9 Month Stats

Sophie is nine months old!

 

Stats:

28.5 inches (85%)

18 lbs 4 oz. (50%)

•  Sophie can crawl like a pro now. It's still not a scramble, but a deliberate, well-paced crawl.
• She has pulled herself to standing a few times.
• She has 1 & 1/2 teeth on the bottom.
• Brushing her teeth makes her giggle.
• She has a fabulous head of hair.
• She's still exceedingly happy and jabbers all the time.
• She is on a great schedule. Two regular naps, and practically sleeps through the night. (Up once, occasionally twice---I'll take it!)
• Solids are going well. She seems to like savory tastes, especially when we give her a spoonful or two of soup. She loves peas and a broccoli/apple mix I made for her.
• We are getting excited as we head into the holiday season with our baby girl. She makes everything more fun.

The Pumpkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch this weekend. As far as I can remember, I don't recall ever have been to a pumpkin patch before. It was super cute. We went with Erin, Jason, and the girls. They had a little train for kids to ride around and a mini hay maze. Sophie didn't do much, but I think she had fun watching all the kids running around. The weather was still fairly nice. It was a nice festive fall activity.

We're Cruisin'

 Last week Little Miss finally started crawling. I say "finally" because she's been scooting backwards and sideways for over a month. We were at Daniel's parent's house and it was like she finally had enough space and she just started crawling to me. She's funny because it's still a slow crawl and often she blows raspberries while crawling so she sounds like a little jet-propelled baby. It's adorable as always.

 The other day I plopped her in a diaper box while I put laundry away in her room. She thought it was pretty sweet.

 Sophie's favorite place to crawl to is the kitchen. And the bathrooms. She still doesn't get into too much stuff, mainly just TV cords and such.

 Sophie loved some tomato soup we gave her when we out to eat.

A cute hat Erin made Sophie

We tried bath time in the sink. Just for fun.

For the Love of Fall

 I should be cleaning the kitchen, or finishing the laundry pile next to me, or fixing dinner, or maybe doing my hair or, heck, putting make up on, but instead I chose this precious naptime to gush over these pictures I just took of Sophie. She's getting big. And I want so badly to hit pause right now and keep her frozen as a little baby for just a while longer. I love everything about her. I even love when she wakes up an hour and a half after bedtime crying, just so I can go in there and hold a cuddly, sleepy baby. I decided on a spur of the moment whim to take her outside to snap these shots--I'm lucky she's cute 100% of the time. Mostly she ate the leaves, but I got a few little gems out of her.