9 months and growing

There's nothing better lately than coming home from a frustrating day -- which, in the midst of tanking circulation and a dim economy seems to be a regular occurrence as of late -- and cranking up the music, laughing, playing and dancing with Phoebe.

She turned 9 months old today.

She's still not crawling. But put her on her stomach and she rolls and and tumbles all over the floor.

She also loves the clapping and the peek-a-boo. And her response to everything seems to be "ma-ma" or ba-ba."

Some favorite images from the last couple weeks ...