9 months old....almost a month ago!

So life has continued to be crazy and with sickness and battle scars I haven't gotten Makenna's 9 month pictures done.  I figured I better quick get them done before it's time to do a 10 month post!  I'm going to try hard to not include Makenna's latest learnings and only what she did, knew, had, etc at 9 months, but that may be hard to do.

9 month well baby visit report: as always Makenna looked great at her appointment with no concerns. She weighed in at 19lbs. 3.9oz. (this is only 1.9oz gain since 6 months, but they were okay with that, as was I!) which drops her to about the 65%. Makenna was 27.5 inches long which puts her in the 70%. She only had to get 2 shots and she would've gotten away with none had we not needed to finish her flu and H1N1 vaccinations. Our pediatrician checks a hemoglobin at the 9 month visit so she had to have her finger poked. She just whimpered after the poke; she's such a tough girl!
Makenna got her 1st tooth at about 8 1/2 months and tooth number 2 popped in a couple days before she was 9 months old.  Prior to her teeth Makenna amazed us at what she could gum up, but now she really amazes me.  This little girl loves to eat big people food.  A new favorite at 9 months was pizza and probably taverns (sloppy joes, barbeques, whatever you call them).  She also likes her sippy cup and any other finger food that we allow her to have, especially sweets!

Still not crawling.  Makenna still refuses to crawl.  We know she's strong enough to as she's one tough cookie, but just does not like being in that position.  She'll be in a crawling like position long enough to get what she wants and then back to her butt she goes.  I'm still wondering if she'll ever crawl.  I thought that with Denver though and he all of a sudden did and said forget about all this walking around with people holding their hands, so maybe she will too.  Makenna loves to stand and she's learning to like walking while hanging onto someone's hands.  Otherwise Makenna's method of getting around is rolling.  She rolls around on the floor way more than Denver ever did.

Makenna loves her baby.  My mom and dad got her a little, soft baby for Christmas and she loves it and always has it in bed with her.  She holds it, plays with it, talks to it, and is learning how to rock her baby.  Its adorable.  Baby dolls are one of my favorite memories of being a little girl and I can't wait to be a part of this with Makenna!

Another talker.  I think we might have another talker, but what a surprise, right?! :)  When given the opportunity Makenna loves to talk.  Lots of da, da, da and ba, ba, ba.....she also does ma, ma, ma and pa, pa, pa now, but that should probably go with her 10 month post as she's only been doing that about 2 weeks now I think.  There is also lots of other talk that I can't write out!

Some where in here Makenna also learned how to patty cake!  She's very proud of herself and we're proud of her too!  Makenna also gives high fives...this sounds familiar...maybe this was in her 8 month post?  It all runs together.  Too much going on and not enough time!

Makenna's 9 month photo shoot was so much fun!  She's just so stinking adorable (or at least her bias mommy thinks so!), which made it so easy to take pictures.  When the camera comes out the smiles are limited, but the pictures are cute even without a smile in my opinion!  I hope you enjoy!  (Makenna took a fall to the floor and we think she took a book along with her which left a mark on her forehead...I edited it out on some of my favorites so that's why you see a mark on some and not on others)

Makenna LOVES her big brother and absolutely loves it when he plays with her.

Makenna showing off her standing skill...

...realized Mommy let go!...

Mommy!!

Starting to reach for a toy...

Patty cake!

Aren't I sweet?

So serious...

...my "I'm not sure of this" look.

1st time eating pizza!

Being child number 2 and having an older brother that doesn't quite know better some times is in Makenna's favor. The other day Denver was having oreos on a blanket in the living room and Makenna was sitting with him and when I came back in the room I found Makenna eating oreos too! At least he likes to share some things with her!

Makenna also does quite well eating with a fork! I help her get her food on it, she then puts it in her mouth, and then hands the fork back to me to start all over. Although now that we're approaching 10 months we have gotten a little attitude and typically throw the fork after taking the yum-yums off it!

Morning play time in our pj's!

A common position for Makenna.  Since she's not willing to crawl she walks herself out from this position to reach whatever it is she wants and then returns to a sitting position to play with what she got...or eat what she found (this can be scary...you never know what might be left on the floor!)

Also to update everyone the sickness has left the house!  I think I can officially say everyone is better.  The kids still ocassionally cough and at times you can feel a little rattle in Makenna, but otherwise everyone is healthy.  Evan and I got colds out of the deal too, but thankfully ours didn't last as long as theirs and weren't as bad either.