Violet's 9 month Check Up

"Look Mom - I found treats!"

"I'm sooo going to grab the camera when I get over there"

This is Violet's new "creepy/cute" smile - more teeth soon to appear.

Violet had her 9 month check up ... well closer to 10 months but who is counting. =) The Dr was very pleased with her development - she is a very attentive little girl. She enjoyed talking (gibber - jabber) along with playing with the Dr's cool new shiny toy(stethoscope). She had her first dose of the flu shot - it went well but I still hate that part of her appts. (*We get to go back for the 2nd dose next month- ya!)

Here are her stats ....
Height : 2' 6" - (95% percentile)
(*John likes to tease that she is almost 1/2 my height.)

Weight : 21.5 lbs - (84% percentile)
(*We like to call her "monster baby" -
I think she just wants to catch up with her cousin Lucy)

Head : 18" - (84% percentile)
(*Brain is healthy and growing - always good to hear)

I can't believe just a couple months ago she was just learning to sit up on her own and now she is everywhere. We have a hard time keeping track of her with her "turbo crawling" otherwise she is your shadow checking out anything you are doing including investigating the dog bowls. (*Yes she has sampled the dog food and played patty cake in the water bowl) She has learned how to open up drawers, so I've had to reorganize my cupboards and put away my fancy serving pieces. She will play with her toys by herself for 15-30min without any concern that mommy or daddy are not near by. She loves playing with other kids - especially her cousin Lucy - she will often laugh with excitement when she sees other kids when we are out shopping. She loves music and we will often find her clapping and bouncing to commercials on TV or to music on the radio. (*If you have any great kid music suggestions - please let me know) She is creeping all over the place and is so close to walking. John is greeted most days by Violet and the Dogs waiting at the top of the stairs - Violet of course waving her little hand through the baby gate. She is growing up so fast and we patiently wait to see what she will do next.

Here are a couple recent pics.... She make so many new facial expression it is hard to capture them all!