Maël is NINE months old!

Maël's favorites: CRAWLING! (She went from scooting on her bum to crawling in the blink of an eye, had it mastered in one morning); graham crackers; stealing Mabin's juice; clapping when anyone says 'yay!'; holding out one hand when she wants to be picked up; eating her baby food through a straw sippy cup (I guess that would be drinking instead of eating huh?); using straws; eating 'real' dinner food with the rest of us; sucking on her top and bottom lip alternately; twirling her tongue (it is crazy how much she can twist that thing); playing Patty Cake and taking off her socks and shoes.

Does Not Like: headbands- she rips them off her head the second I put them on. Too bad, we have so many cute ones. 

Maël is EIGHT months old!

Like that shiner on Mabin's left eye? 

Bathtub won that war. 

Fair and square. 

Maël's favorites: playing with noisy toys, clapping-especially at Mikey because that is how he greets her every day after work, switching from her bassinet to the crib and sharing a room with her big brother, scooting on her bum to get wherever she wants, playing peek-a-boo, our friend Bethany's Potatoes au Gratin, yogurt, eating Cheerios all by herself, chewing on her toothbrush (nope, she doesn't have any teeth yet. I love that my babies are late teeth getters!) and getting her toes tickled by Mabin. 

Does Not Like: rolling.