update on the C-dog

I realized it's been awhile since I last posted, so I need to do some catching up!

Cadence is now 9.5 months old, and she seems to be on the verge of getting into trouble these days.  This weekend I put the bumpers on our slate fireplace landing, since I figured it's better to have them on too soon than too late!

Traveling to New York for spring break effectively ruined her sleeping schedule, and now that we've been back for a couple days it's still out of whack.  Last night I had to sleep with her in the guest bedroom because she was very unhappy and was moving all over the place when I tried to put her in our bed.  I hope that it's all because she's getting more teeth, but those screams these past few nights have been heart-breaking! 

She's getting really good at feeding herself now, although I still have some purees in the freezer that I want to use up, so it's usually a combo of finger feeding and purees.  Since my last post she's tried the cereal puffs (our happy snack for the long car ride to NY), banana/oatmeal bites, broccoli, mango, blueberries, and crackers/bread of different varieties.  I think she is beyond adorable when she feeds herself, because most of the time after she gets a bite in her mouth she just smiles and says, "Mmmmm"--and sometimes she does it even if she doesn't get anything in!

It's been really fun to listen to her talk these days, and over the past few days she's actually said "Hi Dad" a few times, which has James completely elated.  She will say other things that sound like different words, like dog, got it, Jeter...but who knows what she's actually trying to say.  I really need to work on the sign language with her because I think that will come in handy very soon as she becomes more willful.