Happy 9 Months!

Here's what's happening with Emily at 9 months:

- She's wearing 6-12 month clothes, but can still fit into several 3-6 month clothes.  She's still in size 2 diapers.

 - She's getting much better with napping in her crib.  She'll take 2 naps each day anywhere from an hour to 2.5 hours.  She goes to bed between 7:30 and 8:00 and sleeps until 6:30 or so. 

 - She repeats lots of syllables over and over again. . . "dada", "baba", "mama."  She's rarely quiet. 

 - She can wave.

 - She can go from laying down to sitting up all by herself.

 - She pulls up much more often and on anything that is the right height.

 - Still not crawling on her hands and knees. . .she's doing more of an "army crawl" where she just pulls herself without getting up on her knees.

 - Still no teeth.

 - She loves to pull hair and jewelry. I'm trying to teach her "no."

 - She's starting to be in a mommy and daddy stage and takes longer to warm up to new people. 

 - She likes to climb on Shawn and I.

 - She loves it when we play "chase."  Shawn will hold her and I'll run after them.  This always gets a big laugh.

 - She's very aware of when Lily is around.  She loves to pet her.