Sunday, October 18, 2009

Nine Months Old Update

Well, we've been slow to get photos uploaded to the computer lately - I promise some more soon. In the meantime, all is well in New Haven. Iris is crawling all over the place. Her newest skills are saying "da, da, da, da, da." This pleases Matt, of course. It's pretty neat to hear her form these sounds intentionally. New today, she picked up a block in each hand and banged them together.

We had a lovely visit from our friend Jen this weekend and went apple picking despite the gloomy weather. Last weekend we had a great time with friends up in Vermont. We went for a hike (over the boarder in New Hampshire - bringing Iris to 11 states) to admire the beautiful foliage. Sadly, Iris's second hike did not go as well as her first - she basically hated it. She did enjoy everything else about Vermont though.

Iris continues to go to day-care in the afternoons, allowing both Matt and Gwyneth to get more work in. It seems to be going well, although the leaving sure is hard. When we come back to pick her up, she is always happily playing, until she sees us and bursts into tears. The care-givers report that she enjoys playing with tags - no surprise there!

2 comments:

Tarik Saleh said...

There exist onsies/blankets/toys from a company called "taggies" that are pretty much covered in tags so the youngun can play with her favorite part of her clothes.

Gwyneth and Matt said...

Yes - we do in fact have a Taggie toy. What I find quite amusing is that she only plays with the actual tag on the thing - not the fake tags.