9 Months

At Miley's 9 month appointment she weighed 23 pounds and was 28 inches long. He said still very normal for a breastfed baby and he is betting by the time she reaches 18 months she will have slimed down. Everything else checked out perfectly normal and I had him check out her mouth for more teeth because she's been one crabby baby again and he said he can see some activity going on where the molars will be coming in. I think on top of teething she is kind of getting a little bit of a cold and she also got her flu shot and ended up with a fever all weekend, it was controlled with some Motrin but she just hasn't been herself, not eating very much and mellow.

But- on a happier note- as you can see in the video below she is officially crawling on her hands and knees now- no more of the body worm to get where she wants to go. She still loves walking behind her toys, she pushes things all over the living room to get where she wants to go and she zooms around the coffee tables to get what she wants. This morning she said her first offical word- she said Bye Bye and knew what she was doing-- her and Taylor were leaving and I was at the top of the stairs waving and saying Bye Bye expecting to just get her normal wave back and she said Bye Bye and waved-- and we both clapped and said YEAH MILEY and I guess she continued to wave and say bye bye over and over while they walked to the car, got in her car seat and took off- then did it again when Taylor said Bye Bye when he was leaving his mom's house. I think she is really close at saying Hi too-- she makes a little squeel noise when she waves Hi so I'm sure that one is right around the corner. Of course she says Mamama and Daddda but I don't think she knows what she means when she says those.

We have now finally introduced all three meals, lunch was our last meal to introduce and she has been doing really well with all three. She just loves to eat anything you put in front of her and it makes it so much fun at meal time because she isn't picky. I hope she stays this way and will continue to be an adventureous eater, I'm sure as long as we keep introducing new things and not allowing her to just fall back on the basics she will be a good eater.

She has quiet the little personality too- she has a sense of humor and is really good at playing by herself, we love to just sit back and watch her use her imagination already. We always wonder what could be going on in that little head of hers.

So- to go along with her imagination she is now very curious and adventures all over the house, needless to say, our baby gate should be arriving this week.... she hasn't quite gone towards the stairway alone but I will feel so much more comfortable trying to cook dinner in the kitchen knowing she can't fall down the stairs.

Miley is now wearing 12-18 month clothes!! YES! Already!! Depending on what kind she wears 12 or 18 month pants-- some 18 month ones are way to long for her short little legs and for long sleeve shirts she has to have 18 month ones because the 12 month ones are too tight on her arms! Here she is sporting one of her new fall outfits.


A picture we took to entertain Daddy when he was in the deer stand

Waiting for the Doctor at her 9 month check up