9 months old and on the move!

Yesterday was Callie's 9 month birthday! It doesn't even seem possible!! We had her 9 month appointment yesterday with our pediatrician and she gave us a great report! She said that Callie is doing everything she is supposed to and guesses that she will be walking by her 1 year birthday! Very exciting! She has changed so much, especially these past few weeks. Here is what she is up to now:

• Crawling!! It is a mix between an army crawl and actual crawling, but she can really get across the floor fast. Her favorite things to go after are the dog's tail and our DVD's!
• Can say "Dada", "Momma", "Buuuba" (what we call the dog), and on occasion "Neighna" (Nana)
• Can wave hi and bye bye
• Still loves peek a boo and her jumperoo
• Loves reading books
• Is finally able to put herself to sleep and we have been seeing MUCH longer night time sleep! YAY!! She did amazing with this...I knew she needed to do it, but didn't want to have to listen to her cry it out too long. I also didn't want to give up rocking her! Selfish I know! After starting to feel like a jungle gym every night, I knew it was time. The first night she cried about 20 minutes. That was it! I was shocked! The next day when I put her down for her first nap...she fussed for about 2 minutes, her second nap was about 2 seconds, and that night at bedtime she didn't cry at all! So amazing! We are so proud of her!
• Is trying more food...still loves her veggies but starting to try more table food. Her favorite thing is pasta!
• Is still teething...she is trying to get all 4 of her front ones in at the same time...one of the bottom ones has finally broke through the gum!
• Can pull up on things
• Loves bath time and likes splashing!
• She is a nosey girl!! You can see her checking things out and she sticks her nose up in the air...just trying to get a peek at something! It is so funny and cute!
• Here are her 9 month stats: Weight - 18 lbs. 15 oz. (54%) - the doctor was so happy that she actually went up in her percentile...her last one was 33%. She said that usually at this age you see a decline since they are on the move more. Yay Callie! Length - 28 1/2 inches (84%). Also up a little from last time!

I haven't done her 9 month photo shoot yet and her professional shoot is this coming Saturday, but here is a few pictures from this past month! Hope you enjoy them!

You can't tell by the picture, but she is actually sitting on the shelf of this stand!

Me with my girl and Jax

Daddy and Callie

Callie playing with Daddy's blackberry before the Purdue game

Callie playing before bed....notice Jax is keeping a watchful eye on his sister!