9 months old

9 months pregnant!!


9 month old baby!!


Finally enough hair to hold a bow!


Poor thing is teething so this is what she does a lot! : )

Salem is 9 months old. Hard to believe she has been here for as long as I was pregnant! These past 9 months have flown by. It's hard to believe she's already this "old"! : )

She is a spunky little thing! She is going through some separation issues and only wanting to be with her Mama! If she sees me, she wants me to hold her, if I walk out the room, she wants to know where I'm going and what I'm doing. We have gotten into a really great routine since Chad's been gone. After the shock wore off that we were "on our own" for a few weeks without Dada, we have really managed to do well! (WE MISS CHAD THOUGH!)

Here are some Salem "highlights" at 9 months:

* Still naps 2 times a day, and still sleeps 7-7ish. Although this last month, I have been getting her at 7, nursing her, and she's been sleeping until 8-8:30! Ahhhhh!
* says "Dada" "Baba" but no "Mama" just yet
* will give "five" on command
* Crawls EVERYWHERE
* Pulls herself up to stand on everything
* Will stand alone for minutes at a time
* takes about 2 steps on her own and then sits on her booty!
* eats like a champ. baby food, table food, any food!
* In the 80th percentile for weight, 75th for head circumference, and 50th for length (she's a chubby little thing!)
* LOVES to be outside! (something she definitely inherited from her daddy. her mama, not so much, on the outside part)
* Is so entertained watching "big kids" play
* She loves to talk! Blabs all day long!!
* "talks" to herself to help put herself to sleep...soooo cute!!
* her top teeth should be coming through anytime now!!

We love you, Salem! Happy 9 months!