9 months

Woohoo! We made it to nine months!

This little goober was 23 lbs and 3 ozs at her doctor's appointment. The doctor walked in and said, "well, I guess you're feeding her then!" =P She is still gaining about half a pound a month which would put her in 18 month clothes in about February...!

 

We had a rather productive month as well!

She is really fast on the army crawl and finally trying to stand (albeit a bit unsuccessfully.) But she will stand if she's holding on to something so I have hope that she might walk before two haha! She has clapped a few times but doesn't much care for it and she's also waved at me in context though only a few times, not with any consistency. She will also say "momma" to me which is awesome! But usually only when she really wants something -- but that's okay. ;-)

 

She is basically eating everything we eat, although she still gets 2-3 bottles a day. (Her EIGHT teeth help with that!!) Unfortunately her naps have changed a lot. Sometimes she takes a little hour nap in the morning after playing for a couple hours and while she still takes her long afternoon nap, it's more like two hours rather than three. At least she'll generally sleep until 7:30 am (even though I'd prefer 10.... haha!) But she's been going to sleep around 8:30 pm so we get a little more "us" time at night now, which is nice.

She's getting more and more bored of her toys so I try to go out every day with her, which is difficult in this rainy weather. (I'm thinking of joining some mommy groups... but anti-social me makes that a bit difficult.) But on the flip side she also gets a lot more gratification from external sources. It is so cute to me how she laughs so hard at the cats running around the house. =) She is definitely one happy, content baby!