baby marin, little muffin, little love, little, mew-in, little meatball, sweet baby... and all the other names you're called in our house,

what a sweet baby you have become.  i'm only being honest, but the first few months of your life were rough for me.  your unpredictability coupled with so many variables in our day to day life made for some mama madness here for a bit.  but it's almost as if you're making up for it these past couple months by being the easiest going baby.

at nine and a half months, you still have no teeth and still don't crawl and both are fine with me!  late teeth, so they say, means late puberty.  and no crawling means i can place you somewhere with a couple toys (er, items... more on that later) and you're peachy.  no matchbox cars in your mouth, no hot radiators under your tender hands, no stairs to tumble down.  yet. 

you go to sleep without a peep both at night and during your two naps each day.  and at night sometimes you sleep 13 hour stretches, not waking in the morning till 9 or 10am.  it's a little freaky, but gives me some alone time in the mornings with your brother, which is nice because he too is barely-not-a-baby anymore and he loves to cuddle and sing and rock too sometimes.

speaking of adam, boy does he love you.  and you him.  he gets sad when i put you to bed without letting him hug you first.  when you wake in the mornings, he begs to hug and kiss you.  he is constantly hugging you, playing with you, and when you cry he immediately starts singing a song to cheer you up. 

you are still more interested in anything BUT baby toys, so we have to be creative looking around our house for things to interest you that are also safe to go into your mouth..  you wave hello and goodbye, like to chew on your thumb, laugh and smile, have a ticklish neck, like to look at books and love to be where you can see mama.  you love to bounce in your jumper, splash in the big tub with brother, and have recently started to mimic sounds that we say to you when we say them.  recently, i've come in to your room to find you in your crib on your belly and in a totally different spot, so i know you're creeping around.

you feed yourself lots of foods.  you self-fed sweet potatoes, pasta, fruits, cheerios, cheeses, breads, etc.  you don't have quite the appetite i remember adam having, but you are quite a bit smaller, so this makes sense.

you are such beautiful baby marin, inside and out.  i love you so much - mama.