9 Months in Hattiesburg

Since we didn't go to Hattiesburg for Christmas we decided to make a trip this weekend. We loaded up the car and left at midnight Thursday night (Friday morning). It is so much easier to make the drive at night when the girls are asleep. It stinks for Jeremy and me because we end up exhausted the next day, but I will take exhaustion over listening to Joey cry because she can't get out of her car seat or listening to Shelby ask us 6,037 times if we are there yet.

We had a wonderful time in Hattiesburg, as usual. It is always good to see family. While we were there the girls got to open Christmas presents from everyone.







On Friday, Joey turned 9 months old! She has not had her 9 month checkup yet so I don't know exact stats, but I do know that Tuesday when I had to take her to the doctor after she fell down the stairs (a whole 'nother story), she was 19 pounds (with clothes and diaper on). That is kind of crazy to me because Shelby was almost 25 pounds at this age. Obviously Joey is healthy, so I am not worried. She is such a fast crawler and pulls up on everything. She is learning to climb the stairs. She can say "mama", "dada" (and she knows who we are), "baby", and this weekend she learned to say "papaw". She will also look for Shelby when you ask her "Where's Shelby?" or "Where's sister?". She has kind of skipped bottles altogether. She has had maybe 5 total ever. She doesn't want anything to do with them now, she only wants sippy cups. She hates baby food and loves big girl food. She loves her puffs, rice, avocado, and potatoes. She loves to play patty cake and peek-a-boo, and loves to wave hi. She is still the smiliest baby and loves people, although lately she does the super cute "let me bury my head in mom's shoulder when someone says hi to me". Love it!