9 month updates

You weigh 18 1/2 lbs (50th percentile).

You are 26 1/2 inches tall (50th percentile).

You are still wearing size 3 diapers.

You are still wearing 9 months clothes but we have started buying 12 months so that you can wear them longer!

You are standing up on walker using one hand.

You like to shake your walker with one hand while hanging on with the other.

You love playing copy cat!

You share so good!

You enjoy having conversations with daddy and me!

You make your tongue roll out when you are about to put something in your mouth.

You dance to music while sitting up.

You are into making a dinosaur sound all the time! Pretty hilarious!!

You stand up on something and squat and stand back up mid squat!

We give each other eskimo kisses and I am pretty sure you like them as much as I do!!

You lift your leg up like you want to climb up.

We say arms up and you put your arms up! It is from your video!

You loves snacks!

You started letting go and standing on your own for about 6 sec... 8 1/2 months.

You went to the sprinkler park with MJ's crew and could tell that you have been in the shower just a few times!

You are still crawling like a little monkey! You don't like your knees on hard surfaces!

You have started eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner with the exception of your night time bottle! We are using a lot of the Plum baby organic squeeze pouches! They offer so many awesome kinds and they are very convenient...you suck them yourself with the help from me at first and then I also feed you from a spoon sometimes!

Since you are going longer in between your feedings you get a snack in the afternoon! You have tried bananas, apple strawberry puffs, cheese puffs, animal crackers, and cantaloupe

You know what NO means..we have started the whole discipline thing...not that we have to discipline you very much but you have responded great which has made it very easy! You are such a sweet little girl!!

I have stopped bouncing you until you are about to sleep before bed..not because I wanted to but you didn't like it anymore. You just wanted to be laid down...so now we read bed time stories in our bed while you drink your bottle, make tents with the sheets, say our night night prayers, get and give all kinds of good lovings and kisses and then I take you to your bed give you a few more kisses and lay you down!! We always watch the monitor to see what you do....you always go to your mobile and pull of the flower (which is velcro so it doesn't take too much effort)...and once you have done this you lay down and go to sleep! It is like your challenge for the night...Daddy and I get a kick out of this!

You sleep with your pink poodle that we have named Toodle...you love Mickey Mouse club house and every time they say Oh Toodles you look so we thought it was a cute name!

Livia,
You are so so so sweet!!!! You are doing the cutest things that make us smile and saw ahhhhh all the time! You are so loving and love to give and get kisses! You are so smart and we think the most beautiful little girl we have ever laid eyes on inside and out! You are definitely a busy girl and are on the verge of walking or maybe running! I can't believe how fast time goes by and how quickly you are getting to be a big girl!! But it doesn't matter how big you get sweet girl because you will ALWAYS be MY BABY!!!! You make us so happy!!! We love you more than you will ever know

Love always,
Mommy and Daddy