Pieces of Reese :)

Rachel here. So last Friday we took Reese to her 9 month appointment, which was actually her 9 1/2 month appointment. Statistics: 20 lbs 13 oz and she's about 29 inches in length. Needless to say we have a little Shrek on our hands. :) Her weight didn't go up as much as it has in the past, which made me nervous, but the doc told me because she doesn't sit still for more than a millisecond (unless she's eating or cookie monster is on TV) she's burning off some of that baby chub. I just love her baby chub. :)

We're trying some new foods with her. I've learned after about 2 weeks of loving my chicken concoctions... she actually HATES chicken. I guess we'll try that one again later. She loves her Yobaby yogurt, waffles, toast with a little margarine, cheese, whole wheat pasta (which Mommy loathes), puffs, wagon wheels, banana chunks (but only when I feed them to her because they are slippery), cottage cheese, and I think that may be it for now.... or at least all I can remember. The sippy cup continues to be a struggle. I fill it for her everyday with her little juice. She'll play with it, but isn't interested in it enough to drink. I tried putting her milk into it... nothing. I guess we'll try that one later too.

She loves playing in her play room and going through her tunnel. We've learned that we have to put ANYTHING and EVERYTHING out of her reach that we want to keep dry. (We still have no teeth, but the doc said he thought her gums looked a little large, so they may be coming in in the next 5 years.) I learned a huge lesson trying to take her to story time last Thursday. She was sitting in the living room very content watching Curious George, so I popped into the kitchen to grab her bottle. People I was seriously gone for less than 10 seconds. This apparently was ample time for my little butter bean to pull herself up to the coffee table, and in attempts to drink from my diet coke can, managed to spill the ENTIRE thing all over herself... none of which actually got into her mouth. After a quick outfit change, we did manage to make it to story time ON TIME.

Pulling up is definitely something she's perfected. She likes to pull herself up on the sliding glass door in her playroom and lick the glass. Classy. We're not quite cruising yet, but she loves to hold onto your forefingers and walk around. She's a high stepper. :)

Tormenting Winston seems to be one of her new favorite past times. He is being VERY good and trying desperately not to snap at her. She wants to play with all of his toys, and try to climb onto the couch to lay with him... she doesn't understand that he lays on the couch to escape the wrath that is Reese. We put Winston in his little kennel fairly often, so he can get a break from her... he kindly obliges and usually runs for cover inside. Yesterday we caught her sitting in front of his cage growling and laughing at him. She's so sweet isn't she? Growling is something she does a lot towards Winston when they are both on the floor. It's hysterical to see. I think she learned it from Cookie Monster. When he comes on TV he has that growly voice, and she just cracks up. While we were in Florida, we got her a big stuffed Cookie Monster. When we play with it with her we growl a lot, and she just giggles.

She'll do just about anything now to get a reaction from us. It's really cute what she can do now. I caught her putting her little fingers up to her mouth and moving her lips while making sounds... super cute... I'm not ashamed to say I cried when she did this because it was sooooo sweet. We've also discovered that she likes to swing her head back and forth. At first we thought something was wrong with her and we were going to have to wait outside every morning before school for the short bus to take our little angel to school. :) No worries though... she's just learning to move around. We've been working on waving; this resulted in her loving to wave to herself. :) And that's just whenever she wants to... can't prompt her on that one.

Here is a little video we shot the other day that shows some of her new talents. We love you Reesie!!!!