9 Months

Abigail is 9 months today!  Can you believe I'm actually posting on time?  Abby has changed so much this month.  Here's what she has been up to.

• She loves to dance (see yesterday's post).
• She isn't crawling yet, but she rolls around everywhere and is starting rock on her hands and knees.
• She loves to read books and turns the pages very well.  She and I sit and read books several times a day and she never gets tired of them.
• She stands while leaning her back against the couch.  She did it for about 8 minutes one day without even flinching.
• She loves any variety of the game peek-a-boo: person leaving the room and then appearing, covering her face with a blanket and she rips it off, covering our faces, etc.
• She is really figuring out how to use her toys.  She loves her stack of cups and loves to knock over towers we build.  I often put just one cup inside of another and she will immediately take the cup back out.  She is very consistent with that, it's pretty cute.  It's like a bug she has to fix (she must get that from her dad).  She also pats her drum and can make her zoo toy make noises.
• Recently she has changed her schedule a bit.  She sleeps from 8:00 to 8:00 (practically on the dot) and then takes longer naps (over 30 min) in the afternoon.  We will see how long she sticks with it.
• She loves to eat!  In the past month she has started eating three meals and it seems every day she wants larger amounts.  I'm not sure how long I will be able to keep up with making all her food.
• She says "b," "d," and "p" sounds.  She says "di di di" the most.  She says "mmm" when she's mad or hungry... I keep waiting for her to say "ma ma" or something close to it. 
• She is starting to learn how to clap.  She waves one hand all over the place and is starting to bring it to the other hand more each day.  She mostly does it with fists at this point, but I'm sure she will figure it out in no time.
• She loves all electronics.  I'm thinking the computer might be the best motivator for her to crawl.  She also loves my phone and the tv.  Sometimes she will just lounge and watch a good portion of a movie with us, especially if it is animated.  
• No teeth yet, but everyone always asks if she is because she chews on everything.  I say, "Who knows, she has been doing this since she was 4 months old."  Maybe one day they will pop up.

Here are more of her official 9 month pictures!  She wasn't particularly smiley today for her photo shoot, but I still think they turned out great.