Kali has been growing and learning in leaps and bounds! Seems like everyday she's figuring out something new. (Like today she learned how to get onto the sit to stand bike/walker thing at Mema and Papa's.)
I was able to get her into Olan Mills for her 9month picture, only a week and a half late, but that was because she was having some issues with allergies and her nose was red the week after her 9 month, so we had to wait it out. But thanks to Devin and my mom coming to help TJ and I, they turned out adorable! I can't wait to post these all over the house, and order 10000 to hand out to family and friends!!! Although I might be a little biased, I love all her pictures!
The first picture, and it's so cute!
I love how her little toes are together!
That cute little grin.
Melts my heart!
This her newest thing!
STANDING!
All by herself!!
So far, she only does it for a few seconds, before she freaks and sits down.
This is another thing that she has learned to do.
'Blow' kisses.
We were trying to get her to give kisses to the camera,
but she kept looking down whenever she'd do it.
But this one came out cute! :-)
She kept wanting to climb on or chew on these columns.
But we got one good smile.
We used this same basket during the Easter pictures we took.
She did good in it, but still wanted to play with the bottom or chew on the sides.
Here, she's smiling at Devin who was playing peek-a-boo with her.
LoVe, lOvE, LOVE!!!
Her toes! Her intentness! Her gentleness with the flower!
I just love this picture so much!!
We had to get a picture of that initial/name on her butt!
By this time, she was over taking pictures.
She was over us trying to make her smile too!
She was over us trying to make her smile too!
We were all (my mom, Devin, me and TJ) saying "Boo"
and playing Peed-a-Boo that she eventually looked up and said straight faced
"Boo" and looked back down to what she was doing. LOL!
She cracks me up!
Her standing again (look at those chunky thighs! LOVE!
And I like her name spelled in the background.
But most people don't realize that until I point it out!
Of course, she's the main focus of the picture anyway!
AND THEN.....
My Obsession!
Olan Mills is starting to do customization.
She made that awesome picture above Sepia and then did the color accents on the flowers.
It's so soft, and precious and I totally love it!
I think I'm going to order a huge canvas print of this from Snapfish.com in the near future.
I want to hang it in the living room. :-)
9 Month Stats:
Weight: 24lbs at your 9 month check up.
Height: 29 1/2 inches.
Eating: We've upgraded to a sippy cup and you're doing awesome with it! We've also slimmed down the amount of bottles you're taking. But you still get about 16oz of formula per day. You're up to 3 meals a day with an afternoon snack of Gerber Graduates, and you're really getting the hang of finger foods. You love noodles of any kind. Lomein, spaghetti, etc. And rice too. Since your 4th tooth came in, you've learned how to bite. And will actually bite the piece of food if I say "be sure to bite it". That started with some Gerber puffs that are like mini cheese puffs (but of course healthier for you and in veggie flavors) and I would say "bite" and you did. It's amazing the things you know how to do.
Sleep: You've reverted and it's killing me! Daddy was out of town working for 4 weeks, and that meant that I was the only one here to get up with you. And that also meant that you wound up in the bed with me more often than not because I was too tired to wrestle you to bed. I'm not sure what has happened to make you get up in the middle of the night, but we're going to have to figure out how you can put yourself back to sleep without the necessity of mommy/daddy coming in to hold you. Self soothe child, self soothe!!!
Accomplishments: Still crawling, and you're now pulling up on everything! You also started "cruising" around the furniture too. Everyone that sees you says that you're going to be walking any day now. But I've been saying that for a month...so we'll see. But you do walk all over the house while holding on to some one's fingers too! And like the picture above, you're starting to stand by yourself for short periods of time. I saw you attempt to take a step one time, but then I think you got scared and sat down.
You love your sit to stand walker toy and will walk it all over the house. You've also started to push your toys around while you crawl behind it. You have figured out how to flip yourself out of your walker, which means that it will no longer contain you while mommy takes a shower. Back to nighttime showers for me after you go to sleep to avoid this again!
You're becoming more and more vocal. "Da" is your current favorite word and you say it all the time at everything. I think you're trying to say "Dog", but I'm not sure just yet. And thankfully you're still growling. I don't know what I'll do the day you stop growling at me with that cute expression.
The touch and feel books we have that have critters on them where you can feel their fur, are your new favorite thing! I find you in your room all the time playing with these books. And you know exactly where to feel on each page to touch the fur. I'm so glad that you love books, and every time I find you look at them, I'll sit down and we'll "read" or look at each book you pick up. We've sat in your room for 20+ minutes on more than one occasion. Looks like I'm going to be on Amazon finding you more learning books! :-)
I love you more than words. I love you more than you'll ever know my monster. You've made my life complete!
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