March Madness

Finley has shown a lot of determination during the month of March.  She has gone from crawling, stretching with all her might to fish toys out of her toy basket, and is now cruising around all of our furniture.  
 


Determined to get that specific toy

Early in the month we went to Little Rock because my boss, Kesha, had surgery.  We are so thankful for her miraculous outcome!  Finley got to spend time with Grandpa George that weekend and again a couple of weeks later when we went down to Magnolia and Hope to see the rest of the family.  Finley loved cruising down Grandpa's long couch, sneaking into the kitchen to check out what was behind the refrigerator, and also discovering the electrical sockets!  We had to buy a baby gate and quickly baby proof Grandpa's den.   

Finley and Albie on our road trip 

It is always a relaxing time out on the deck at Grandpa's house, except when you are trying to keep a 9 month old from eating every stick, pollen squiggly, & leaf that she sees!  Honestly, we did have a good time as always!
 
Finley continues to do great in the car and now Albie rides right beside her which helps to keep her entertained.  I always said that I didn't want to feed Finley in her car seat because I didn't want her to think that every time that she cried meant we would pass her a snack back.  Well....we had to break that rule on our trip around the state and now we are trying to undo that habit. 

Giving Grandpa kisses

Out on the deck with daddy

Finley and her curly little tongue

While we were in Hope, Gram took Finley to visit some of her friends while Wes and I went fishing with Marty, Karrie and the boys.  It was a nice little break.  Wes and I got to play with the boys without Finley stealing any of the attention away from them and Finley got to spend some quality time with Gram.

Finley's first time in a real swing

First experience with a crawfish

Grant & Griffin checking it out

Griffin telling me to be quite because Finley was asleep

Best fishing buddy ever!

Uncle Wes and Grant

We went to her 9 month check up and the dr said that her vampire teeth, that are coming in on the top sides vs the middle, were not all that abnormal. ;)  He gave her some new medicine for her eczema that seems to be working better and she isn't itching all the time!  Her hemangioma that was on her forehead has almost completely faded.  No shots this time, they just had to stick her toe to test her iron which came back good.  

We had her 9 month photos taken which turned out pretty good considering it rained off and on during the entire shoot. 

She recently got her first pop knot from hitting her head on the concrete sidewalk when crawling around outside in the yard.  She busted her lip against the side of her baby bed and her knees/legs are bruised all over from crawling on our hard floors.  So many more of these bumps & bruises to come.  I wish I could wrap her in a foam suit of some kind for the next few months!!