Nine Months Old.

I’m a bit behind in posting, but Mio turned nine months old on the 2nd! We just got back home to California, and all three of us have got the sniffles. Hope our little family can be back to our healthy selves soon! Mio was pretty cranky for this month’s photos, as you will see below…

(I’ll be taking photos of Mio sitting in my white desk chair and wearing her monthly onesie every month until she’s one year old.)

Previous Photos:
One Month Old • Two Months Old • Three Months Old • Four Months Old • Five Months Old • Six Months Old • Seven Months Old • Eight Months Old

The Rundown at Nine Months…

Stats: You weigh roughly 20lbs 13oz today, although we swear you were a little heavier a couple weeks ago. Catching a cold two times in one month has caused you to lose a little weight, or at least caused your weight gain to taper off a little. Your tummy which used to protrude significantly is not quite as prominent, and you seem to have gotten noticeably thinner all around (but those cheeks are still there!). Your four top teeth have completely grown in, and you’re now sprouting a third tooth on the bottom row, to the left of your existing two bottom teeth. We’ve noticed that your hair is slowly starting to grow a little longer, especially on the sides, and has gotten a darker in color.

Things You’re Doing Now: You are so mobile and fast now! It’s hard to keep up with you, because you crawl so fast everywhere (I forgot to mention in your eight month update, but you graduated from a commando crawl to a true crawl some time ago). Your preferred method of transportation, however, is cruising — you love to stand up and move around with the support of tables, sofas, chairs, anything you can find to hang onto. You’ve learned how to break your falls by bending your knees and falling onto your butt rather than flat on your face, and you’ve gotten really good at turning and sitting up from a crawling position. Lately, you start crying if you see me leaving the room, even if it’s only for a second — the first signs of separation anxiety. While nursing, you’ll often to press your thumb against my thumb, and it’s as if you are challenging me to a thumb war! You also have learned to throw your arms up in the air in a “banzai” pose, bring your hands together in a pseudo-clap (not quite a clap because you hit your fists together instead of your palms), and shake your head from side to side. Every week, you learn to do something new — we are so proud of how much you’ve learned to do, and are looking forward to all the new things you’ll master in the coming month!