9 months - Josephine

Dear Josephine,

You’re nine months old! When did that happen?! When did you get so big?

You are the little light of my life, my smiling happy girl, my little sweetheart. Your personality is so sweet and happy and joyous, you light up every room you’re in. Everyone thinks you are a little character, and you really are! You charm absolutely everyone into getting whatever you want.

You have four teeth, one of which just broke through the gum on top. You are such a good little eater, you open your mouth and eat almost anything. You aren’t picky at all. You love avocado, the soups your Nonno and Mama make for you, fruit, anything. We discovered that you love strawberries when we went to the farmer’s market and you kept crawling over and trying to grab them out of the bag as we were having a picnic. You’ll sit there and just much on a strawberry contentedly until you finish it, like a little chipmunk.

You still love your pacifier, and you tend to hoard them, probably because your brother likes to steal them from you. When we went to Papi’s office for pizza lunch the other day, you managed to have four at one time! I have a feeling that breaking that habit is going to be tough.

You pull up on all the furniture, but you haven’t shown that much interest in walking. Probably because you crawl so well – you are super fast and can get anywhere you want to go. I still think you’ll be an athlete one day. You LOVE going to the park and swinging in the swings, and going down the slide – probably you like it a little too much, you try to go head first! You fell off the merry-go-round when Papi’s attention wandered for a moment, and landed in the tanbark without any problem – no crying at all. You also love going to the pool for your swimming lessons, you’re so much fun to take!

I can’t believe how fast these nine months have flown by, in no time at all you’ll be walking, and you’ll turn a year old. As much as I wish I could keep you small and sweet forever, I’m so excited to start playing games and sharing this great big world with you and watching you discover new things every day. It’s such a privilege to be able to watch you grow up, every day I’m looking forward to the next step with you.

Love,

Mama