Monday, September 7, 2009

9 months (and 2 weeks:))

I love her more everyday if that is possible and I lovehate that she is getting so big and old!!
At her 9 month visit her stats were as follows:
weight: 16lb 11oz -> 12%tile
length: 29in -> 90%tile
head: 17 1/4in -> 45%tile

She is at such a fun age and it is so fun watching her start to discover the world around her!
She is still a spunky little monkey and is trying so hard to crawl. She scoots backward (while lying on her belly) and turns around in circles. She can get on to all fours now and wiggles her legs around but can't quite move herself forward. It doesn't take much of that and she gets really frustrated!

She LOVES her binky and I LOVE that she loves her binky and think it is so cute to watch her suck on it!

All that length helps her reach really far and grab a hold and tip over anything that looks interesting... like a freshly made pitcher of orange juice.

She has turned into such a good sleeper... I think she is making up for the first 6 months that she never slept! (4 naps a day... AHHHH!)

Still a mommas girl... OH MY GOSH, I CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF HER!!!

She is the happiest smiliest baby I have ever known!
Smiling, LAUGHING, talking, squealing, cooing, and (I am convinced) humming.
I kiss her 1 million times a day! She lets me!
The little love of my life!

-video to come soon to show off her new 'tricks'... smarty pants!-
I know it is all a little over the top, what can I say, I am a proud mom!

8 comments:

Lilian said...

Not over the top at all. You deserve to be a proud mom! She is so adorable!

Jeanne Bee said...

She is such a dollie couldn't love her any more!!!

sav said...

you should be proud! she is a doll! she has gorgeous eye lashes! what a cutie.. sorry we haven't hung out yet! i don't know why it seems so hard to get together!

Jenny M said...

Melissa,
What a sweetheart! You look like you are having so much fun! Looks like things are going great for you!

Lesley said...

We love our Miss Avery. It was fun to see her cute tricks the other day, I love seeing her do sign language, it is so impressive. She is not only beautiful, she is very smart!!

Stephanie said...

Melissa,
Your daughter is so beautiful! I love the spilled orange juice picture. This is such a sweet post.
:)

Em said...

Oh, I love her blue eyes!!

Shannah Springer said...

OH! MY! GOSH! I don't know if you remember who I am or not. But I know you as Meli (Mee-lie)!!! I am Mel's cousin, Shannah or Shanny as you probably knew me. My cousin Sindra found your craft blog and sent me the link, saying, you will never guess who I found!! I am so happy to see that you are happy and you have such a beautiful family. Your daughter is adorable! I love, love, love nannygoat, I think it is a great site. I would love to follow your blog and stay in touch with you. In fact, I just posted some new pictures of Mel's girls (Kyann and Isobel) to my blog (www.Springerfam07.blogspot.com). We will have to catch up!!! Talk to you soon, hopefully.
Shannah