Nine Months Old

Lucy is 9 months old today. I had to give up on the idea of doing Lucy's picture in the brown chair as with all of the previous pictures. She was not having it, and it is IMPOSSIBLE to keep that girl still. So basically wherever I could get her to stand still for an extended period of time, I slipped in the sign, and that's how I got my picture. Here is the end result.
Lucy also had her 9 month appointment yesterday. Unfortunately, she still has an ear infection, so we are off to an ENT. The pediatrician wants to make sure that her hearing hasn't been affected and to get their opinion on what the next step needs to be. So we are on yet another antibiotic and we'll see what happens next. Other than that, everything was perfect. Here are her stats:

Weight: 19 pounds (55th percentile)

Height: 28.5 inches (81st percentile)

Here is what Lucy is up to these days. She is:

• crawling absolutely everywhere, mostly after the dog
• pulling herself up to her knees and sometimes tries to put a foot up flat, but hasn't quite gotten the pulling herself up to standing.
• loving all toys that play music because then she can dance
• consistently sleeping through the night. She has been doing this for about a month. She had always been doing it in spurts, but now it seems to have become the standard.
• completely off of baby food. Once we gave her the good stuff, there was no turning back. She is self feeding herself all kinds of table food. Some of her favorites are peas, carrots, mandarin oranges, turkey, green beans, goldfish, graham crackers, Nilla wafers, lil cruchies, and anything bread.
• saying ma-ma, da-da, na-na
• waving bye-bye
• drinking from a sippy cup for all of her meals and snacks. She still has 3 bottles a day (one in the morning, one in the afternoon, and one at bedtime).
  
  She continues to be an absolute joy in our lives. It seems like she learns something new every day. It is so much fun to watch her explore each and every day and try and figure new things out. We look forward to all the days to come.