Wow, Tex, she looks so much like you in a couple of those shots!  Especially the second one.

I've NEVER seen a bf baby that chubby.  She looks happy and healthy.  You are doing a great job.

I've NEVER seen a bf baby that chubby.

I've seen way chubbier.  She's a nice, smoochy, snuggly size.  I commend you for getting the pictures out there.  I just don't know where the time goes!  Izzy is a doll.  Ashley just had her 9 month check up.  She's 22lbs and 30 inches already!  Healthy and fun as can be.

Toblerone: Thanks. How is Mr. Griffin? Izzy says to tell him, "ngah pfffftttt"...she says he'll know what it means. Haha.

LW: Will do! She is actually very ticklish!

Tova: Thanks. Gosh, I hope she doesn't look too much like me, poor girl! I can't decide who she looks like. It's a different person day-by-day.

She is definitely nice and plump and healthy. We're going to start solids in about a month, and I know she's going to love it. But yep, that's all milk! It does a baby body good.

LW: For some reason her hair always looks kind of reddish in pics. I hope it grows in with that reddish tint. Right now in natural light it's kinda blonde in front and then dark brown in back.

She also has that ridge on the top of her head, which is completely normal and will smooth out as her skull grows, but it looks so weird.

Mason:

LOL. Thanks.

Jill: Yeah, I know of a baby only a couple weeks older than her who weighs like 31 lbs. Hahaha. Insane. Poor mommy. He's formula fed, but still, that's a big boy!

Heh, as fast as the time goes, I wish it would go faster.

Ashley sounds wonderful. Hard to believe she's already 9 months. Are you doing any baby signing? Congrats on her stats.

Post some pics, woman. I haven't seen that little girl in a loooong time!

Buddah: That's really nice. Thank you!

Poison: Thanks. Both of her brothers are crazy about her.

She's gorgeous--but you knew that, right?



Is this common? Are you doing it with Izzy? My sister-in-law started it with my niece and now that she's one she's got quite a few signs down. It's a great tool for before they are talking fully. I hadn't really heard of parents doing it until my SIL started.

Those were Abby's favorites when I saw her in March. I think my SIL mentioned the delayed talking too, as a concern, but Abby is very vocal (if not quite grasping full words yet). I worked at a head start program for a little while with infants and toddlers and there seems to be so many reasons that talking gets delayed in kids that I think it would be hard to scientifically pinpoint signing as the root cause in a particular child. I would imagine (but I'm no expert) that you are right, as long as you remain vocal, signing shouldn't delay speech.

Abby also has a spanish speaking babysitter who is instructed to only speak spanish to her -- now that to me would be confusing, but apparently its the way to get kids to learn multiple languages from the get-go.

Abby turned one in March. She's got the entire family wrapped around her little fingers--it's great fun to watch my dad with her! I'll try to post some pictures of her, if I can figure out how.

So cute! What a little turkey, getting into the dog's food! Hahaha.

And she has hair. Izzy and I are jealous!

Hahahahhahaaa. That's too funny. Glad to know you got a pic of it. Hehe.

Kids are so much fun.

Xavier was bald, Orian had TONS of hair, and now Izzy is bald. Poor little girl. Of course, I was bald til I was like 2, so I guess it makes sense.

It's been said, it's been stated - but I just think you should be elated.

She's a super-cutie!

Thanks SC & Maso.

The other day Adrian reminded me that she isn't a Barbie. Haha. But she's so fun to dress up and take pictures of!