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Hello friends!
The hottest day of the year so far, and our upstairs turns into a sauna, which has turned Metzli's easy 7 pm bedtime into something more like 9 pm, following a walk in her diaper, and trying to get her to fall asleep on the couch downstairs. Fun!

First Shiner

Well, it was bound to happen, what with all the standing on the corners of furniture, bear walking, stair scrambling, and climbing over Papi, although Miguel seems to be our primary problem here. Last Sunday Metztli was crawling along and then tripped over Miguel's foot as he tried to climb over her -- she went face-first into the floor and immediately started screaming. Picking her up, I saw a mouth full of blood. I started screaming. It was a little much. Turns out she just split her top lip, but it almost gave me a heart attack.
Then, today, this:

Climbing back and forth over Miguel as he lay on the floor, she didn't get her arms out in front of her fast enough and fell from his belly onto her cheek, hard enough for a real shiner. Lovely. We're looking like stellar parents, I know. I'm afraid to take her back to Teresa tomorrow morning; she's not going to want to let Metztli go home with us next weekend.

The standing

She can't get enough of it. Now she stands up using one hand and waves with the other.

I can feed myself, thank you

Metztli now would rather feed herself with real food than have us shovel baby food into her. To this end:


A blueberry mess. But, hey, go for it. She'll feed me cheerios when I ask for them. Now that's what I'm talking about.

9 Months and some change

Ok, we're late, but Metztli's 9 months stats are 17 pounds 12 ounces and 28 inches. It was a different visit with her sitting up on my lap for the exam like a little kid, rather than laying her down n the exam table like a baby baby. Again, time flies. Some tidbits on what Metztli is doing now: Standing up and hanging on to things by one hand; Walking around the edge of her crib; Climbing on me to give sloppy, tongue-y kisses; Snuggling and laying her head on my shoulder; Laughing; Clapping; and talking up a storm. Sorry, anyone sick of looking at our kitchen floor?

Hmmmm

Bad parenting? What can I say, anything to keep the girl busy long enough for me to devote more than 30 seconds to any given task. Have I mentioned how dangerous she is now that she is faster than either of us and has learned to climb stairs, hang from the legs of her highchair, and stand up on anything?

Shake it Out

Metztli shakes and shimmies to any type of music, and last weekend Auntie Ani kept telling her to "shake it out" when she did. Result: Metztli now will shake when you tell her to "shake it out." Ham anyone? Here she is in her "pitufo" - Smurf in Spanish; could there be a better word ever? - jammies, shaking away.