Nine Months

This has been a great month...

I love this stage! I know, I say that every month, but Evie is so energetic, interactive and playful. She has an irresistible smile and contagious laugh. Sorry, mom-gush over. This month was especially good because there was no teething involved! Unfortunately, I've just spotted a bottom tooth coming in. 

She's still sleeping pretty well. Her bedtime has gotten a bit earlier. It's been 6:00-6:30 lately because she doesn't nap well at daycare and comes home exhausted. She can usually make it through the night, but sometimes she'll wake up around 3:30-4:00. She goes back to sleep quickly after nursing. She naps well at home - usually two 90-minute naps and one 30-minute nap late in the afternoon.

She is eating mostly table food. She eats the same meals as Brady and I. So far, she's been enjoying scrambled eggs, spaghetti, sweet potatoes, avocado, oatmeal. She had salmon for the first time this week and loved it! She's also drinking from a sippy cup at mealtimes. She's really into the sippy cup, partly because she gets water out of it and partly because it's a new toy. 

Her vocabulary is expanding, but no "mama" yet😒 There has been a lot of "dada" but we're still not counting it as her first word because it sounds more like a ramble than a reference to Brady. She makes a sound that a can't quite describe... a growling "H" sound? It's been nonstop for the past few weeks. She loves when people mimic her sounds.  

Evie loves climbing on everything. She is crawling everywhere. She's pulling herself up to a standing position constantly. She's our little explorer. Apparently, she's started climbing into the toy box at daycare - sometimes she climbs out and sometimes she just plays in there😂 

Seriously, my favorite month yet!

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