9 months old!

Lexi is 9 months old today! She has reached a couple major milestones this past month. She got her first two teeth! The second bottom tooth came in about a week after the first. They are still pretty short on her gums, but they are there! It's cute, now when she chews on something hard, like a plastic block, you can hear tapping. :)

Mmmm... yummy broccoli!

Speaking of tapping, she loves to tap toys together to see what sounds they make. She'll take two of the eggs from her FP farm set and tap them together. Shaking things is also a big favorite of hers. I gave her a plastic container with some dry pasta shells in it and she just went to town! Same with waving things. I was trying to take 9 month pictures of her tonight and all she wanted to do was wave the cardboard 9 around. Lots of blurry pics this month!

We had our in/ out day this past Wednesday. Lexi was born at 38w 5d and that's how old she was this week. The first picture was taken about 5:00 in the morning on her birthday, just before we left for the hospital for our c/s. (I look so tired and puffy! I was soo ready to have her at that point!) The second picture was taken Wednesday night. (Looking much thinner and fresher!) Pretty cool comparison!

Another big milestone has happened just in the last two days, Lexi has started to pull up! I feel like this is huge! She's figuring out different ways to move and get her body into different positions. She starts out sitting and then lean and grab onto my hands. Then she gets on to her knees, puts a leg straight out to the side, and pulls herself up! i just steady her for balance! So proud of this girl!! Then once she's up, I clap and say, "Yay Lexi! Good job!" She smiles! She'll even take some steps with me holding her hands!

She's still not crawling yet. I'm ok with that, though. She's started doing a small but scoot instead. She'll sit with her legs out in front, pull them in quickly, and scoot forward a tiny bit. She's also getting better at sitting up from a reclined position. Still not sitting up from laying down. She'll get there.

And... In the pictures you'll notice Lexi is not wearing a headband, but a hair clip instead!! It's a silly milestone, but she finally has enough hair for a clip to stay in. Poor kid, her hair grows about as fast as mine does... Sorry to give you my slow hair growing genes, Lexi!

9 month stats:
18 lbs 6oz - 50%
28 in tall - 50%
47 cm head - 75%

Lots of Love,
KJsbabe