39 weeks / 9 months!

Rose turned 39 weeks old on Sunday and 9 months old today. And, best yet, she is finally on the mend from the yucky influenza and ear infection!  Thank heavens for antibiotics, ibuprofen and probiotics - I would have made a terrible pre-21st century mom - thank you, modern medicine!

Now that she's back to her usual chipper self, I had such a hard time winnowing down the slew of photos I took this weekend. :)

I have to come clean about my moment of parenting "fail" that followed this next photo.Just after I took this shot, Rose lifted up her beloved teapot and then promptly dropped it on her foot. She now has a huge bruise on her big toe, and I feel so guilty! Ouch!

In addition to her portraits above, here is photographic proof from later in the day that she loves my Camelbak water bottle. She really prefers it over her sippy cup ,so we just ordered her a kid-sized version to have to herself. (No, she's not spoiled at all!)

We've been working on some baby sign language for the past couple months. She is getting really good at signing "all done" when she's finished eating! (Yes, that is carrot on her forehead!)

I'm coming to terms with the fact that we're coming down the home stretch with breastfeeding. After all the trouble we had in the beginning, I still can't believe we made it this long. But I think we're getting close the end for me. So for now I'm going to savor this view while it lasts.

 

Finally, here is Rose showing off her new "bye bye" skills! :)
(Mom and Dad, you'll need to go to the actual blog to see the video since I don't think it will show up in the email notification.)

Hope you're having a great week, everyone!