9 Months (on the 19th)

9 MONTH STATS

Height: 27.2 in, 50th % (1.5 in increase

from 6 month check)

Weight: 17.8 lb, 30th % (3.6 lb increase)

Head Circ.: 18.3 in, 95th % (1.4 in increase)

*Note: My sister Emily had a baby boy in March who is pretty much the same size as McKenna. BIG boy! :)

*Also Note: McKenna's head went from the 60th % to the 95th % in three months. A pretty significant spike. I'm pretty sure it had something to do with her helmet treatment, since her head's not flat anymore. :)

Since I'm a little slow blogging this, here's what she can do now that she's 9.5 months old

(in no particular order).

• Can now roll in any direction but still not too interested in being mobile. No hint of crawling or scooting. I'm still in no hurry though. She's pretty content to sit up and play with a bucket of toys for a long while.
• Moves all over her crib at night!
• As soon as I quit working (July 2nd) she FINALLY decided to start sleeping through the night. Hallelujah! I'm talkin' 10-12 hours!
• Only nursing breakfast, lunch, dinner, and bed time! :)
• She has to eat when we eat or she gets real mad.
• She uses the back of her hand to push food further into her mouth.
• Just barely cut her top left tooth and the other will soon follow.
• She loves to "eat" her blanket for comfort.
• Flaps her arms like a birdie when she's excited.
• Smiles a lot with her tongue sticking out.
• Still touches everything with her pointer fingers.
• Went camping for the first time.
• Experienced fireworks for the first time (x2).
• Has started being awake for all three hours of church... She won't fall asleep in our arms anymore. Not so sure this is a good thing, but we knew it would happen eventually.
• Her eyelashes tickle my arm while she's nursing.
• She scrunches up her nose and breathes heavy, on command (see video and pictures below).
• Has learned to put her binki in her mouth by herself (in the middle of the night even). This is pretty good considering we don't use a binki very often.
• She had her first 12 year old babysitter (just for 2 hours during the day).
• She's learning to use a sippy cup.
• She has a tan line in her skin creases.
• She had her first trip to IKEA. :)
• I started baby sign language with her. It took about 2 1/2 weeks to get her to sign "more" on her own. But she's doing it! She even signs "more" in between sides while nursing. (I'll post a video later.)

The nose scrunch

Sippy cup action and McKenna's new favorite store

The tan line :)

In case you can't tell, we love to brag about our little one and document EVERYthing! I'm just trying to savor and celebrate every second of her growing up. It passes too quickly. We love our McKenna!