Caudle: 9 Months

Yes you read it right, Lucy is already 9 months! I can't believe it. She has been out of the belly for as long as she was in it. I'm happy to say that I have lost all the baby weight (which was a lot more then it should have been) plus some. That's a huge relief. Hopefully I will keep it going! But it has been an amazing 9 months for sure. I just love that little girl so much. There's never a dull moment because she definitely has her dad's energy and is very busy. And always happy which she gets from Kyle too. Here are her 9 month stats:

Weight: 15.08 lbs-2.59 %
Height: 25.5 in- 3%

She is about as small as they come. The doctor said it's fine though which is good to hear. She's still growing but she is just a lot smaller. He did say that she's old enough to have a little whole milk which will hopefully help her put on some poundage. We will see. I already feed more then I think she wants. She eats about 7+ oz of baby food per meal, plus lots of snacks like cheerios and graham crackers and I nurse her 4 times a day. She doesn't usually have an off switch when she's eating so she'll eat as much as I feed her. She has several times eaten so much that she throws some up afterwards (TMI I know). Not sure how to make her chunk up if she's already eating that much! I guess we'll see what happens. I think part of the reason she's so small is not only because it's in her genes but she is so busy like a said before. The only time she sits still is to eat and even then she's about as busy as her high chair will allow. Hopefully she keeps this same metabolism her whole life and she will be one happy girl!

Here are some of her developmental things she has going on since my last update at 6 months.
She can now:

Crawl (started 7.5 months)
Stand and walk using furniture (started 8 months)
Stand on her own, well she has a couple times for about 2 seconds before falling over.
She has 1 tooth
Clap
Wave
Blow kisses
Say: Da-da, Ma-ma and bye bye
Eat finger foods
Turn off the light switch
Play peek-a-boo
Sleep through the night!
Use a sippy cup
Develop stranger anxiety

There's a million other little things but it's hard to think of all at once.

Something else she has also developed is aggressiveness. She doesn't have a bad temper or anything she just plays too rough. I think it has a lot to do with never really being around other kids and mostly just adults. When she's around other kids she tries to stand on them, grab their faces, pull their hair and take their toys or food. Hopefully it will get better this summer when she's around her cousins and bigger kids that will fight back.

She's very independent. As long as I'm in the same room as her and she can see me she will play with her toys by herself most of the day and be happy. That makes it so nice when I need to get stuff done around the house. I do still play with her though just because I love it. It's more for me then her I guess.

She's testing her boundaries constantly. She knows what "no" means but she likes to pretend she doesn't. She knows exactly what she can't get into and where she can't go. If she does try to do those things she'll slowly crawl over to it and keep looking back at me to see if I'm watching. Such a little stinker. Or if I'm doing something and she wants me to pick her up she'll cry at my feet for a little until she realizes that I can't pick her up then she'll immediately go get into something she knows that she shouldn't. Like I said before, never a dull moment.

Well that's all I can think of for now. I'm so excited to go home next week! I will leave you with a few pictures to reward you for making it through this whole post.