9 months OLD!

Isn't she just a CUTIE!!!  So beautiful!!!

This has just gone too fast!  She turned 9 months old about a week ago.  She is in the 80% for her height and 15% for her weight.  The doctor was a little concerned that her weight percentile dropped from 60th to 15th in just a few months.  He recommended that I start supplementing her with formula or nursing her at least a couple more times a day.  I think it is just because she is such a mover and always has been.  She eats like crazy and has started to demand that she eat whatever we are eating.  Hence, she still has her sweet, but strong and determined personality.  She isn't quite walking just yet, but that day will come soon enough.

This is after eating a pancake with Grandma Eggett's jam and a banana.  I feel like I have to giver her a bath after every meal time.

She loves playing outside especially on this slide and Jace's motorcycle.

A few milestones that she has reached:

*She mimics our tongue movements and will stick her tongue out or rub it along her top teeth.

*She claps her hands when excited.

*She can say (when she wants to, of course) Mama, Dada, Jace, all done, and hi.

*She gives the best wrapped around arm hugs...they are so sweet.

*She has started to shake her head to music.  I think she thinks she is dancing.

*She interacts well with Jace and watches him very closely so she can do what he is doing.

*Favorite toys are Jace's legos and Jace's box of matchbox cars.  Go figure...I gave her a doll and she didn't want anything to do with it.

*Favorite food - banana by far! She will down a whole one when we let her.

*Last of all, she is our CLIMBER and DESTROYER.  She will try to climb up on everything.  I have seen her almost get on the couch, she has gotten on the dishwasher when open and the time out chair when not turned upside down.  She has all the bumper pad string untied in the morning even if I just tied them at bedtime.  She always has "Lola's" (her Build-a-Bear lamb) shoes off in the morning.  And she bangs and whips any toy she can get her hands on.  We usually know she is awake in the morning because we can hear her scratching or banging on the wall.

*She still tends to be quite a Mama's girl, but has warmed up to Dad alot since I went back to work.

We love her and are so glad she came to our family to add a new dimension to it.  I just can't believe that the big 1 is just a couple of months away.