Olivia - 9 months!

Olivia is closer to 10 months now, but these photos are from when she was just 9 months. Sorry, I'm still trying to catch up from all the holiday mumbo jumbos and bingo bangos, etc. But anyways, here she is all of 9 months old. We went to her 9 month check up the day before we left for our trek across the Midwest for Christmas and apparently she is a light weight. She is only at the 25% mark for weight (17.1 pounds) but while we were on vacation it seemed like she was eating non-stop trying to catch up with the other babies her age. Now I'm getting ahead of myself...that should be in her 10 month update! Back to 9 months....last month she started dancing! One of her toys will play music if you twist or push buttons. Once the music starts she starts rocking back and forth, which is what I call dancing! She also has started standing up on her own, unsupported. Of course this only lasts a few seconds but she is getting better and better at it. She is crawling like crazy and if I leave the room and no one is holding her back, she will crawl off in search of me. She has started to play a few games too. She will pull off her socks the first chance she gets and then proceed to throw them at you. She really thinks this is hilarious and even more so when you throw them back at her. She also loves to pull off her hat (she hates hats with a passion) and then she'll drop the hat on the floor..then guess what? You pick up the hat and put it back in her seat and she throws it on the floor again...repeat at least 20 times...constant source of amusement! I'm not sure what she will do when the weather warms up and there are no more hats to throw.

She and Annie are getting to be great pals, especially during long car rides. They will often hold hands or pass toys back and forth. It's nice to see them play together, when they are playing nicely...otherwise it is either Olivia crying because Annie took her toy, or Olivia begging someone to rescue her from the well intentioned but mostly too forceful hugs of a toddler. She is eating a lot of different foods now, we gave her some yogurt after Christmas and you would have thought she had gone to baby heaven, she loved it so much...started to shake her head side to side and sang for more. Well I guess that tidbit should have gone in the 10 month update also, so anyways, back to the stats...weight - 17.1 lbs (25%), height - 27.25 inches (48%), and head circumference - 18.5 inches (96% - No surprise there, after all she is a smarty!), hair - still slightly curly, eyes - still brown with green around the edges (come on green!), and cuteness - off the charts!