It’s most likely the texture that’s putting you off at the moment, that’s the excuse I use for no eating my greens 😀

I’ve taught you how to ‘High Five’ and Mummy has taught you to kiss, this morning I thought I’d see how the shapes would go. You still need a little more coordination and understanding of the shapes however… you’re an expert in smashing them together! 😀 Actually when it comes to most things, especially the rings… you like to smash things together 🙂

Your new ‘wheels’ just arrived from the garage! Woohoo! Last Birthday you got the keys and we joked about waiting until you’re 18 for the car… however… surprise! 😀 As you’re still learning to crawl we have to limit your time in it to 15 minutes a day, however for those precious minutes… put those feet to the floor baby!

Let’s see how Mummy & I pimped it out!

So you weren’t exactly a speed demon but it was your first time in one, I believe you’ve only used a baby jumper at the creche so far. I’m sure over the next week you’ll improve… however our main focus is on getting you to crawl.

Mummy and I felt a little bad that you couldn’t really use the blocks we got you, the corners were a little too sharp 🙁 So… we treated you to a more suitable and interactive toy, remember I told you cartoons are bad… Mmkay? (so many TV references you won’t get :D). Anyway, without further ado, I give you the ‘VTech Activity Cube’:

Happy Birthday again Little One! Can’t wait until the next 🙂

P.S. When it comes to entertaining you… and myself come to think of it, I’m a little crazy my ‘Little Piggy’!

So after our long shopping trip, and while we unpacked, we put you on the couch to relax. You looked so chilled, not a care in the world 😀 You can watch yourself slowly start to slip further down as the video progresses 🙂 Don’t worry though, Mummy saved you… I was busy filming it all!!

Today while shopping we decided to see how you’d fare in the shopping trolley. You managed to sit there quite well, however I couldn’t really do much as I was constantly scared you’d slip. If the seat had a side to it then it would of been fine. You enjoyed your short lived time in the big seat 🙂

Mummy also treated you to a ride in the boat with what I believe was a hamster, but I could be wrong. There was also a little girl there who came along for the ride, you seemed to be more focused on her than the ride 😀

Obviously you’re not reading this at 9 months old so I can get away with giving you some spoilers to your next birthday present. Can you guess what it is?

And if you still can’t guess what it is… here’s another clue 😀

Next birthday is going to be fun for all!

Daddy

Hi! My name is (what?)
My name is (who?)
My name is
Emily

You may remember this top/sweater from Spain? There’s no mistaking your name now Emma… er… I mean Emily!

Daddy

We know you love cartoons and we’re doing all we can to minimize your exposure, however you’ve really developed an addiction. I’ve noticed over the last couple of weeks, when changing you, you’re still responding to what’s happening on the TV. It was only today I suddenly noticed you were watching the reflection in the window 😀 It seems you’ll do anything to maximize your screen time!

Don’t worry, you’re now at the age where there are a lot more interactive toys available to you. You’re now changing from having square eyes to putting square objects in square holes 😀

Daddy

I think I’ve said this every birthday, it’s incredible how fast things are going. Mummy still says she can’t believe she has a daughter, let alone a 9 month old 😀 It’s not a milestone birthday but that didn’t stop us from celebrating it. In Romania presents are usually given in gift bags, in the UK we tend to wrap things… we thought it would be nice to make the opening of your present more challenging! See for yourself:

We celebrated with a cake, which Mummy pointed out was the same one that we had for your 3 month birthday. The building blocks we got you had animals, numbers and shapes on them. They’re a little big as you can see, a block is nearly as big as your head! 😀 You’ll grow into them in no time.

And what is a birthday without some fireworks?!?! Ok… some bubbles… you get fireworks on your first birthday in Romania.

Daddy

A word of warning, there are no pictures of you on this page ‘Little One’ 🙂 This post is just a little update on your little friend… or should I say… little friends 😀 I wonder if, when you’re my age, whether you will still have a bunny next to your bed. I still have one of the first, if not the first, teddies I was bought. His name is ‘Old Ted’ and he lives next to my bed and before you ask… he’s off limits… I prefer him with limbs attached 😀

Anyway 🙂 You sleep with Bunny so Mummy thought it would be a good idea, as I think I mentioned in a previous post, that we send for some more. So no matter where you sleep, even in the UK, there’ll be a Bunny close by!

Daddy

This morning I walked over to your crib and was surprised to see a big butt looking up at me 😀 When you don’t have your sleeping bag on you have a tendency to try and flip over, however this was the first time you’ve slept on your stomach. I called Mummy over to take a look while I woke you up, the first thing you saw were our faces, hence the big smile on yours!

Daddy

We’ve just started eating together at home as a family and today Mummy found a new game to play 🙂 After 3 or 4 of these Mummy was tired, however you could probably do this all night! It was a fun little game, one we’ll try to do more often as part of our evening meal 🙂

Daddy

Normally a trip to KFC wouldn’t be… how do you say it… glamorous. However this time you got to try out another type of baby chair, a more expensive Stokke one 🙂 It makes a change from the usual IKEA one you normally see everywhere!

We had a lovely meal, you ate a few pufuleti this time 🙂 Personally I think the chair is overrated, for you as long as you’re comfy… and there’s food… you couldn’t care less 😀

Daddy