Gabrielle is 9 months old today. A quarter of a year old! I can't believe how fast it's gone by. I do love this age though. She is so inquisitive and "chatty" at this time. She's into everything and wants to play all the time. She is such a joy. I love walking in the house after work and having her look up and get a big grin on her face because she's happy to see me. Or in the morning when she wakes up and starts "talking" to me.

She almost slept through the night last too. She only woke up once for a bottle where as she has been waking up every hour and a half lately for some unknown reason. I guess shopping at IKEA wore her little butt out. It was packed and between the horde of people to look at and all the different colors of fabric and the noise level I think she was a bit over stimulated. She was very well-behaved the entire time. She sat in her stroller and looked at everyone and everything for hours without much fussing. Perhaps we should take her there more often so we can get some sleep at night.