9 mos and a mobile baby!

Cheerio goatee!

Before each new blog post, I typically read the previous one to think about what has happened in the last month and to also take note of which milestones Kate has defeated. I can say that in at least the past two months, Kate has been on fast forward as far as firsts go! It was very funny (and a little shocking) to read in last months blog that Kate was not yet crawling...since then, she has learned to crawl, speed crawl (crawling very quickly especially to the dog dish!) AND pull herself up to a standing position on everything possible...tables, chairs, walls, cabinets, crib, moving and non moving objects...my legs are a favorite. Although she has yet to pull up on Trevor since he won't stay still long enough to let her. I can't believe in such a short amount of time, that she is completely mobile and threatening to stand on her own and possibly walk! Did I mention she climbed up the basement stairs?! All by herself, up she went...obviously she was supervised but still. Time to get the gates out! I really hope we are a long way away from walking but who knows! We all know she has the leg strength for it!

Which brings me to the next topic: STATS. Her doc appt was the usual "well she certainly is thriving!" (talking about her thicky thick appearance). She weighed in at 20.12lbs and 28.5 inches tall. Last month our scale read about 20 lbs so maybe she's leveling off?? She received 2 shots but has a few more to catch up to according to the 'recommended shot schedule'.

Kate has also received her first haircut at Mama's Beauty Salon...a very reputable salon located in the upstairs bathroom with a good pair of tweezerman hair scissors. The haircut only included her bangs but it still counts! I didn't want to do it but I just felt so bad with her bangs constantly in her eyes. So I snipped and saved all the little pieces in a baggie, labeled and dated. I wonder if my next kid will get all of this sentimental attention?

The temp is heating up but I don't think Kate has noticed since I'm blasting the A/C everywhere she goes...goodbye reasonable electric bill...but we are in triple digits so it's warranted. Next month, Kate will be in double digits!! Yikes!

Playing a duet on her piano with the peanuts boy...

Who's that baby in the mirror?!