Luckily Got Lucky: 12.22.13

Saturday, December 28, 2013

12.22.13 - 9 months!

I'm not really sure why, but 9 months old feels like such a big milestone. It's like rounding 3rd base and coming into home plate a.k.a. the big 1st birthday. Whoa. WAY too fast!

Savannah has grown so much in the last month. She's learned lots of new things and is becoming such a big kid! Each new stage is so much fun and we all love having her around. We're so glad she's a part of our family!

Savannah's 9 month stats:

Weight: 20 lbs 10.5 oz (85%)

Length: 31 inches (99%)

Head: 44.5 cm (68%)

At NINE months:

-Savannah has become a pro at crawling! She started crawling on December 2nd and we haven't been able to slow her down since! She LOVES that she can move around so much on her own now. I love that she comes to find me when I'm in another room--and that she says my name to let me know she's looking for me :)

-She says "Mama" and "Dada"--intentionally. She knows who we are and she definitely knows our names.

-The same week she learned to crawl she also figured out how to pull herself up to the furniture in a kneeling position and just a couple days after that starting standing up to the furniture. Now she inches along the coffee table and couches really slowly, but she's getting faster every day! We'll have a walker on our hands before we know it!

-Unfortunately she also learned she can stand up in her crib and her sleeping isn't quite as awesome as it was before. She has a harder time falling asleep on her own now--this happened with Aurora at this stage too.

-She eats mostly table food now--and baby food when we can get her to, just to finish off the stash we have in our pantry. She loves being able to feed herself.

-So far she doesn't have any allergies! Yay! I'm personally really glad she can eat dairy!

-She loves playing with Aurora's toys and usually prefers them to her own toys. Luckily Aurora is pretty good at sharing with her--most of the time.
-She loves watching herself in the mirror and seeing pictures of herself. She especially loves to give herself kisses in the mirror. Even she can't resist kissing those irresistible cheeks! ;)

-She wants to be just like her big sister. I love to watch the two of them play together so well. They love each other so much!
-She's getting to be so active in the tub--standing up to hold onto the side and crawling around chasing after toys. It's nice to see her becoming more confident in the water.
-She still only has the two teeth she got at 7 months, with no signs of new teeth coming in any time soon.
-She's a true Momma's girl and has some stranger danger. She even cries when I leave her with Daddy sometimes. She really adores her Daddy too though.
-We get comments from people all the time still on how smiley she is. That's why we call her Smiles!
-She has such a sweet personality and she lights up our lives each and every day.

This sweater was hand knitted for Aurora when she was a baby by our dear friend, Alice Rowley. How talented she is and how grateful we are that she shared her talent with us! We love this sweater! :)