9 Months Old

I can hardly believe that Ainsley has been on this Earth as long as I carried her in my belly. She happened to have her 9 month check-up on her 9 month birthday, so we know her exact stats. Ainsley is 30 inches long, her head measures 17 inches and she weighs 23lbs 8oz. She generally wears 12 months clothes now, plus I like to buy them a little big, so they last a little longer. We are constantly moving and chasing her all morning and all night. She runs like a mad woman all over the house in her walker, pulls up on anything she can reach, claps her hands and sings when she is happy, eats anything you give her (if you can't tell), laughs all the time and loves to bother Layla (our Yorkie) as much as possible. She wears herself out every night, as well as both of us, but if that makes her sleep all night we will let her play as hard as she can!
We are grateful to God that she is ours. I can not thank Him enough for blessing us with such a happy, healthy, beautiful child. I hold her tight and thank Him for her all day long. We were married 5 years before deciding to have a baby and now I can not image our life without her. We think about things so differently now that she is our responsibility. We hope that we are able to listen to God's direction and raise her to be the baby, the little girl, the young woman and the adult He wants her to be.