Monday, May 20, 2013

Dear Tully, Aged 9 Months

  • Dear Miss Tully,



    I know it is cliche but oh, how the time flies.... 9 months already! My memory isnt the best, but i'm sure the months never flew by so quickly when your brother was a baby. But here we are, and you're 9 months old, and getting cheekier and chubbier by the minute. Grandma says you are chubby the same way i was... that is, you are entirely squishable, with beautiful chubby baby rolls on your legs that are just begging to be tickled and squeezed. Plus you have that cute chubby baby bottom or, as Flynn likes to call it, ' squishy bum '. And dont you love to show it off - even though its coming into winter and is starting to get quite chilly, when it comes time to strip down for a bath you get a giggle on. You stand up on those chubby legs and shake your little booty, giggling and squealing until everyone in the room laughs right along with you. In fact, watching your baby version of 'rump shaking ' is one of my favourite parts of the day ( insert smiley face here ).

    Aside from loving your nudie/bath time, you get a real kick out of standing up. Someone helps you pull yourself up onto a peice of furniture and you stand there proudly, stomping your feet up and down, trying to decide whether you should take a few steps sideways or not. Despite that indecision, you have managed to cruise once or twice, and you have even taken one small step towards me without holding on to anything. However, even though soooo many people tell me you should be, you still dont crawl, though in the past week or so you have developed a funny little bum slide thing that helps you move around ( albeit quite slowly ). I'm not sure that you'll ever crawl - you never liked your tummy time, and though you'll lie down and play quietly for a few minutes at a time now, you still crack the poos and squeal eventually, the same way you did as a newborn.

    You're also a foodie in the making - you will pretty much try anything you are offered, and i couldnt name a food  that you have outrightly rejected. You have learned that when someone offers you something, you say ' ta' - and though i am proud of you using your manners, it is quite amusing watching you lean towards others peoples food, opening and closing your hand, demanding 'ta!ta!TA! '. The big grin, complete with two bottom teeth, that we get when we share our food with you makes the sharing well worth it though. Those two little teeth cut through somewhere around Easter but its only now that they've popped up high enough for us to see when you smile...and, i have to say, they've only made you exponentially cuter!

    I'm a little sorry to say that your near perfect sleeping has gone down hill a little, but i think we can blame moving house for that. However tired i may be sometimes, i'm trying to focus on all the awesome things your achieving - the standing, the bum sliding, the learning to clap and to wave bye-bye; your burgeoning vocabulary ( we have 'bub', 'mum', 'dad', 'pop', 'poo', 'go' and 'ta' down pat ); and the sweet little personality you're developing. Sure you scream like a pterodactyl when you feel people aren't paying you enough attention ( earning you the nickname " Tully-dactyl " ) but you are also quite free with your smiles, your snuggles and will happily burble at almost anybody. In short, Daddy, Flynn and I think you are just a little bit awesome-sauce.
    Now, lets just see if the next 3 months go as fast as the last 3 - and then we'll no doubt have a smiley, cheeky, chubby one year old on our hands!
    Love you Muffins,
    Your Mama Bear

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22 comments:

  1. Very cute! It flies, doesn't it?

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    1. It sure does... I'm pretty sure I use that expression every time I talk about her age!

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  2. THey grew too fast - this is a great post for you to remember your gorgeous little munchkin - you'll read this and it will all come floodig back. Bless x

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    1. I read over her 3 month and 6 month letters today and had a little smile :)

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  3. Time really does fly doesn't it - we celebrated our 'baby's' 21st birthday earlier this month - how quickly have those years gone ?
    Enjoy as much as you can !
    Me

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    1. My eldest is only 3.5 .... I can't even imagine what it will be like to be the mum of a 21 yr old!

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  4. So sorry for those terrible typos in my comment - i hate them but sometimes I just type too fast and then press - story of my life really x

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  5. What a gorgeous little bubba. Nine months is an especially squish-able age. The next three moths will fly and the three after that - it just doesn't stop. Indulge in every moment xx
    Josefa from #teamIBOT

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    1. Thank you .... I'm sure the time will roll by just as quickly, no matter how much I'd like it to slow down...

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  6. My youngest is like this, he never rejects any food! And I'm stoked, as my older two are quite fussy! Lovely post x

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    1. If its one thing both my kids are, urs champion eaters :)

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  7. I can not believe 9 months has gone by so fast!!!! It's not fair how the time goes so quickly. She is just so gorgeous and I wish I could squeeze those chubby baby thighs myself! Punky still has some squishiness left on her thighs but it is quickly fading so I am definitely tickling it as much as I can while its still there. Hope the next bub is just as squishy!

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    1. Only a few months more and you'll have more baby squishiness of your own for me to be all clucky over!

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  8. Yep I agree the time really has flown. We have had a little sleep regression too, poo bugger bum. I'm road testing a night light tonight ....fingers crossed. Tully is such a poppet.

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    1. Sleep regressions are the worst! Hope yours gets back to normal soon...

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  9. Moving house is definitely a sleep disruptor! Hope she gets her groove back soon! Beautiful letter. xo

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  10. She really is such an adorable little kid! I want to give her a big squishy hug!

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    1. Why thank you! Adorable and squishy is such an irresistible combination!

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  12. Aw man, I can't get over how cute your kids are. And that you're a mummy. It's so WEIRD.

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