March for Babies

Today was the March of Dimes - March for Babies. Lauren and Zach were members of Team IndyMoms and had been raising money for about a month - a grand total of $220! The walk was this morning in the pouring rain. The girls rode in the jogging stroller which thankfully has a rain cover so they didn't get too wet. Afterwards there was food and Lolli got her face painted. Ya gotta love little activists :)

Poppy's 9 months old!

Poppy turns 9 months old today! She weighs around 21lbs and is ??in tall. She's still got brown eyes but her hair is almost blonde, especially in the sun. She has wonderfully chubby thighs and her arms are still pretty pudgy, too.

Poppy gets around by scooting on her booty. She scoots over to something and then pulls up on her knees (or, a couple times, all the way to standing). She refuses to go on her hands and knees ever since she learned to go from that position to sitting, so Zach and Lauren are trying to figure out other ways to encourage crawling. She's starting to get good at taking steps with someone holding her hand. She cruises a little bit, but not too excessively yet. She definitely gets around, though!

Poppy sleeps in her boppy in between Zach and Lauren in their bed at night. She wakes to nurse about every 2 hours, which must be her compensating for having been a very easy newborn ;) During the day she sleeps in her boppy or on a pillow in her big girl bed. She's a great car sleeper, too. In the evening she generally stays up until 8 or 9 and then snoozes on the couch until Z and L go to bed.

Poppy eats pretty much whatever she can get ahold of. She's a very good self-feeder and doesn't much care for being spoon-fed purees. She likes cereal bars, bananas, enchiladas (ha), pancakes, grilled cheese sandwiches... really just about everything. But she still doesn't consume much quantity of any one thing at a time, so breastmilk is still her main source of nutrition (probably as much as 90%).

Poppy waves when she hears the word "hi" and claps when she hears the word "clap" or "Yay! or the sound of people clapping (like on game shows)" She says "Mama" and means it! She does a lot of other babbling, too, but no one can understand her LOL.

Road trip!

Lauren took Lolli and Poppy on a very long (17 hours) 7-state road trip to see Gma Cathy in Texas. Their friends Jaime and Elise came along, too, which was great! All the girls did better than anyone would have hoped, although the trip was not without its frustrations. Will post more later.

Poppy's Day of Milestones

Poppy had a very big day of firsts today, developmentally speaking! She rolled from back to tummy, and went from tummy to sitting. Then she started saying "mama" and meaning it! And then she pulled herself up all the way to standing (from sitting). She'd been pulling to her knees for a couple weeks but hadn't figured out how to get up on her feet yet. Yay, Poppy!

3 teeth!

About a week or 2 ago, Lauren noticed a new tooth in Poppy's mouth, in the bottom, on the right side of her middle teeth. It's coming in nicely, with no sign of it's corresponding left-side partner! Still toothless up top, too!

Standing up!

Lauren and Poppy were hanging out in the grass today watching Lolli and Paige swing. Poppy was standing up, holding onto Lauren's hands to steady herself. Then she dropped one hand, and then the other, so she was standing all on her own. She stayed that was for a good 2-3 seconds, just standing there like she was all grown up :)

All-Fours-to-sitting

Poppy's been really trying out her newfound abilities these past few days! Today she mastered going from her hands and knees into a sitting position. Now she can do it in no time flat, which makes forcing her to do hands-and-knees time a bit more challenging! Once she learns how to go from sitting to her hands and knees, she'll be good to go! She's already super close but sometimes her one foot gets stuck.