Nine Months!

On Christmas Eve, Mina turned Nine Months!

This Month Mina...

Has two more teeth (6 in total). Her two top ones came in.

Still really busy and likes standing and can push a walker a couple steps

Had fun with her twin cousin Teddy when they visited for Christmas

Likes to get into everything and put everything in her mouth!

Doesn't like when you close a door...she wants free range.

Likes pushing things around when she is crawling...like trucks or anything else you can push

Good at eating regular food.

She is still as squishy and lovable as ever!

Stats from 9 month appointment on January 5th

17 lbs 4 oz (32nd percentile)

69.6 cm  or 27.4 inches (30th percentile)

43 cm (head circum.)

Christmas trees and Santa Claus

When we got back from Kansas, we had to go get our Christmas tree!

Every year our neighborhood has a Christmas tree lighting and Santa comes. There is face painting and cookies and a carriage ride. 

Leo told Santa he wanted 3 monster trucks....Mina couldn't get enough of his beard.

Leo is starting to catch on about what's going on and what Christmas is. It's fun to see how excited he gets and we're having fun doing all the festive things with him. We're also excited it's Mina's first Christmas!

Thanksgiving 2016

For Thanksgiving this year, we took a trip to Kansas to visit Ronnie's family. It was Mina's first trip there to meet all the relatives. 

Leo loved the old trampoline.

 We took a trip to Grandma Pettigrew's house. Leo wanted to explore the farm. He saw lots of cows who were "rude" because they wouldn't let him pet them. He saw a barn owl and a possum. 

4 generation pic

Outside the house (it was windy!)

 A trip to Braum's for ice cream was a must. 

 

 The cousins all had fun playing together.

 Leo's first time at a "kids" table

We went to lunch at an old mill and Leo was more interested in exploring outdoors. 

He loves to be outside!

 

 We also went on a horse drawn carriage and some little shops.

Cousin Haley cuddling with a sleepy Mina

More cousin time

 We also took a trip to the Wichita zoo. Leo's favorite is always the elephants and they had 7!

 

 Park time and family picture time. 

While there we left Leo to play with his grandparents and we went to California to finalize Mina's adoption.

So glad she is officially ours!

We had a good trip with lots of traveling! We're glad we got to go but also glad to be home!

Mina is EIGHT months!

8 Months!

Mina is growing up fast!

This month:

She turned 8 months on Thanksgiving and spent it in Kansas

We weighed her on Thanksgiving and she weighs approx. 17lbs

Met all her Slaven cousins, aunts uncles and many other relatives who doted on her

She crawls fast and can pull herself up

Has four teeth...her two bottom and her top fangs (check out the swing pic below)

Is back to pretty much sleeping through the night

Really good at spying her bottle when I try to hide it....like on the plane when I'm trying to wait for take off. She doesn't like to wait for food...

She is busy! 

Love this crazy baby girl!