9 months old

What a girl this Taylor Lorraine is.

9 months has brought upon many a wonderful things:
1st: (1 hestitate to say it outloud) SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT.
Yes, that is right. Dear Taylor has finally decided that a straight 12-13 hours of sleep is the way to go. She now goes down between 6 and 7 PM and sleeps until I go to get her, playing happily away, at 7:30 AM. Don't get me wrong, there still are many nights that loud wails can be heard periodically from her room, but the fabulous thing is that these go away within 10 or less minutes without mom/dad intervention

2nd: Masterful Manuevering.
while she is not walking yet, this girl can move! She is incredibally purposeful in her attempts to keep up with Ana and she just LOVES to play with, chase and throw any ball in sight!

3rd: Language
Speaking of "balls", that is among her small and growing verbal vocabulary... will we have another chatter box on our hands???? Currently she says, with conviction, Dada = Dad, Bah = ball, Baba = bottle (and anything new that she wants to label, but can't), ahdah = all done, and the sign for more when she REALLY REALLY REALLY wants more!!!!!! Overall, this girl talks NON STOP... hmm where does she get that from?

4th: EATING all table foods
Yes it's true and NO I am NOT exaggerating. She eats what we eat all day. From grilled cheese, to steak, to asparagus spears. She chomps away at all we have. AND.. I got the clearance, given her off the charts weight, to stop pushing formula. So we only have to give 3 or 4 bottles a day and let her take what she wants. YES!!! No more bottle chasing. Man that was not fun!!!! Although, I'm noticing now that she doesn't have to have it, she is preferring it over the sippy cup. GO FIGURE!

9 mo stats: still our big girl!!!!!
weight: just shy of 24 lbs. (> 95%)
height: ______ (>95%)

Stranger Anxiety
We continue to work on staying happy away from mommy, which any of you who've been blessed with Taylor away from me know she makes it about 30 min - an hour, but who can complain about that :)

PASSION
She also continues to be our passionate spirit, quickly and dramatically changing emotions on us until her next whim of desire is met, but again, how can you complain about that.. Aren't we all looking for a little more passion in our lives?!