9 Months!

Hannah Kate is so BIG! She was 9 months old on November 2. That is the point when most babies have been out as long as they were in....not Hannah Kate, she's advanced, we said that 3 months ago!
Diaper Size: 3
Weight: 18 pounds 8 ounces on November 2 (50th percentile)
Length: 26 3/4 inches (25th-50th percentile)
Clothing size: 3-6 months (I think she may be moving up to the next size by the end of the month)
Food Fun: current foods-butternut squash, sweet potatoes, green beans, green peas, pears, plums, Mum Mums, Puffs (she has only gotten one in her mouth so far, but she's practicing those fine motor skills!), oatmeal, and of course milk! (Foods in the freezer to try soon: pumpkin, potatoes, blueberries, carrots) Her favorites are still squash and peas. She does slurp up the pears though!
Newest tricks:
~Hannah Kate can sit up for longer periods of time. She still can't sit up all by herself, but if we hold her legs, she sits up quickly and uses her hand to push up on the side like she should. Just yesterday, she started going from sitting up to putting her hands out on the side to get on her belly like a big girl! AND, Wednesday she got up on her hands and knees and started rocking back and forth! We should have a crawler before too long!
~As of Sunday, she can say something that sounds like "Hey, Da Da," when she is prompted (sometimes). She is babbling away! Thursday, when I was praying with her, I said, "Please help Daddy have a safe trip home," and she started saying, "Da da da da da da." Yesterday, when her sign language dvd got to "Dad," she started babbling da da. Wesley said, "She can't do the sign, but she can talk!"
~Her new secret talent is clapping her feet together....hard....I don't see how she doesn't hurt her feet!
~She is an expert roller! She can roll all the way across the room without really stopping.
~She is still in love with chewing her feet and socks. Fun times!

Things Hannah Kate LOVES:
~During Bible time, Hannah Kate LOVES when I get out her bird that chirps. She has started singing during that song and during another one, but I can't remember which one right now.
~Being thrown in the air by her daddy. She laughs hysterically.
~Chewing anything and everything

Things Hannah Kate does not Love:
~Being restrained......unless she's eating, she's really not into being in her highchair anymore. That makes it quite difficult to do anything in the kitchen since I can't put her on the floor (she will topple over and crash her head on the tile!)! She also spends a decent portion of the day in her bouncy seat when I am restrained to the rocking chair and that's not going so well either!
~Naptime....sometimes.....this week has been much better.
.....I really think that's it. I may think of more things.

We are very blessed with this healthy, happy baby girl!
On to the pictures!
The picture above is of Hannah Kate in our favorite pjs! She loves to grab those monkey feet.

On this particular day, Hannah Kate fell asleep in her bouncy seat and decided that 20 minute nap before I could get her to her crib was quite enough. After lots of screaming (from her, not me!), I finally gave up and sat her up in the crib to let her play. She is starting to have bed head. :)
This is the happy face we normally see when we go to get her out of the crib.
We will not talk about how her legs hang off of the lamb now.......



with Daddy's wedding ring
This one cracks me up! I said, "Boo," to make her smile (because it usually does) and it startled her. She gets startled very easily!