9 Months!

Well here we are 3/4 of the way to 1!

This month Miss M has learned lots of new things! She waves bye bye, will give you 5, and is very interested in the things around her. She is very into details too...for example she will study my face and try and pull at my eye lashes, she will pinch at freckles, and is very intrigued by eye brows! She will pick up the.smallest.things like fuzz, etc. Last month we hit separation anxiety at full force, and it seems like it's getting a little better. She used to cry the moment she realized I was leaving her at the gym, and now (on most days) she does well! Also, last night she learned how to open the cabinets in the kitchen (she hangs out on the floor with toys while I cook), so cabinet locks her we come! She's a smart one! Here is all about M pie at 9 months:

- She weighs 18 lbs. 1 oz. (50th %) is 28 inches long (50th%) and her head is 18 inches and still rockin in the 90th%!
- She wears a size 3 diaper and size 6-12 month or 12 month cloths.
- Her nicknames are Buttercup and M Pie.
- She takes 2 naps per day; one in the morning around 9:30 and then her longest in the afternoon around 2:00.
- She goes to bed at 7:00 and wakes up at 6:30am.
- She eats almost all table foods, and eats anything you give her! She eats 3 meals and 1 snack per day.
- She drinks (4) 6-7 oz. bottles per day.
- She's cruising all over the place and will take one step.
- She has her two bottom teeth and just cut her two top teeth. They are coming in at the same time, poor girl.

-She loves: to throw everything out of her crib and drop things off her highchair. It's fun! Cold water in her sippy cup (she LOVES water!), the swing at the park, balls, books, and bath time.


-Shes hates: getting in and out of the car seat (I just ordered her convertible so maybe this will get better?), anything that requires her to be still!!

And in other news, at her 9 month well check Miss M got her ears pierced! They do it at her pedi's office and I did Kay's at the same age, so we went for it! She cried for a few minutes, but then she was fine and has been ever since. It's easy, I just clean them 3 times a day at diaper changes and she hasn't messed with them at all....and she looks so darn cute!