9 Months

Shelby is nine months and I am finally caught up enough to be writing this post only three days after that happened. I took her to the doctor today and he was asking me questions about her and after we were done talking he said, "So she's a pretty easy baby." I have to say that's pretty much true. I don't know if any baby is really truly easy, but she is a pretty content and generally happy baby. We love her sweet and fun little personality we're seeing come through more and more all the time.

Some things we want to remember about Shelby at nine months:

- 19 lbs. 4 oz. (68%), 28.3 in. (76%), head circumference - 17.84 in. (86%)

- Goes to sleep around 7:30 at night and wake up between 6:30 and 7:30 in the morning. She takes a morning and afternoon nap, both a couple hours long.

- She still has no teeth.

- Baby babbles all day (baba, dada, gaga, etc.)

- Dances to any music she hears.

- Loves to have people come talk to her and smile at her. She usually responds very happily.

- She crawls all over and loves the freedom that that brings. After she drinks her bottle she wanders all around exploring for quite a while. She loves to go upstairs to play with all the toys that are usually out up there, and follow the other kids around while they play.

- She is starting to pull herself up on things and climbs up onto our first stair. She usually gets stuck there or tips off and bonks her head on the floor. If I am ever sitting or laying on the floor she loves to climb all over me and pull herself up on me.

- She loves to be outside. Since it's getting colder now any time outside seems like a real treat to her.

- She loves it when Drew and I throw her back and forth or when Drew zooms her around the house or throws her in the air.

- She loves food and is a pretty adventurous eater. She has been happily eating stew, sweet potatoes, kielbasa and veggie casserole, and mostly anything else we offer her.

 She got to go to the track to watch Drew ride motorcycles and loved every minute of it.

She did not want to lay there and hold still for her pictures this month. This was the best we could do for a full body shot.