Knight Tales: Nine Months Old

Evie turned nine months old on October 9 and is very quickly approaching ten months (tomorrow to be exact) as I finally am getting this post done. This little girl is growing up in turbo speed and has been achieving many new things. Here are her milestones at nine months:

-Evie pulls up on everything. Here she is after pulling up on one of the bar stools with her cute tongue smile. :)

Here she is helping Daddy with the ladder.

Pulling up on the gate.

-She can cruise the furniture and crawl like no one's business these days. This girl is on the move!

-She is getting more teeth (the top ones are coming in). She has been really fussy because of it and in pain, especially in the evening. We have been giving her Baby Orajel and Tylenol to help.

-Evie can clap. She is adorable when doing it and really enjoys clapping for an accomplishment. A great example is when we are playing baseball with Evan and he is trying to hit the ball. When he does we all clap. Evie just loves to cheer people on. We may have a future cheerleader on our hands. :)

-Evie can wave too. You kind of have to know what she is doing, but it is pretty obvious when someone leaves and we go out to say goodbye. She again likes to join in the fun and wave with the rest of us. It is so sweet!

-She is enjoying the swings at the park. Here she is on October 2nd at Royer Park in Roseville. I just love her smile in this picture. :)

-She is feisty too, just look at this picture and the face she is making...so sassy! Here feistiness especially comes out when she is playing with Evan and wanting the toy he has.

-Evie loves paper just like Evan used to, however, we find she enjoys it best in tiny pieces and then loves to suck on it and stores it up in the palate of her mouth. Sometimes we won't even know she has had any paper/napkins, etc. and then it comes out of her mouth all mashed up and wet after she munched on it a while. So silly and kind of gross.

-Evie thinks the grass is cool too and fun to pick up and eat

-Evie ultimately continues to be a good eater with other foods besides paper and grass. She eats oatmeal, rice, squash, carrots, peas, sweet potatoes, pears, apples, bananas, peaches and mixtures of these items. She is a big fan of finger foods too. She actually tried her first french fry on October 6. Here she is in process and then thinking about this new delicacy with a little product placement going on to in her other hand. :)

-She is sleeping well and continues to have a morning and afternoon nap. She also goes down at about the same time Evan does at night about 8:30 - 9:00 p.m. She still gets up in the middle of the night to eat at least once (we need to break her of this, but it is more our desire for sleep that has kept us from doing this). :)

-Evie discovered the door stopper on October 14, doesn't she look proud.

-Evie's hair is getting so long. We just love her luscious locks. Look at the volume in this picture and that model pose. :) You go girl!

-Evie and Evan continue to enjoy each other during play time so much these days. This is a hilarious picture of them switching roles a little bit. :)

-She continues to be the fashionista at our house too... thanks to generous gifts from family and friends as well as some fantastic hand me down's from our MOPS friends! Thank you all so much!