Hope is a complete mommies girl. She will cry if someone else is holding her while I'm in the room. It's sweet. And also not very convenient for me. But it's a phase I'm loving, regardless of its difficulties. Hope loves her big brother. She stares at him as he plays and laughs whenever he interacts with her, even if he's tackling her. And even though she enjoys mommy and Gabriel so much, she still gets a big grin on her face when daddy gets home from work. I keep telling her that she's the only girl I'll share him with. She says "dada" all the time. All. The. Time.
Hope likes to suck on her middle two fingers. Gabriel did this too, but only for about a month. Apparently Richard used to do this as a kid, too. So they get it from daddy. One day, I snuck a picture of her before getting her up from her nap. Fingers still in her mouth, and a hand holding onto her ear.
At her 9 month checkup, Hope measured over 18 pounds. She's average for her weight, but above average for height. She has started to scoot around, and we finally put the baby gates up. In this video you can see she's like a little inch worm, slowly making her way to wherever mommy is.
Every night, as we put the kids to sleep, we thank God for the blessings he has given us. What a wonderful gift these children are!
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