Tales from Mommy Merrill: 9 month chunky monkey

They say that with the second it's harder to keep up with the baby book (for me, that is my blog) and that proved very true when I realized that when I saw down to write Reese's 9 mo. post that I forgot to do her 8th! AAAHH!

Stats 'n' Stuff:

Weight: 22 lbs (2 + lbs bigger than her brother was!) 92 percentile

Height: 29 1/2 inches (1 in. shorter than her brother was) 98 percentile

This juicy and delicious girl is almost off the charts!

Hair: White blonde and really coming in!

Sleeping habits:
- Daytime This little princess takes a late morning nap (most days) and an afternoon nap (most days). She is usually a good napper from Grandma Merrill in the afternoon, giving her a good break on the days she has her!

new stuff:
This girl is ON.THE.MOVE! She has two crawling speeds: Fast and Extra Fast! I have actually seen her kick it into extra fast gear by bouncing on her knees for about 3 bounces, then OFF she goes. It's awesome.

She pulls up on everything and everyone - it might be long and this little angel baby will be walking around.

She also started doing patty cake! She is so happy when she does it - just smiles and makes sure everyone is watching her.

Teething... oh, yes, teething. She got two big teeth in this month and had a rough weekend when Grandpa Butcher and Connie where here. She got a fever and everything - poor sweety :(

Favorite things to do:
Follow her brother around! She is so happy when he is in the room - she is either crawling and following him, or watching him like a hawk!

Things she does NOT like to do:
Don't tease her with her food! The second she sees that bottle or dish or food you better be ready to give it to her or she will put up a fight!

Things she has learned

She has started to learn "no" - getting in to things like Sammy's food and water ;-) and she learned Patty cake! I've also noticed that when Drew starts counting she looks up and pays attention... I think if she could talk she might be able to count to three... hahahaha!

Things mommy has learned:

I am defintely starting to see the girl vs. boy thing come in to play1 Reese is so much calmer and less destructive than Drew was at this age! Drew would get in to the kitchen cabinets and just start throwing and banging things around - while Reese on the other hand, gently grabs a pan and flinches when it makes noise on the floor. Too cute!

Here are some of our favorite pics from the month: