Nine Months!

Guess who turned 9 months old last Friday?

Of course it was me...I keep growing and changing and doing new things!

I have been sick so Mommy waited until I was feeling a bit better to take pictures of me at this new month. Do you love my pants? I do, and so does Mommy. They are so fantastic, but I keep trying to get those cute birds into my hand and they just don't come off. Today I stayed home with Mommy and Bridger and we went to the library and then we had to go back to the doctor. I got a rash from my antibiotics for my ear infection. Mommy thought it probably wasn't a big deal, but she tries (and Daddy really would prefer it) to be just my mommy and not my doctor. The doctor said the same thing Mommy thought. It is just a silly old amoxicillin rash that is much ado about nothing and hopefully will go away soon so my cheeks don't look like they are on fire like they did tonight before I went to bed.

Speaking of sleeping I am still a night time party animal. I slept from 6:45pm-5:45am without waking last week when I was really sick, but otherwise I like a little snack once or twice a night. I am going to bed around 6:30pm still and wake up between 6-7am. I still end up in the basement a lot in the middle of the night so I can get some extra sleep in the AM because my brother likes to get up EARLY! I still love him to pieces though. He is my favorite thing to laugh at, look at, and generally be around (well unless I haven't seen Mommy in awhile then I really want to see her too.) Don't worry I still love Daddy. I have special sweet smiles for him and woke up from nap today and gave him a sweet hug that he really liked so I should probably do that again.

I am loving this standing thing as you can tell. I have started cruising. I used to get down and crawl to the next spot to stand up at the coffee table, but in just the past few days Mommy has seen me cruise over to where I want to go. Also I have let go a couple times and can stand by myself for a few seconds. Nobody thinks I'll be walking super soon, but it probably won't be 3 months from now. Place your bets on when I will officially join the upright humans!

I also love eating. My favorite foods besides milk are bananas, bell peppers, pancakes, pears, and apples. I do like puffs, peas, and carrots a lot too. I am still eating whatever everyone else is eating and I still will not let you feed me. No way Jose!

I am also still meddling and getting into my brother's stuff and I now have a sense of justice. I get mad if Bridger or anyone else, for that matter, takes a toy away from me. I have also started doing more babbling and love to have little yelling contests back and forth. I even start them, usually on the changing table after nap. I go AHH! and then I hope someone responds. I don't have any words really, but I often go mmm, mmm around Mommy and Ba,Ba,Ba around Bridger so I may be staring to try and form the right sounds.

That's all for me right now. I am going to try and not get any more ear infections or rashes or sicknesses for that matter. That might be hard but a girl can try as it is more fun to be well. Oh I almost forgot...I weighed 20lbs 5oz and measured 28.5inches long at my 9 month check last week. I am solidly 75th percentile all around...well except for my cheeks...they are still off the charts!

Raspberries to you and your friends....