9 Months

It's hard to believe my sweet little girl is already 9 months old! She really is the joy of our lives! 

At nine months, miss E...

• hardly ever cries! (A huge difference from her younger days)
• still HATES the car seat!
• still loves bath time more than any other time in the day.
• wants so badly to play with Rex but he still will not go near her. 
• sleeps 11-12 hours each night.
• is getting better at naps but usually only sleeps for about 45 min in the morning and an hour or so in the afternoon. 
• has her two bottom front teeth and the top two are almost through. The last few nights have been so fun!
• LOVES to play peek-a-boo by putting anything over her eyes.
• throws things, especially her bink, just to watch me pick it up.
• gives kisses and high fives. 
• is trying so hard to crawl and has become very good at slithering herself around on her tummy. 
• is standing more and more. (I am beginning to think she may never crawl, I never crawled and went right to walking at 11 months)
• has very POOFY hair!

• loves her Baby Einstein DVDs.
• hates baby food. Refuses to eat anything mommy and daddy are not eating.
• is great at drinking out of a sippy cup.
• gets SO excited when daddy comes home from work. 
• scares easily at sudden loud noises. 
• LOVES ice cream and frozen yogurt. 
• pulls my hair non-stop and laughs when I say "ouch."
• is not biting yet. (Thank heavens!)
• loves to people watch. 
• talks in her sleep. 
• loves her cousins and already has a special bond with Megan.
• hits anything and everything. 
• says mama and dada. 
• loves to hang up-side-down.
• is still wearing some of her 3-6 months clothes but has mostly moved on to 6-9 months.
• wears size 3 diapers.
• weighs in at 18 lb and is 27 in long.