9 Months Old!

Yesterday was Kate's 9 month birthday. Our unofficial growth reports are that we still have an above average busy little bee. Kate is bigger than most 12 month+ kids that we've had her around lately. She weighed in at 24 lbs yesterday and we'll get some official growth stats from the doctor on Friday.

As you would expect, Kate is busier than ever. She is all over the place crawling. One of her favorite things to do is take off into another room so that someone will chase her. She's pulling up and cruising a little and the latest is that she will let go and stand on her own for a few seconds. This is still very new though and we've only seen her try it a few times, but if it is like everything else Kate's learned so far, she'll have it mastered in a week or so. Kate is dancing all the time. It is so cute! She knows exactly how to play the songs she wants to hear on her toys and she'll get them going so that she can shake her booty! We are up to 4 teeth and it seems like they are just going to keep coming. As you can tell by the unofficial growth stats, our girl is still a good eater. She's been self feeding some small snacks for a few months and she's starting to eat some "regular" food. We give her baby food most of the time but I am now fixing her a serving of whatever we are having for dinner (as long as it's appropriate of course) and she's doing great! She's loved chicken spaghetti, chicken stew and even some of Daddy's jambalaya. I think we are going to have a very vocal girl on our hands. Kate is jabbering more and more. If people are talking (and not paying 100% attention to Kate) she will just start joining in on the conversation to make sure that she's not forgotten about. She's regularly saying Mama, Dada and Nana, but of course doesn't always use them correctly. She waves bye-bye and loves to clap her hands in praise of herself (she knows that if she claps then we will excitedly cheer "Yay!"). We are having a blast! It just keeps getting better and better! We are so blessed! Here are some recent pics

There are very few moments where Kate will sit still enough for us to get some cuddle time in. Here's some rare cuddle time with Daddy before Kate went to bed.