Dear Dash: Nine Months

Dear Dash, It's been a month full of changes for you:

 You learned to crawl! You love your new-found mobility.

You also braved the stairs- but you only did that to get our shoes,
so we haven't installed the baby gate quite yet!

Although you like crawling, your first and only love will always be standing.
Here's just a few places I've found you standing when I come to check on you.
It seems like every time you wake up from a nap I find you in a standing position, smiling.

You were a trooper for your doctor's visit with two shots and two toe pricks.
So many bandaids!

Apparently you didn't want the giraffe to see what was so funny.

You are still our happy social baby! You love to give open mouth "kisses" to other babies, and we enjoy it when you wrap your arms around our necks to hug us.

Your top teeth came in this month, which means you can now experiment with chewing biting our shoulders. 

Rhetorically,

Rebekah