9 months old!

Holy heck!!!  Our daughter is 9 months old!!!  So hard to believe.  She is the light of our life and definitely making her presence known in our house.

She is such a little person now-a-days and has become demanding and talkative and naughty and curious and thoughtful and loving.   She will let you know when she wants something and she is like her mamma and wants it done NOW (her dad is in for it).  She likes to take her toy box and dump everything out (this is what I mean when I say making her presence known...her stuff is everywhere) and she will pull it out as fast as I put it back in.  Before nap time and bed time we make her sit there and watch us put her stuff away...hoping that she will learn to clean up after herself if we keep doing this :)

The other night while we were talking to Grandma and Grandpa she was putting on a show with this laugh!

She is becoming a little dare devil and tries to climb all over furniture, in her crib, on us and she's starting to pull herself up on furniture as well as in the bath tub.  She is starting to take more steps one-handed and her balance is continuing to improve.  Hard to believe we almost have a "toddler" and before we know it she will be walking!

She is completely mobile...she officially crawled for the first time the other day but has kind of refused to do it again since...

She will get it and figure out that it is a lot easier than the Army crawl she is doing most of the time.  She will motor across the living room and into the kitchen to see what I am doing and then will move on into the front room and likes to check out the wine rack (it's on the list to child proof).  I had to start sweeping/moping almost every day because no matter what it is or its size, she will find it and eat it!!!  Plus it's a horrible feeling when you pick your daughter up and she is covered in dust and hair from scooting across the floor haha yikes!


We had her 9-month check up today and her Doctor says she is perfect!  We already knew that though ;)  She weighs 18.06 pounds (55%) is 28 3/4 inches tall (90%) and has a head circumference of 18" (90%) Tall and skinny!!!  ...with a big head haha  She also had her Hep B shot and TB skin test.  With the TB test, in the arm, she didn't even flinch and with other shot, in the leg, got her pretty upset for a minute but she was quickly back to her squealing/screaming/talking/playing self.  So proud of her!  Dr. Saba did say it's time to baby proof the house...

 I have this gate and obviously it's doing a good job haha

Rylee is eating like a champ!  She is getting really good at feeding herself and we are starting to give her more and more finger foods...and items that we are having for dinner.  I have also started making her foods a little thicker and she is doing really well with it.  She eats anything I give her.  She loves fruit so we give it to her as "desert" so she continues to do well eating vegetables.  She loves pineapple!!!!  I wonder if it's because I ate so much of it while I was pregnant?

Eating a pancake with daddy

Rylee loves to play peek-a-boo and soooooo big!  She also likes to clap her hands and if I say "ta da" she raises her arms above her head and then claps.  She likes to clap her hands after she is done eating and will do "ta da" after I change her diaper.  She's such a character.  We love to listen to music...Radio Disney is on pretty much all day and we love to sing and dance.  She is also a fan of Reggae...

I can't believe how fast you are growing up baby girl!!!