9 Months Old

This past month has, by far, been my favorite! This girl is changing so much!

• Zoe weighs about 17 lbs, wears 9 months clothes and size 3 diapers.
• Zoe is eating 8 ounces 3 times a day and eating 3 meals.
• Zoe loves her waffles and pancakes in the morning.
• Zoe can feed herself finger foods.
• Zoe loves to bang her tray and watch cheerios fly.
• Zoe loves to play peek-a-boo with Daddy.
• Zoe is pulling up on crib and the couch.
• Zoe loves to climb all over me.
• Zoe is not a huge fan of avocados but loves ham, turkey, chicken, cauliflower, broccoli, hummus, carrots, strawberries, pineapple, grapes and much, much more.
• Zoe is crawling!
• Zoe is having some separation anxiety at night time.
• Zoe likes to pull up on her crib in the corner closest to the door and wait until you come get her.
• Zoe loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and she smiles right when she hears Mickey's voice.
• Zoe claps her hands when you say "Yay".
• Zoe loves to wave.
• Zoe loves older kids. She giggles right when she sees one.
• Zoe has started to pull her hair and tug at her ears....I have been told these can be signs of teething.
• Zoe naps 3 times a day for about an hour each and goes night night at 7ish.
• Zoe drinks water out of her sippy cup really well.
• Zoe is really ticklish on her knees.
• Zoe likes to crawl on the carpet but not so much on the hardwoods.
• Zoe loves to pull the hairs on the back of Zach and my neck.
• Zoe still only has two teeth.
• Zoe has bright blue eyes and blonde hair.
• Zoe has started to fives lots of kisses....with her month wide open.
• Zoe spiked her first fever this past month and we think she might have gotten a little bit of the hand, foot and month virus.
• Zoe loves to open and close books....only because she thinks all of them can makes sounds like one of her favorite books.
• Zoe talks and talks....she has started saying "A-Di" for everything. She also really likes to scream.
• Zoe is a squirmy wormy on the changing table.
• Zoe still loves the water and dips her face in all by herself.

• Zoe has gotten extremely curious about everything!
• Zoe loves to make kiss sounds and suck her lips in.
• Zoe has started to protest when we take toys, don't feed her fast enough, or we walk away from her.
• Zoe has also started to push away our hands when she is not hungry or push away from us holding her if she wants to get down.
• Zoe is quite the chunk now! and I love it!
• Zoe sleeps so good with us now due to her anxiety and I love our naps.
• Zoe loves to sing and be sung to.
• Zoe is moving all the time....you can't leave her on any high surface for too long.
• Zoe still sucks her thumb like it is going out of style.
• Zoe is really not liking her carseat. She turns around to look at me majority of the time we are in the car.
• Zoe is so joyful and loves to smile! And this just makes me smile.