Sooo big, Sooo fast!

Lila, I can hardly stand it! You are getting so big, so fast. Lots of new things going on in the Wassif household. While my heart is breaking as you move on from the sweet baby towards your one-year-old self, the new things you are doing are so much fun and so exciting. I have a hard time packing up your clothes and putting them in the attic (though that is slow going, since at almost 9 months, you still wear a lot of 6month things). But it has been fun to get out new things, like sippy cups and big girl carseat (goodbye, good riddance bucket seat!). A couple of fun new things these days...
You are still pretty reluctant to crawl/creep. You are starting to get pretty frustrated when your toys are out of reach, and you are figuring out that you can move your body on your own...but no actual forward independent movement yet. You still don't love your belly which doesn't help. For months, you have been rolling onto your back once you are done with your belly, and this past weekend you learned how to get from all fours to sitting by yourself. This really pleases you. You are pulling up more, and love standing. So who knows, maybe you'll move right to cruising!
Some new things you did today...
We have started some self-feeding with you, which is really fun, though really messy, and takes forever, so lunch on the weekends when you are not starving is a good time to practice. Today, you went for it up to your elbows in mashed up bananas and kiwi, and actually got a fair amount into your mouth. You were pretty proud of yourself. Today was a landmark day because for the first time, you fed Sage a fistful of food from your hand. And Sage has now learned where to camp out during your mealtimes.
You also have a LOVE for veggie chips, which Daddy gives you. Today, you munched on about half of the chip, and then couldn't get to the rest that was mashed up in your fist. When I tried to take the chip to move it up in your hand so you could get another bite, you LOST it. You started shaking in anger, then did that silent scream where you hold your breath right before you let loose...and held it for so long you actually turned purple. I have never seen anything like it, and your Daddy and I hung our heads, seeing our futures flash before our eyes. Anyway, you calmed down quickly with a shiny big MumMum in your hand, which you ate like a champ.
Another new thing we have noticed is more purposeful play. It is fun to watch you explore, and do more with your toys then look at them and shove them in your mouth! Today, I sat you down with your big cloth bin full of toys, and two small boxes with your favorite toys in them, jar lids and uno cards. Within less than ten minutes, every single toy was out of their containers. You have a thing about "taking things out", dumping, spilling right now. No interest in putting things back in, unfortunately, Mommy has to clean up by herself. Can't to see what new things you do tomorrow!

We started out surrounding you with your bins of toys...



You tipped...



And dug...




And Done!