9 months, and another year for me, too

Adalyn is now nine months old! She had her appointment on Thursday and got a flu shot and an anemia test. Her weight is 16 lbs. 8 oz., and her length is 28.5 inches. She is quite long, in the 85th percentile. She has leaned out some, but she is healthy, eats well and is really active. We can't believe how much she has grown in nine months! Apparently at her age, she gets her flu shot in two parts and we will take her back for the second one in a month.


My 27th birthday, and Adalyn is 9 months


We had a very busy weekend! We attended a retirement party for my step-dad Russ on Friday night and Adalyn was the entertainment for everyone! My birthday was Saturday so Jamey, Adalyn and I ate dinner out and then spent Sunday enjoying lunch and dinner with my families. It was a very fun weekend and I received great gifts and ate some delicious dessert, too!

Here are some fun pictures we took of Adalyn a few weeks ago:

Bathtime with rubber ducky

Here is another video of Adalyn in the tub this time. She loves her little ducky and is "coughing" for me, too. This is what happens when I get a new memory card for my camera--I can't stop taking new videos!

Standing in the crib!

Adalyn was having fun this morning by pulling herself up in her crib and standing. She first did this about three weeks ago. She can only pull herself up in here when she is placed in the crib in a sitting position, as she can't get into a sitting position on her own yet. She was sitting in the crib while I was putting some of her laundry away and when she acted like she was going to try to stand, I ran to grab the camera! She does well unless her feet slip through the sides of the crib, then she usually falls down. She gets the cutest little smirk when she does it!

Here is the video I nervously filmed :)

Busy Little Girl

Adalyn has been busy these last few weeks! Here is a summary of what she has been doing lately:
Two of her bottom teeth have emerged simultaneously and another one on the top just broke through today. It is really cute to see her new "toothy smile." A few weeks ago, she was sitting in her crib while I was getting some clothes from her closet and I turned around to see that she had pulled herself up and was standing in her crib! She has been crawling all over the house and is exploring everything. She loves to feed herself little pieces of puffed cereal and she is trying more foods. We traveled to Spokane with Jamey's family to visit and celebrate a baby shower for his aunt and uncle a few weekends ago so Adalyn traveled out of our state for the first time. She did really well riding in the car. Her latest trick is to "copy" us. If we make a coughing, smacking or blowing sound, she makes one too and then grins. We have really been entertained!
She will have her 9-month appointment on Thursday so I will update more after that.

Here are some adorable pictures we took of her at 8 months old:

Looking back...

Adalyn is already 8 months old! I love looking back at all of the photos we have taken of her so far. I am working on organizing her photos into albums to show her early months. She has changed so much and it has been so fun to watch her grow and develop her personality. Here are some of my favorite photos of her shortly after birth and during her first month of life.

Adalyn's birth January 25, 2008, born at 6:03 p.m.


Adalyn's first month home