We went to the mall the other day for haricuts for Nick and I. After my haircut I didn't really feel like walking around so I looked for another distraction. Isabella found this ride and loved it for almost an hour. She cried when we took her off it to do our other mall errands. I didn't even put money in it. She just climbed in and talked to
Arthur. There was a button and when it was pressed the beginning of the theme song started; "Hey, It's a wonderful kind of day!" She really enjoyed her time with Arthur.

After Nick was done his haircut we had other things to do and Isabella did not want to ride in the stroller. When we walk out in public places she has to either hold our hand or the stroller. She chose the stroller this day so that she could keep an eye on Brooklyn, just making sure she was enjoying
the scenery and being happy. She would peek in every now and then to say something to her or hand her back a toy or even just give her a kiss on the cheek. She really is a great big sister.

Today we had the camera on the coffee table and Isabella brought it to me and then raised her arm to try and get a self portrait of her and I. I completely mis-understood and thought she was asking me to take a picture of her and Nick. She was also pretty happy to do that, although you can tell it's not quite what she had in mind.

I can hardly believe that Brooklyn is nine months old already. I seem to recall wondering when time was going to start zooming by during Isabella's first year, it really did feel like that year took forever. With Brooklyn things are just zooming by. One day she was laying there, a helpless blob that needed me for everything. Now she's all over the place.

At nine months Brooklyn is quite small, just over 12 lbs, but she is larger than life! Her eyes really convey her emotion whatever it may be: tiredness, joy, hurt, frustration. All you have to do is look into those huge baby blues and you know exactly what she's thinking.

Her skills include; sitting by herself, rolling by herself, pulling herself up to standing with anything, crawling, climbing over anything to get what she wants. She can clap her hands and click her tongue. She's begun to wave. She babbles a lot and pronounces da-da and ba-ba. She understands a lot of words like 'up' and 'bath'. Both of which get her very excited.

Brooklyn is busy, busy, busy all the time. I'm not sure if that's going to be her personality or if she just feels like she has to keep up with her sister right now. It's so very exciting to see how she has grown in 9 short months. It's wonderful to have been able to fall in love with her and not just the idea of her. At the moment Isabella has the role of tomboy down pat, Brooklyn isn't our girlie girl, but I think I'd give her the label of urban chic. It will be so interesting to look back and see how she changes and how she stays the same.

This is the Mr. Potatoe Head that Isabella picked up at the Jay's Pro Shop. HE comes with batting attire and fielding attire. Isabella gets him out at least once a day and asks to go to Baseball. When I tell her it's not time to go she walks around chanting "Go Jays Go!". I think it's safe to say we have a baseball fan.