Our Little Brynda

I cannot believe our little Brynda is 9 months old!  She has grown up so quickly.  It’s so weird to have moved away from so many close friends so soon after she was born.  She was 5 weeks old when we moved, so I have really missed having our friends around to watch her grow with us.  I’ve also missed seeing my friends’ babies grow.  So, these pictures I’m posting are to fill all of you girls in on how big my baby girl is getting.  She’s actually really tiny, but she is keeping up with her big brothers like you wouldn’t believe.  Those of you who know Gage, know how much energy he has.  It seems that she may have just as much energy.  The girl is in constant motion.  Even when she eats!  I have to give her something to hold to distract her while I feed her solids, and I sneak bites in when she opens her mouth to “eat” the toy.

I took Bryn to the doctor today for her first well child check-up since she was 3 months old.  I rebelled against the system and decided to not take my well child to the doctor during flu season this year.  She weighed 14.5 lbs!  That puts her off the chart.  The nurse told me she is in the 0%.  However, they weren’t worried about it, which I was relieved to hear.  I’ve known that she is tiny and I was afraid of what the doctor would say.  He was satisfied with her proportions and agreed that she just has small genes.  He did, however, hear a heart murmur today.  I was really surprised to hear him say this, because this has not been detected in the past.  He said that the fact that she has not had a murmur in the past is a good thing.  He feels sure that it is no big deal, but we will have an EKG done soon to make sure everything is okay.

She would rather play with the laundry (which, by the way is permanently attached to this chair) than any toy.

I love the way she hold hers foot so daintily!

When I take Bryn outside to watch her brothers skateboard, she wants nothing to do with being held or being put into the exersaucer.  In fact, the exersaucer has turned out to be a waste of our money.  She wants to be free.  Problem is, if you put her on the grass, she eats it.  The only other option is to put her on the concrete driveway, which I know is really dirty.  I solved the problem by putting this winter pram on her.  She can crawl all over the place and avoid scraping up her knees and getting her clothes filthy. I’m not sure what I’ll do when the weather warms up!  She’s so tiny that she doesn’t look like she should be so mobile.  The landlord (who lives next door) came over the other day and acted concerned that I would let her crawl on the driveway.  She was worried about her hitting her head on the concrete.

My sister bought her this baby for Christmas and she loves it.  We can tell her to go get her baby and she will find it.  If we say, “Give the baby kisses”, she’ll open her mouth and give it a big slobbery kiss on the face.  I love this picture because she’s looking at me like she’s saying, “Come on, Mom, this picture thing is getting a little old.”