Kaiya- 9 Months!

Due to the HUGE announcement of the Murphy's impending move south, I kinda missed Kaiya's 9 Month update and it's been looming over my head ever since. I've been toying around with an idea for a new format for the monthly updates so I figured this would be as good a time as any to test it out. Let me know what you think!

Height: 28"

Weight: 19lbs 12oz

Number of Teeth: 8. EIGHT Teeth!

See all my teeth?!?

My Favorite Toy: Anything that isn't an actual toy. My favorite is cords, but in a pinch, I'll take an iphone, laptop keyboard, the DVD's that Mommy and Daddy keep on the lowest shelf of the book case, or the dog's bone.

A cord AND a laptop keyboard?! Score!

My Favorite New Word: "Uh-Oh." I've learned that's what you're supposed to say when you drop something. So, I drop everything, just so I can say that word.

My Favorite Food: I like the dog's food the best, but my second favorite would be the cat's food. Mommy locks it away but if I am patient I can wait until mom has to put it down so the dog and cat can eat and sneak in quick for a piece or two. 

Mommy won't let me eat the dog's food!

My Favorite Song: Part of Your World from The Little Mermaid. This is the only thing that'll keep me from screaming in car rides now. I bet you don't know how many times that song will fit into a seven hour car ride. My Mommy and Daddy do, you can ask them.

Newly Learned Skill: I've learned so much this month! I've learned to stand without the support of the couch or anyone's hand, I've learned to say "Bye Bye" and wave, I've learned to say "CooCah" (cooper), and "Yes" (which I mainly say when Mommy or Daddy say "No").

The Strangest Thing I Do: I will stop crying at a halt if someone starts counting. I don't know why, but it never fails.

Mommy's Favorite Thing that I Do: Mommy loves that I dance to anything. Seriously, anything. Mom stirring cream into her coffee? That's a beat I can get down to. A song comes on during a movie? That must means it's a dance break! The little boy upstairs is bouncing his ball? Break it down!!

Daddy's Favorite Thing that I Do: Daddy loves that I talk ALL the time, as though the words that are coming out of my mouth are actual words that everyone should understand. He's a little concerned about the word I like to repeat a lot, pronounced "Ee-tch." He still doesn't know what I'm actually trying to say when I say it.

Mommy's Least Favorite Thing that I Do: Mommy wishes that I didn't like dog food so much. She also wishes I wouldn't chase around her coffee all morning, but it smells so good!

Mommy, I found your coffee!

Daddy's Least Favorite Thing that I Do: Daddy doesn't like that I've learned that the sound of choking gets EVERYONES attention. I think it's a neat trick though. I use it often.

Thing Mommy Wants to Remember About This Month: Mommy wants to remember how awesome it was to stay at home with me all month! How much she enjoyed sleeping in together, our nap time cuddles, our dance offs, and playing chase on the living room carpet.

Is it possible for life to get any better?

Thing Daddy Wants to Remember About This Month: Daddy wants to remember how I say "Uh-Oh." It really is adorable.

Fun Fact: I had my 9 Month blood draw at this month's physical and guess what? I didn't cry AT ALL! Mommy looked a little green, but I was just annoyed they wouldn't give me my arm back.

Big BIG (and one so tiny) Announcements from the Murphys

Kaiya in a vintage outfit purchased by her Grandfather 30 years ago!

Ok guys, there has been a lot of silence coming from the Murphy household the past couple weeks, both on the blog and on good ol' Facebook. There are a couple different reasons for it but it's taken me some time to wrap my head around everything. Now that we have had time to flesh it all out, we have three major things to share with ya'll. (Southern colloquialism intended.)

*I should preface this with: I'm not pregnant. I know "announcement" tends to be synonymous with pregnancy these days, but not in this case.*

The first thing is about my job. Remember that new job I just got and was super excited about because of the great money and better quality of life? Well... it didn't quite work out. Ultimately, it wasn't a good fit. The official story is that I left for other job opportunities, but if any of you want to buy me a beer, I'll happily give you all the finer (and gory) details.

It's crazy right?!? So, what the heck am I doing now? Well, that's where the second announcement comes in... and it's just as crazy.

Story time with Da-Da

Both John and I are looking for jobs... in NASHVILLE! That's right everyone, the decision has been made and we're 99.99% moving to Nashville (because you have to leave a little room for God to change things). We decided that it was time for us to be closer to family and we took the hiccup with my job as being a sign that this was as good a time as any to make the leap. This Yankee girl is heading south, and much further south of the Mason Dixie line than I EVER thought I'd live. But we're excited about it. We're excited to be closer to family, for the new scenery, and the new adventure of it all.

Cutest baby "selfie" ever

Speaking of adventure, here comes the craziest (at least I'm assuming most will think it so) announcement of all. The Murphy family is going "tiny." I am 90% ridiculously excited about it and 10% concerned that I've lost my marbles, but we're doing it nonetheless. John and I didn't rush into this decision over the past week or two, I've been planting the seeds and letting the idea root for months now and this just seemed like the perfect opportunity to make the investment. For more details about what "going tiny" means and all the many reasons we've decided to do it I invite you to visit the blog that I've started to chronicle the journey (because I'm completely unable to process things without writing about them). You'll find the new blog at www.our24fthome.blogspot.com and I invite you to start reading at the first post here.

All dressed up for her 9 month birthday!

Ok, phew, now that I feel my soul is bared and everyone is up to speed, I need to go figure out what-all is in the hallway closet that needs to be purged. Feel free to comment with your thoughts!!

Our Little Food Activist:)