9 months old!

Where does the time go? My baby is already 9 months old! And boy is she busy! She is seriously on the move ALL the time, and into everything! She makes me smile everyday. And every night when she falls asleep in my arms, I stare at her perfect little face and think how great a gift it is that she is mine! On this Thanksgiving, I am so thankful for her and that God made me her mother.

A quick summary of new milestones:

She said "mama" for the first time (the day after she turned 9 months.)

Climbing stairs.

Ate meat for the first time last week. Mmmmm chicken.

Waving her hand like she is saying hello or goodbye, though it doesn't seem to have any meaning yet.

Stands up just holding on with one hand and will reach down to pick up a toy.

Eating finger foods now. And feeding herself. She really likes puffs.

Drinking from a sippy cup on her own a little better now. (but she doesn't really like the water or juice that I put in it.) We've given her a few sips of our sweet tea and you can tell she is a southern girl, because she loves it!

Feedings:
5 feedings during the day and she still wakes up once (or sometimes twice) in the middle of the night to eat.

Sleep:
3 naps (anywhere from 40 min. - 1hr 30 min each). Usually about 3 hours total of daytime sleep.

Still wearing the nighttime hip brace and I just hate it! She wakes up so many times at night and I have to believe the brace has something to do with it. 2 more months...and hopefully we'll get good news that she doesn't need it anymore!

She loves to play with my hair when she is falling asleep.

Likes to play with paper and tear it into little pieces.

Loves to play with shoes, whether they are on or off her feet. Or someone else's.

Is starting to understand "no no" and sometimes she listens and turns back and other times, she just takes off crawling as fast as she can and laughing.

Getting her diaper and pajamas on after bath every night is a 2 person job because she is constantly moving and trying to crawl away.

CF stuff: Thankfully she has been super healthy and still hasn't even had her 1st cold! She gets 3 enzymes with each feeding and we are doing chest PT twice a day. She takes multivitamins, Zantac and Prevacid for reflux, and iron. She gets a 1/4 tsp salt per day. And that's pretty much all we have to do for her CF right now. Next appointment is in January.

Here is a preview of her 9 month photos. More to come soon.