It's been a while....

Quin's three month stats:
Height: 38.5 inches
Weight: 34 lbs

Gretchen's 9 month stats:
Height: 28 inches (70th percentile)
Weight: 17 lbs, 4.3 oz (20th percentile)
Head Circumference: 43.5 cm (35th percentile)
(Yes, I know she's now 11 months old. If you're lucky, I'll post pictures in a month along with her 1 year stats.)

Quin loves feeding Gretchen; it's a very messy affair, so it doesn't happen often. Don't ask me why I agreed to let him feed her oatmeal....

Quin being silly.

Building block towers with Gretchen.

Now don't you wish you were bigger like me??
Quin, Leila, and I built a snowman the other day. We had a great time playing in the snow while Jessica (Leila and Ethan's mom) watched the younger two.

Chubby Little Snowman
A chubby little snowman - had a carrot nose.
Along came a bunny - and what do you suppose?
That funny little bunny - looking for some lunch,
Ate that little snowman's nose - nibble, nibble, crunch.
Nibble - nibble - nibble - nibble - nibble - nibble -CRUNCH!

A pseudo-self portrait; I was taking a picture of Gretchen, and was zoomed out further than expected.
Gretchen being silly.
Presents from Nana and Papa.
Grandma and Grandpa Boa gave Gretchen a tunnel for the holidays, and it's the biggest hit. It was hard for Quin to wait until Gretchen had gone through it once, by herself, before he was allowed in.
Ethan, who is a week younger than Gretchen, has a pacifier. Gretchen doesn't. Gretchen has satisfied her desire for a pacifier by stealing Ethan's whenever they're together. When he isn't around (or when the pacifier is up on the table, out of reach), she uses her sock.
Gretchen loves to pull books from the shelves and look through them. We're trying to break her of the habit of chewing on the books, especially as she usually pulls down the paper books, not the board books.
She's standing! Gretchen has even managed to stand without support, but tends to topple as soon as she realizes that she isn't holding on to anything. Ethan is a "bad" role model because he's walking - I keep telling Gretchen to cover her eyes whenever Ethan is showing off his new skill!
We're all in this together!