9 month birthday and a visit from Mimi, Pop and Uncle Blake

Haley turned 9 months on 12/26. She's growing so fast. Where has the time gone? She had another check up at the pediatrician's. She weighed in at 17 pounds 5 ounces. That puts her in the 20th percentile for weight. She was 29 inches long, though, which is the 90th percentile for height. So, she remains long and lean. She has her two bottom teeth and one of her top ones is starting to come in. She has been amazing, so far, through the whole teething process. We are so lucky. She continues to sleep really well at night - from 7 or 8 to about 7 in the morning. We are spoiled with this too. She is eating really well. She will try anything and likes most of it. She has, however, started to refuse the pureed stuff and really prefers feeding herself or having big people food. We are sort of struggling to figure out what to feed her most nights. She loves mac n cheese, eggs yolks, cheerios, yogurt, fruits and pasta. It's so much fun to watch her feed herself. She has to have food in both hands and then stuffs as much as she can into her mouth. Most of it makes it to her mouth, but she drops a good bit too. In just the last few days, she has started to stand for a few seconds on her own without holding on to anything. Once she realizes what she is doing though, she falls down. She is getting very brave.

9 month pictures (if you look closely, you can see the bottom teeth).

She is mad at me for taking the rattle away.

She got over it.

Reading Mother Goose to herself.

Getting weighed at the doctor's.

She is fascinated by ducks.

She has now reached the height limit for her car seat, so we have to get her a big girl car seat ASAP.

Studying and admiring her Pop.

Watching Mimi sing "Itsy Bitsy Spider".

Splashing with Pop.

Pop reading the menu to Haley at the Cheesecake Factory.

Eating mac n cheese and loving it.

Playing with a sugar packet. She thinks it's so funny to put things in Daddy's mouth.