Mrs. Dubbies

Since I apparently forgot to share any new updates on baby in my last post, I will catch up with a blog entirely about her.  First off, we are still finding it nearly impossible to call her by her name, so poor little Kassiah is usually referred to as Chubbz, Chubbies, Chubba-Doosky, or Chubby Dubbies.  My mom keeps reminding me that we’d better stop before she understands and gets offended, so the best we can do is call her ‘Mrs. Dubbies’ as a code word : )

Mrs. Dubbies is 9 months old today!  Whereas I didn’t really feel the ‘time flies’ syndrome so much with Rya, it is totally true with Mrs. Dubbies.  I guess since it’s harder to stop and enjoy the little moments when you have two, Mrs. Dubbies seems to be growing up overnight.  She still sleeps in my bed (which I have to admit, I’m far more addicted to than she is) and it never fails that in my sleepy daze I wonder why Mariah is still breastfeeding since Mrs. Dubbies is so big that she can’t possibly be my ‘baby’.  Lucky for us her cuddliness persists throughout the day as well.  Some babies push you away when you lean in for a hug or kiss…but not Mrs. Dubbies.  She leans right back in and usually ends up with her face hiding in the crevice of your neck.  As the name suggests, Mrs. Dubbies continues to have rolls upon rolls of places to kiss and she usually shrieks and then giggles when you do.  Her other noises include ‘ba-ba-ba’s (which she does extras of when she sees a phone), ‘aaaah’ (which daddy taught her to do when he pours warm water on her back at bath time), and care of her older sister’s annoying habit: ‘eh-eh-eh’, when she wants something out of reach.  Sometimes Mrs. Dubbies combines her ba-ba’s with the action of banging her face against the couch cushions when she pulls herself up to a stand.  And she learned ‘the hard way’ that it’s not a good idea to try this on the bathtub or the dining table!

Mrs. Dubbies’ has a love-hate relationship with her big sister.  She has mostly learned to avoid her since Rya loves to push, kick & bite for no other reason than jealousy and because she can.  But when the two of them are sitting down quietly together, it’s usually because Rya’s feeding Mrs. Dubbies some fries or nuggets, which Mrs. Dubbies is smarter enough to enjoy in silence.  Mrs. Dubbies is slowly starting to experiment with crawling and independence.  She seems more content at night after Rya’s bedtime since she knows she can roam around without any threats nearby.  But their (and Ivan’s) favourite time of day is laying them both down in bed together when they first wake up in the morning.  Sometimes Rya plays with Mrs. Dubbies hair and they chat away together for several minutes until one gets tired of the girl time.  It’s such a nice image of the future – can’t wait to watch our girls turn into bff’s!