9 Month Observations of Miss R

9 Months ago Miss R entered our lives and she's been going non-stop ever since. She is on the move and here are a few things she's been doing.

• Smile...smile...smile. Unless sick or hungry Miss R is ALWAYS smile. She has the biggest, most infectious smile ever.
• OK, well maybe she doesn't smile when she is put into her car seat or on her back for diaper changes. She revolts with a vengence during those times without fail.
• Otherwise she is a happy, happy girl who loves to smile and laugh.
• She's crawling everywhere and doesn't want to be contained in any way hence the revolt when put into the car seat or when being changed. She wants to move, move, move.
• When crawling she does this thing with her right leg where she sort of sticks it out and does this weird half crawl.
• Her biggest thing is trying to pull up on anything and everything.
• We practice walking and standing. When walking she'll try to do it on her own despite the fact that she isn't really strong enough or balanced enough.
• I expect some standing and maybe even a little cruising/walking in her near future.
• After a couple of ear infections she seems to be back on track with her eating. I have yet to find that one food she just loves, but the girl loves her bottle. As soon as she sees it she gets all excited.
• We've been working on using the sippy cup and self feeding. Still working on both but getting better every day.
• It's becoming pretty clear she is a hard core Momma's girl. She wants me all the time...all the time.
• She loves her sister. They are able to interact more each day and it's fun to watch R crawl after C or C make R laugh over and over again.