Our favorite things: Months 8 and 9!

Well, we are about to dive into month 10 tomorrow (eeek!) and realized I hadn't done a month 8/9 favorites!  I have a bazillion things I loved these last couple months, that also made our life a teeny bit easier, but I narrowed it down to the following things:

1.) Fisher Price Brilliant Basics Musical Walker: Best. Purchase. Ever.  Just last week, Ledoux started **trying** to walk.  Although still a bit unsteady enough to walk unassisted, she uses this walker to walk all around our house.  She hasn't quite figured out how to turn it, so she runs it right into the wall, and will let out a loud shriek to let Lee and I know it is time to come and turn her around.  So that she can run it into the wall on the other side of the house.  Over, and over, and over again.  She loves it. That's what matters, right? (PS: I left the batteries out of it.  I cannot take one more singing toy in my house!)

2.) Bright Starts "Having a ball" activity table: This is one of Ledoux's very most favorite toys.  When she started standing up at the end of month 8, this was so much fun for her!  She could pull herself up on it, and play with all the music and sounds (and lights!)  Side note: I have every song it plays memorized, and find myself humming them under my breath.  When Ledoux is not around.  Sigh.

3. Yogurt Melts: Hands down, next to bananas, Ledoux's go to snack are yogurt melts.  She loves these, and I go through about 4-5 bags of them a week.  She shovels these things into her mouth.  I don't blame her for loving these, have you tried them?  Gosh, at the risk of sounding like a weirdo, I love baby food.  SOOO good.  (another of my her favorites? Baby 'Cheetos' found here.  So good!)

4.) Munchkin Snack tower: Love this!  Ledoux's snacks all go in this, and it pops apart to easily pour out for her for each snack time.  I put fresh fruit, melts, puffys, you name it in this.  Its neat, organized, and takes up very little space.  Win!

5.) Edushape My Soft World Blocks: I had no idea Ledoux would love these as much as she does!  These are her "go-to" toy in her nursery.  She crawls right over and takes them out of the container.  They are foam, and super soft, and she loves to chew on them.  Great buy for less than $20!

6.) MAM teether: Doodle is teething right now (when isn't a baby teething though...really?!) and she loves this teether.  She carries it around in her mouth, as she crawls, like a little puppy dog.  Its pretty funny! It fits her gums well, and has little 'bristles' in it that massage her gums when she bites down.

7.) This Little Piggy board book: This is Ledoux's current favorite book.  Who doesn't love the little piggy story? It has a fun little finger puppet in it, which makes Doo crack up laughing! 

8.) Eric Carle "Around the Farm" sounds book: Ledoux also loves this book.  I love Eric Carle anything thanks to the bright pictures, and I am glad Ledoux does too!  Each animal picture also has "sounds" so on each page, we can press the button that goes with the animal and she can hear what noise each one makes.  Her favorite is the turtle (random) and the horse (neeiiiggggggh!)

So there you have it, our favorite things for 8-9 months!!  I cannot believe that tomorrow my baby turns ten months... one year old (and a walking baby) are right around the corner! Slightly nervous, very excited!

Month 4 and 5 favorites!

1.) Our Baby Einstein Jumparoo! Ledoux is currently in this right now- and she LOVES using her legs to jump!  It keeps her occupied for a good 30 minutes, which allows mama to get SOOO much done!  It is ahhmazing what I can acomplish these days in 30 minutes...

2.) Boogie wipes!  I LOVE THESE!  This kid has boogers all the time- sometimes I wonder how on earth so many boogies can come out of such a little body!  Regardless, these are great for their sensitive little baby noses.  The ones I like smell like menthol and have saline in them- perfect for her first little colds when she is all stuffed up.

3.) Overnight dipeys: now that doodle sleeps 12 hours straight, she needs a strong dipey so she wakes up with a dry bum.  These do the trick for us!

4.) Little muchkin mesh feeders: these are SO GREAT!  GET THESE!  Ledoux isn't ready to eat anything we eat (far from it actually...) but with these, I can steam up some veggies, or put some fresh fruit in the mesh and she can teeth on it and suck the juices out.  She likes frozen strawberries/blue berries or fresh melon- so fun!

5.) Nuby teether: its bendable, soft, and is a great little toy for her to play with and teeth on.  She loves it!

6.) Lamaze Parrot: Ledoux has been in love with this toy since the beginning, and it is still our fave!  She recently discovered it has a mirror on one of the wings, and she loves to look at herself.  I hang it from her jumperoo to play with.

7.) Beeba spoons:  I love these!  Some people think a spoon is a spoon, but  not with little babes!  These are super soft, and feel good on their little toothless gums. 

8.) JJ Cole Bundle me: we might live in Tucson, but it has been FREEZING cold in this desert lately!  Ledoux was bundled in clothes, jacket, coat, hat, mittens... you get the picture.  Then I discovered this!  Its a car seat insert that fits pretty much any seat, and keeps the baby nice and toasty!  Its great!  And I don't have to put a million layers on her!!

9.) Cupcake red velvet wine: don't judge honey pie!  I am a better mom thanks to a glass of wine!  This wine seriously feels like butter-- so smooth.  and one glass does the trick (most nights!) :)

10.) Bright Starts swing:  we got this when Ledoux was a newborn and she hated it.  seriously, hated.  Now, it is our magic sleep machine.  It is the ONLY way I can get her to nap during the day- I start her into this baby and like magic- Poof! Sleeping baby.