What's she up to?

I don't have pictures to post today, but thought I'd just write a bit about what Rory is like these days. What she can do, etc. First, she can crawl. She Army-crawled for a few weeks but has begun to get up and around on all fours this week finally. She's quickly learning to explore the whole house. She gives "high fives" and can blow raspberries. While she isn't yet using any sign language signs, we use a few with her and she recognizes "milk", "bath" and "eat". One of her favorite things right now is to sit on the floor with her legs in front of her and kick them up and down. As an adult, you should try it. Not as easy as she makes it look. Good ab workout! If you say "kicker, kicker, kicker!", she'll start going!

She's pulling herself up on furniture a bit. A few mornings ago Jason found her standing in her crib for the first time. Oh, and she can clap! Last weekend we bought her a toy that plays a voice singing a jazzy version of the alphabet song, and if she is sitting by it when it starts singing, she starts dancing in her seat. I think she must have learned that seeing older kids at daycare dancing around.

This week she has become an independent eater. She still breasfeeds a few times a day, but at the table, she has quickly decided that she wants to feed herself. She'll eat a few bites of baby food from jars, but then gets frustrated and wants to feed herself, so we have to give her something she can do herself, too, like peas or cheerios.

Of course, I can't give an update without talking about her size. She is 9 months old today. she's 24 pounds and 29.5 inches. That puts her off the charts in both height and weight. She is about the size of an average 15 month old. This causes a dilemma because she needs to be held as much as the average 9 month old, but is getting VERY heavy!

She is really a lot of fun right now and seems to be learning something new every couple of days. She's still very loud and demanding, but very outgoing, smiley and energetic, too.