9 months

These are her nine month pictures we had done at Target. I am so in love with them and love how they turned out. Her left cheek has a scratch on it from someone giving her a pen to play with on the drive up to Target (I promised Kirk I wouldn't point any fingers). But luckily you can't notice and she's adorable enough that it doesn't matter.

A few things you might not know about Kirsten:

• She loves animals (especially dogs). Every time she sees a dog she giggles and giggles. She wants to touch them and kiss them. It's pretty darn cute and I can't wait until we have a house to get her a dog.
• She loves people. Church, stores, and campus are a few of her favorite places because of all the people. She rarely cries for a stranger. We've had more than one person mention that they have never seen her cry because when she's around people it doesn't matter how hungry or tired she is, she's just happy to be there.
• She's a total tease. One of her favorite things to do is to keep a straight face when we are trying to get her to laugh. After we stop trying she busts up laughing and thinks she is pretty funny (we do too). She likes to crawl towards the stairs just because she knows it will freak us out.
• She loves the wii (or any gaming system), just like her dad. Whenever we play, she crawls and pulls a controller down for her self and pushes buttons and laughs, just like she is playing right along with us.
• She loves books. Books are her favorite toy and she loves to turn the pages. Often I give her a book to play with to watch her turn the pages and babble out loud, reading to herself.
• She loves music. She is always banging things together and singing. The only time she holds still during church is the songs. She loves music and we have great expectations of her becoming some sort of musician.
  

One thing you probably do know about her is how much we love her. We are so glad we get to be her parents!