The Parrillo Family

Our little baby - who goes by so many names (Frankie, Topper, Tommy, T-Bone, Big Beefy, Beefcake) is now nine months and EVERYBODY is getting ready to move.  Speaking of moving.... Frankie is on it! He's cruising between furniture. Climbing stairs is an excellent source of exercise.  He'll eat almost anything. He's still as happy as can be!  And guess who loves him more than anything?  His two big sisters. Compare these photos of Frankie here to these photos of SD at the same mark of 9 months .  What a head of hair she had!  They're doing a lot of the same things - pulling up, standing up.  Moving around. And...compare Frankie at nine months to his oldest sister Ellie at her nine month mark.  Check out how closely they look - from the hair to the features .  These two are clearly siblings!

Our little Sadie (or SD as I call her) is growing up fast.  She has - it seems - gone from the "Army Crawling"- on-her-belly stage directly into standing...all with very little traditional crawling!  At the same time, her personality has blossomed and she's showing signs of maturation with her interactions with us everyday. She's eating *real* food - like mashed up bananas and the like and she's spending a lot of time in a high chair both at our house and at restaurants (where...the bus-staff likely hates us due to the massive mess we leave behind on the floor).  She has a bunch of teeth in her mouth and is learning a little bit of sign language from her Momma. Her big sister loves to play with her and their relationship is growing every day. And the hair?  It keeps growing!   Here's what Ellie looked like at 9 months for comparison .  If you are reading this in your email and can't see the slideshow below, click here to watch it ...