Oh Dear...

Big Girl

Yesterday Lily and I went to Lancaster to have lunch with the infamous kjk. We had some delicious mini-burgers at the Alley Kat. Peanut ate mostly Cheerios.

And it's a good thing she's been filling up on Cheerios because this morning we (finally) had her 9 month well-baby visit. She weighs 21 lbs 4 oz and is 29 1/2" tall. Which means she is still 97th percentile for height and 75th for weight, which she's held steady at for most of her life now. (The dr said she's basically like a 12 month old that's the height of a 15 month old. ) We talked about starting more table foods, so that's our current project. She had one shot and didn't cry. She also had her finger pricked to have her iron tested and didn't mind that either. Her iron level was good too, so I was happy (and glad she's been filling up on Cheerios). So- healthy baby! I was wishing I had the camera with me because they put a bandaid on her finger and she was holding that thing up like some kind of badge of honor. She wasn't playing with it or trying to pull it off, just holding it up and staring at it. :)

Today Didn't Work Out

Yes that's Lily standing. :)

Today I got Lily up from her morning nap, fed her, changed and dressed her, got myself ready to go, stopped to get gas, and drove 20 minutes across town- all while braving the most miserable heat we've had this summer- to get to Lily's 9 month well-baby visit by 1:45. We got there, sweaty and disheveled, at the last minute, I go to the window and they say she's not scheduled for an appointment today. Usually I would think "oh no I got the wrong day", but Benjamin was the one that remembered this appointment because he had put it on his work calendar (because I made that appointment around the time he had just gotten his blackberry and he was finding reasons to use it constantly). They double-checked in the computer and they said Lily wasn't scheduled for a 9 month visit today or any day in August, actually. So then I know it's their mistake. Anyway they weren't able to squeeze us in so we get to do it all over again on Wednesday morning at 9:15. Woohoo...

Anyway, here she is playing with one of her favorite toys :)

This Is How She Plays

Lily is 9 months old today. Time flies! She is a busy chatterbox that makes big messes, finds the tiniest specks of anything on the floor and puts them in her mouth, still loves to pull my hair, loves her toys, and is trying her hardest to learn to stand. She is now occasionally pulling herself up on furniture, but loves to just play at her new activity table on her knees. She is busy, busy, busy so we are too. :)

This Is How She Sleeps

The sleepy attempt to put paci back in her mouth is my favorite. Look at that fluffy chick head! :)

This Is How She Eats

Pictures Don't Do Her Justice

I've been feeling guilty for not having updated recently. Part of it was not knowing where the camera was (bottom of the diaper bag, it turns out), and part of it was not really knowing what I could even take pictures of. Lily does not sit still, ever. And pictures could could not possibly capture anything about her current self. She's feeling/doing much better. She's now sleeping in her room full time, including nights. And the pooping seems to be back to normal, so she's back in cloth diapers (hence the weird outfits have returned, as seen in the video to follow :P). Also, she is constantly babbling.

My mom said months ago that she thinks Lily will be a chatterbox. I agree with her more every day. She loves (and tries to say) pattycake. She also says some form of mama, dada, and kitty. We're pretty sure kitty is her first word. (Again, it's just babbling so it's hard to tell, but after about 30 times of hearing her say "kee-kee" when a cat comes into view, and asking ourselves and each other if she just said kitty, I guess the answer is yes.)

Anyway, here she is playing this morning. I took this video with the regular camera so it's not great quality, but she had been making this growling noise for a while and I wanted to make sure I got it on here to share with everyone:

She recently brought the Jungle Bird back into her vocabulary, so that's been interesting. But the growling is really the ultimate Lily noise. I was just remembering this morning how my good friend Kelly named Lily "tiny dino" when I first found out I was pregnant. I had no idea at the time that I might actually give birth to a baby dinosaur.