Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Emily - 9 Months

Emily turned 9 months old this past Saturday and I wanted to share some recent pictures of her "photo shoot." :-) We visited our good friend Dr. Sanders last week for her 9 month check-up and she currently weighs 17 lbs., 13oz. and is 28 1/4" long. This put her in the 35% and 96% percentiles, respectively.

She's been crawling for awhile now, but it is still the military style where she drags her lower half across the floor. We've been trying to work with her on putting her knees on the ground, but so far, she doesn't seem the least bit interested. She's also started to pull up a little bit the past couple of days so we're curious to see how the next few weeks go. Pulling up at this point is pretty much just getting her chest and waist off the floor, but it's a start. She also loves it when you stand her at some type of toy or table so she's definitely starting to realize there is more to life than hanging out on the floor.

Last week we finally said good-bye to the baby bathtub we were using and she is now in the big tub. She really seems to love the water and will usually flip to her belly and float around rather than sit on her bottom. This certainly makes it tough to get her clean, but she has the best time...especially if her big sister is in there with her. :-)

Here are some recent pictures of Miss Emily! Enjoy!


Emily with Mr. Ears the bunny.


Standing at her table.


Another "big girl" job...feeding herself! Certainly a messy endeavor!