She's 9 Months

9 Month Appointment:

Weight: 16 lbs 10 oz = 25%

Length: 26.7 inch = 45%

Head Circumference: 44.5 cm =70%

Eden at 9 months:

SHE CRAWLS.

Yay! And Oh Crap! She can get around to anywhere she wants now. It's a little scary. Her absolute favorite place to crawl to?

Kael's room.

His room has SO many toys and she thinks they are all hers. It has been fun seeing her get into all kinds of trouble. She also loves to crawl into the bathroom when I leave the door open, which is totally gross. My bathroom is clean, but I have no idea about the floors. Yikes! Ew, I know I know, I'll shut the door.

Words: She is really starting to babble now. It is so stinking cute. She can say MaMa when she is mad, and sometimes even when she is just really talkative. It is the sweetest! She can say DaDa every once in a while too. Her favorite sound is just plain old ba ba ba ba ba. I love it and it makes me laugh.

She loves to clap her hands and give high fives! It's pretty amazing. ;)

She SITS great now. This took her so long to get stable with.

She can pull herself up in her crib to stand. Oh this got scary. I was hoping I could wait until Derek was done with finals to lower her crib to the bottom because she kept sitting and kneeling in her crib, but finally she stood and made me a nervous wreck, so I had to stop Derek's hard core studying to lower the crib that day.

She loves to KNEEL. Her poor knees are bruised from our cement floors. Our carpet is junk. I feel so bad, but hopefully she'll learn to walk quickly because of this. It is so cute seeing her kneel and bounce her bum.

She is learning so much every day and brings us so much joy.

She LOVES her brother. She is his tag along. Poor Kael is doing pretty good putting up with it. Where ever Kael is you can be sure Eden is a few feet behind crawling as fast as she can to keep up. They are finally fighting over toys already, but Kael is learning quickly and he is so sweet to share with her.

Kael loves having Eden in his crib with her. It has become a nightly routine to have her in his crib where he can tuck her in and say night night. She loves it and usually gets squished and tickled.

Eden is still a picky eater. The only vegetable I can get her to eat is sweet potatoes and not very much when I try. As long as she is growing, Oh Well. She still refuses to use a sippy cup or bottle or anything, and I offically have 3 months before I want her good at a cup of some sort. Any ideas??? Kael could drink from a regular cup when he was 4 months old!

She sleeps at night for the most part now! HOORAY! Oh this is the best stress reliever in my life! Sleep is vital to my good mood I think. I don't mind getting up with my kids, (which I still do A LOT), but to not have to feed her two or three times at night has become awesome. She still cries out at least once a night, but I can usually put her pacifier in her mouth and comfort her for a while and she either cries for 15 minutes or just goes back to bed. She eats at 7 and then goes to bed great, and usually wakes up at 6 or 6:30 to eat again.

Eden, we love you! Slow down growing up! You are such a joy to our family. I'm glad you came when you did! Keep learning, and exploring, and being you! You are so opinionated, but in such a good way as well! Love you little lady bug!