The stats are in!

(Warning: long journal entry)

Well, it's true, Kayla is now 9 months old! We went to the Doctor the day before Thanksgiving for her check-up. Here is how she is measuring up:

Weight: 18.2 lbs 40th percentile

Height: 28 in 75th percentile

Head: small.... 20th percentile

We were surprised that she only weighed 18 lbs! We were leaving for Utah straight from her Dr. appointment and we were afraid she was going to be over 20 lbs and we were going to have to run to the store and buy a new car seat for the trip. We are glad we didn't have to quite yet.

I had no idea those biscuits could be so messy!! You can see her tooth on the bottom right if you look closely.

She has teeth! Her first tooth came in a couple days before she turned 9 months old. Now she has the second bottom tooth coming in as well. They are moving really slowly and are just peeking out of her gums....but they are sharp little guys!!

So, her latest thing is waving. She waves her hand hello and bye-bye. When you wave at her she will wave back....it has been fun! She still claps, laughs, smiles a lot, babbles, says mamma, dadda, numnums, and off course she still screams now and then which we have been trying to work on! She can stand on her own for a few seconds but then she bends her knees and sits down because she is being cautious. She learned how to open the cupboards in the kitchen and bathroom and thinks it is funny to pull all the towels out.

She is very well trained....I mean we didn't train her but she just does things on cue. When we say "Yeaaah" she will start clapping and when we give her her blankie she automatically starts sucking her fingers. Silly girl!

She still LOVES bath time and tips her head back for me when I pour the water on her head...which she loves. It must feel good, like standing under a waterfall or something. I still use her toddler tub because our tub is so huge that it is really hard to use. So, Kayla floods the bathroom floor every bath because of her insane splashing (she blames rubber ducky but I know the truth).

She is sick right now for the first time. She caught a cold in Utah and then to my surprise she throw up a couple days later at the store. (fun times) She is doing better but still has a runny nose and I think she is getting a little cough. I hate coughs and really hope it doesn't progress. We are not taking her out of the house to avoid the cold air so hopefully she will be back to her old self soon!