Nine Months Old!

Avery turned nine months old yesterday! We had her appointment today with the pediatrician, and she weighs 20 pounds, 10 ounces (75-90th) and is 29 inches tall (95+ percentile). She continues to be such a beautiful, sweet, happy baby girl. She can say mama and dada, and lots of other sounds ("yeah yeah" is a favorite). Her bottom two teeth came in so they are very cute when she smiles. She waves hi and bye, and claps her hands all the time when someone else says "yay!" or starts clapping their hands. She is crawling EVERYWHERE, pulling up on everything, and starting to cruise the furniture. She has a lot of confidence in herself which is great. She and Harrison continue to have a ball playing together. A favorite game that they play is when they are both in their chairs eating. One will start to nod their head, and then the other follows suit, and apparently it's pretty hilarious. Harrison has also taken a protective role with her. He has watched us tell her "no" and redirect her when she's crawling somewhere she's not supposed to, or touching contraband items. So when he sees her doing something like that, he says, "No no Avery! Come back! Be careful!". It is so sweet! Avery is SUCH a blessing, she lights up the room, and we can not imagine life without her!