Emery turns 9 months old!

Emery turned 9 months old on December 8th!  This month has been so much fun, and Emery continues to amaze us with how quickly she grows on a daily basis.  Oh, we are so in love with this little girl!  Kyle did bring her to the pediatrician for her 9 month appointment (I was sick unfortunately) so here are her stats.

Height: 28 inches (64%)

Weight: 18 pounds (33%)

Head Circumference: 18 inches (90%)

PERSONALITY!

Emery is such a happy girl.  She loves to sit and take in everything around her, babble at anything that moves (mainly "da da" is her sound of choice these days), and give Kyle and I the biggest scrunchy-nosed smiles that completely melt our hearts.  

She squeals and kicks her legs with all her might when she gets really excited and she waves all day long. (It's SO cute when she waves to Tyson!)

EATING!

Emery is still nursing from me (maybe about 4 ounces per feeding?!) then eating solids afterward.  She loves baby food, and will eat any kind but does favor fruits more than vegetables.  Avocados (mixed with a little breast milk) have now become one of her favorites, yeah for brain food!  She has started mimicking our "All Done" signs when she is full, which is so neat to see her starting to communicate with us.

Emery is still going 4 hours between each feeding (7 to 7:30 am, 12 pm, 4 pm) and one last feeding at 7 pm, then down for bed.  We still do oatmeal with fruit and breast milk mixed in after the morning feeding, then pureed baby food after the others.  Oh this girl loves her eating schedule, and so do we!

PLAYTIME!

Emery still is not "crawling" but has started to army crawl to get to things.  She still pushes mainly with her feet and rolls from side to side stretching out her arms to reach certain things.  It is a lot of work on her part, but she moves!

She loves to try to stand up these days and play at her activity table, but only manages about 30 seconds upright before falling.  She absolutely loves to hold our fingers and pull up to standing on her own, so big!

She loves to talk to herself in the mirror and it has actually helped her stay on her tummy for longer periods of time.  It seems like she's starting to enjoy playing on her stomach some now, and we are hoping this will help her take some steps towards crawling.

SLEEPING!

Her naps are still really consistent, about 1.5 to 2 hours in the morning and afternoon.  She is sleeping through the night now going from 7 pm to 7 or 7:30 am. Oh it's amazing!  If she does wake up in the night it's around 5:30 to eat, then she'll go back down until 8ish. She is still doing great in the car, not fighting sleep like she used to.  Although her naps are not nearly as long in the car seat as they are in her crib, lasting about an hour instead of the normal 2 hours.

RANDOMS!

- We introduced the sippy cup this month and she loves it!  She only drinks a couple gulps of water at a time then puts it down, but it's a start.

She got the hang of holding the handles really quickly!

- She still has NO TEETH!  I am not complaining about that at all; no biting me, no drooling, no low grade fever, and no whining yet!  This is her super excited toothless grin!

- She absolutely loves her walker and the excersaucer. She is getting really FAST in the walker and loves being independent and walking where she wants to go.

- Emery found a Christmas tree that was just her size!  We are looking forward to celebrating her first Christmas in just a couple weeks!

Okay here are my iphone pics for the month:

Happy 9 months sweet Emery Katherine, we love you more than words can say!