Harper you are NINE months old!!! That's right, I said NINE. How in the world did this happen?! And as a matter of fact I'm so far behind that you'll be ten months old soon! YIKES!!
This has been the biggest month for you development wise. You're doing so many new things that it's getting hard to keep track. This is such a fun age and you are still such an easy breezy baby. How did I get so lucky? It was meant to be I tell ya.
You are so hard to photograph now because you are constantly on the move. So a butt shot seemed appropriate for your nine month pictures.
Sleep: You are sleeping great and as a matter of fact we now have you on a 2 naps a day schedule. You usually wake up around 7am. Then you're back down at 9-9:30am for your first nap. You're up around 11-11:30am. Then back down at some point in the afternoon for your second nap which lasts about two hours. Then you're ready for bedtime around 7-7:30pm every night. You enjoy your sleep and we love that we can schedule things around nap times now. Mind you these schedules are for the four days a week that we aren't working. The other three days when you're at the sitter you have a third nap because we wake you up so early.
Feed: You are eating about five 6oz bottles a day with 3 meals of solid foods inbetween. I've introduced the sippy cup but you're more interested in chewing on it then drinking from it. You will munch on crackers or cookies, but anything else with too much texture you just spit out. We keep trying though.
Weight: I took you to the doctor this month for your well check and you weigh a whopping 20 lbs 14 oz! That puts you in the 86th percentile.
Length: The doctor said you're 30 inches long! That's the 99th percentile! Holy moly you are a BIG girl!
Diapers/Clothes: You are still wearing size 3 diapers, but when we run out I'm moving up to size 4. You wear clothes raging from 9-12 months and 12-18 months.
Hair Color/Eye Color: Your hair is dark blonde and eyes are still blue.
Milestones: Let's see... you are crawling! You get up on your hands and knees. Rock back and forth. Take a couple steps forward on your knees. Then you get down and army crawl to wherever you are headed. And you're super fast! All over the house and into everything! You like to explore in Kierstins room or come find me in the kitchen. You must be where the action is at, at all times.
You say Mama and Dada now. Although not at either of us directly and I believe you said Dada first. Booooo.
You can go from crawling on your tummy, back to a sitting position and vice versa.
You were pulling up on your knees only, but on Monday (10.22.12) you decided to stand up all by yourself in the crib! Daddy lowered your crib ASAP. Whoa!
Favorite toys: Anything you can get your hands on! You'd play with the dog food if we let you. You like to explore all over the house to see what you can find to play with. You love mirrors. You get excited when I take you over to see the baby in the mirror. Watching your face light up as you look at yourself and then up at me is priceless.
Firsts:
First taste of ice cream and whipped cream (shhhh)
First time pulling yourself up to stand
First time feeding yourself a bottle
First words (mama, dada, baba)
First restaurant experience @ Red Robin 10.08.12
First craft show 10.06.12
If Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is on you will stop what you're doing to watch. You love your family... Mommy, Daddy, Bubby, Sissy and D. You can tell by the happy smiles on your sweet face. You love going for walks in the stroller. You are perfectly content taking in the scenery. You do not love being put down for naptime or bedtime. You're mad for about 2 minutes and then pass out. You're so tired, but I think you're afraid you'll miss out on some of the action. You love to sit at the arcadia door and watch Delaney play out back with Zoey (our dog). I look forward to the days when you can play out back with them.
Love you sweet baby girl!
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