Lollipop Kid

Our baby is a lollipop. We went to the pediatrician today and here are her measurements.

Length = in percentile 25 (27 inches)

Weight = between percentile 10 and 25 (16lbs 15ozs)
Head Circumference = above percentile 95 (18 1/2 inches)

She needs a big head for all her brains. =) The pedi says she is perfectly healthy and appears to be on time or ahead on all of her milestones. She was a total show off at her appointment. When the pedi walked in Audrey waved, later she called me Mama when she was trying to get my attention, then the pedi checked her ears and said "Yay! All better" and Audrey started clapping. It was so cute!

I have a feeling this is going to be an exciting month for us. She has learned so much since she has been visiting the toddler room. Every day she comes home doing something new and exhausted. She has been crawling (the real way) some and she pushes herself to standing using the floor and stands without support for a few seconds. She is getting pretty good on her feet and can cruise around everything and even maneuver around obstacles. I am really proud of her. Tonight when she was in the tub I looked at her and I couldn't believe how big she is getting. She is so much fun. I can't wait for her daddy to be home to enjoy her.

Happy 9 months!

Audrey is 9 months old today. I will do the official post on Wednesday because that is when her check up is and I will have all the stats. This is going to be fun month. I have a feeling a lot is going to happen for her this month.

Happy Labor day and happy birthday Grampa Johnnie!

Picture day

We had Audrey's 9 month pictures made today. Here are some of them:

A few cute pictures

Audrey before she spit up on this dress this morning.

Working her babylegs. They protect her knees from the carpet.

Playing in her toy box. She falls in almost everyday.

Cooking

Audrey's first pizza. Its organic with wheat crust and mushrooms and spinach. She loved it!

A toddler????

Today I picked up Audrey from daycare and they told me that they are trying her out in the toddler room. She is much more active than most of the babies in her room and they think she may not be getting as much activity as she would like. So, today she played with the big kids. All of the rest of the kids in that room are over 1 but they said Audrey did GREAT. She got to go on a field trip around the daycare in the big 6 baby stroller and they had all kinds of new toys. The only issue was that she didn't sleep very well but they think it was just all of the excitement and newness. Part of me is proud that my baby is able to play with older kids but a big part of me is sad. Where did my little baby girl go? I don't know if she is staying there permanently but they are going to let her at least visit every day.

She's so interactive

Audrey has really changed a lot over the last few weeks. She is so much more interactive these days. When you talk to her now, she gets it. She loves to dance, cruise around the house, and turn the pages while I read to her. She also likes turning the lights off when we leave a room and pushing the button to lower the garage door. I am enjoying her so much.

Here are a few cute pictures:

Hanging out by her toy box yesterday afternoon. Notice the new bump on her head? She fell into the toy box face first.

Eating pears and avacodos for dinner. Not too messy yet.

Squishy avacado mess.

Now you know why I take her clothes off when she eats. What a mess.

Fun at the lake

Yesterday we went to the lake with my friends from work. We had so much fun that we barely took any pictures.

Audrey and mommy

The boys - Dakota, Larry, and Luke

The girls - Sheryl, Audrey, and Crazy Beth

Luke (isn't this picture darling?)

Audster

Lopsided Army Crawl

Audrey pretty much stopped "crawling" when she learned how to stand but she is back at it with a vengeance now. She is quick too.

What a wonderful baby

Audrey's daycare director stopped me on the way out today and said that she was one of the best babies she had ever had. She told me that they absolutely love her there. It made me so proud. Plus, I love that they like her so much because it means that they are definitely taking good care of her. Honestly, what's not to love? Look how cute she is.

Can't keep her down

Audrey has been so active lately. It's funny because she still can't sit herself up or crawl but she can cruise like nobody's business. She was everywhere today. She can even pull up everywhere, even on the wall, and she can get to standing from her tummy, butt, or knees. No place is safe anymore. She has also been practicing standing unassisted and she can do it for 10 or 15 seconds before she grabs something or falls.

Here she is "helping" me fold clothes. She loves getting in the laundry basket. I put her in it before I put the warm clothes in it. She loves it.