9 months old

Ann Evelyn is 9 months old! I cannot believe how quickly the months are going by... I'm just not ready for my baby girl to grow up. Over the weekend I was looking at pictures of her and how she has grown... it's bittersweet. I love seeing her grow and change, but I am so sentimental about my baby getting so big!

She is at a precious stage...

She's babbling a lot. She loves to imitate words that she hears us say. "Hey" and "Bye-Bye" come out the clearest, but at the doctor's office last week, she showed off a little and said "thank you"! It sounded like it anyway, and her doctor thought it was the cutest thing...

"I think she said 'thank you'. How sweet," he said.

I was proud, of course, as any mama would be. :)

She waves and claps. She is a wiggle worm and can get wherever she wants. She's not crawling on hands and knees yet but she can do a great army crawl! She has started pulling up, too. She pulls up on her piano (just like her brothers did at this age), and for the past couple of days has pulled up in the crib.

She's still a big girl... 23 lbs 12 oz & 28.5 in. I'm not sure how this measures on the growth chart. The doctor didn't tell me, and I forgot to ask. I'm thinking her weight is still probably close to the top though... that's mainly because she weighs more than a lot of her little nursery buddies (who are mostly boys).

Ann Evelyn loves her brothers and is content to sit and watch them all day! She is really content most of the time actually. She loves to sit on the floor of the playroom with her toys... or her brothers' toys. She usually ends up with tools or trucks in her hands now that she is scooting around! Her doll is one of her favorite toys still, and she loves to be read to aloud (especially touch & feel books). Playing outside has been a favorite thing lately and she loves swinging, riding in her pink car, or riding in the wagon with Forrest.

She is my "Baby Girl", and her daddy's "Sweet Pea". She's "Sissy" to Forrest, and "Evelyn" to Andrew. But one thing is for sure... she's the sweetheart of the house!