9 months old! - and sick

She checked out good at her 9 month well child Dr's appointment. She is in the 50th percentile with height and weight. She weighs 18lbs and 11oz (yeah, almost ready for the big car seat). Her head is a little big though, in the 75th percentile. We always knew she would have a big head like Chad. :) She got her blood tested for iron level, which checked out good, except she bled all over my pants after they drew her blood. Oh well, it came out.
Kayla has been crawling for about 2 weeks now. She's getting into everything and we're having to tell her "no" alot more now. I've had to keep her out of the dog bowl. Once, I left the room for 2 minutes and walk back in to see both hands full of dog food and a piece in her mouth. I quickly got it out and she protested loudly. I guess she thought it tasted good. Speaking of eating, she's eating 2nd foods a lot better nowdays. I've tried some 3rd foods, but not too used to that yet. She'll eat about 1/3 of the jar at a time then wants some 2nd foods. She'll still eat any finger foods too. Puffs, bread, cheese, and pretty much anything else that I'll give her and she can "chew" disolve in her mouth.
She's talking alot more too. She'll say ma-ma-ma-ma-ma, and ba-ba-ba-ba. Chad still hasn't convinced her to say da-da yet despite many trials. She's so much fun and exploring everything. Has lots of faces and cute gestures that she's learning the meaning of.


Kayla turned 9 months old on April 15th, Saturday. The night before she seemed fussy and vomited after a trip to the mall and then vomited and had many loose "blow-out" diapers on her birthday. This day we had to attend 2 parties and she was really not up to par. She went through 6 outfits this day, 3 before we came home from the parties. That night, she cries uncontrolably for about 3 hours and we desperately decided to get in the car and drive around town for an hour to settle her down. Well, she finally got about 3 hours of sleep, then we couldn't sleep. It was a long night leading up to Palm Sunday. That day, was long b/c we stayed in taking care of Kayla. She was very sleepy this day and would fuss any time she was awake after 3 hour naps. Needless to say, she slept all through the night Sunday night. Chad's parents came in to take care of her for about 3 days while we had to go to work, even though Monday she seemed a lot better. We found out that it may have been from the antibiotic she had been on for the ear infection. The ears were all clear though, we were happy to find out. After that weekend she has been really happy and fun to be around. Nine months came in with a bang, but we're really enjoying this time with her.