9 Months, Really?...

The Robbins' Nest is well, nesting. I have LOVED LOVED LOVED being a full time mom and now have been able to work a little this week for camp too. It's been a great week with Lulu and Shay has been busy getting ready for the Father/Son Retreat, which is going on right now.

I feel like Lulu is in this amazing, amazing stage right now! I have loved every month as she is growing but I am just loving this stage right now. She is starting to explore, still "scooching," eating everything, and laughing so much.

So Lulu here are your highlights precious firstborn:

* You are a great napper/quiet time. She naps from 8-10 and then from 2-4 (actually most days 1:30-ish).

* You love love love fuzz and eating fuzz.

* Your favorite syllable is "be, be, be, be..." over and over.

* You are a bit sensitive at times. Sometimes sweet girl when you wake up from naps you are just a bit in a hole (somewhat like your dad). You get done with your bottle and just need to cry. Not a hard cry, just a cute where's my thumb and blankie cry. So you cuddle with mom or dad (which we LOVE LOVE LOVE) and just wimper and squeak a bit. I must admit that I just love it!

* You most of the time laugh when we laugh. But again there are moments that for some reason if we laugh, you get the most sad little face and cry. It is so darn cute that it makes us laugh harder which does not please you a bit. Again cutest thing ever!

* You love the new minivan...OH MY! I forgot to blog about our new car. We traded the truck (sad day!) for a 2008 Toyota Sienna LE. WE LOVE IT! Lulu's loves the sliding power door because she knows that means we are coming to get her! She just giggles when that door clicks and I slightly giggle because it's so cool that I push a button on my key and the door opens! It's just awesome!

* You have eaten your first tortillas, bread food group items. You attacked a whole grain bread pieces! You were a human shovel!

* You are very patient and know when mom and dad are coming to get you. We have started to come in at 7 am/10 am/4 pm and you are just sitting in your crib...upright and precious! Sometimes you just kick it and lay there still...but every time you are smiling from ear to ear when we come in! Melts our hearts!

* You love to laugh at your mom from your B.O.B. stroller as she attempts at running each day. You just giggle from your comfy stroller as I'm dying on these Ozark hills.

* All in all, we are soaking you up with every minute of every day. We are praying so much each day for 3 major things: first that you would know how much God loves you! second that you would know the promise that this family will always be a family. Your mom and dad will always be together. And last we are now praying every day that Lulu and Baby Girl #2 would be the best of friends. They would be so close in being the individuals they are! We are so excited to meet the 2nd little girl...we keep wondering if she will look like Shay or Lulu (me)? I guess we have to wait and see.

Well, that's life...we are just loving being a FAMILY! We thank the Lord every day for each other and our little girls! His plan is so much better than anything we could have imagined! Okay, well I'm off to watch "Last Song" with Miley Cyrus...I know that's weird but it was the only chick flick at Redbox and I always try to rent chick flicks when Shay is doing retreats so he doesn't have to sit through them. Hope you all are having as CRAZY of a Friday night as the Robbins' girls! (Lulu's already asleep...we are just crazy girls!)

Loving our life,

The Robbins' Nest

Love this face! She was picking fuzz and her face looks so "oh no mom caught me."