Another Good Bye

David and I leave for Jordan tomorrow. I'm very excited about experiencing new things and getting to see good friends, but I choke back tears thinking about leaving Gemma again, and this time for 9 days. She's in bed now, and has been sleeping soundly for two hours, and all I really want to do is go in and wake her up... I won't...she wouldn't appreciate that too much. I feel like I have to go steel as many kisses as I can before I leave.
She was exceptionally sweet today! I had to make a trip to Kohl's for a few things I still needed for the trip. It was getting close to her nap time and I knew she was getting tired because she started rubbing her eyes. Instead of getting fussy, she started rubbing her face into my shoulder and would intermittently look up and give me kisses. So sweet!!

Because she's been so sick, I haven't been able to get her nine month pictures taken, so I decided I needed to take a few since she'll be almost ten months old when I get back from Jordan. They aren't "professional", but still pretty cute.

Cute screams

This is one of our favorite things to play.

9 Months

Height 27 1/4- 48%

Weight: 19 lbs 1 oz- 52%

Head Circumference: 45- 78% Definitely has a Boyd head :)

Gemma playing with her two rattles we got her on our trip to Mexico

Slap happy

This is what happens when Gemma goes beyond the "tired" phase. Just me peaking from behind the camera is enough to throw her into a fit of laughter.

Not quite yet

This is Gemma's best attempt at crawling. She's been rolling side to side to get where she wants to go, but she's starting to get frustrated with that. Hopefully she'll figure it out soon.

Patty Cake

Old Videos

Uncle Clay recorded these videos when he was in town last. It's amazing how different they look already.