Happy Easter!

We had a very nice Easter up in Kansas City this past weekend. Before that, my sister came down and we went to the zoo so here are some pictures of that too. Kylie had a lot of fun there, and was basically in awe by it all. She loved the meerkats and watched them run around a bit. The giraffe blew in our faces so that scared her a bit but she was brave and didn't cry.

She had her 9 month check up last week and she weighs 18.9 pounds and is 27 1/2 inches long. I thought she actually weighed a lot more. She is in 50th percentile for both weight and height. We are allowed to start on any table food she can mash with her gums. So we have tried a lot of different foods and I can already tell she likes that way better than the jar food. She seems to love to feed herself. Only three more months of the bottle, and I honestly will miss it- probably more than her. Thats the only time she will let me cuddle her, is when she eats her bottle. She won't let you do it any other time.

Aunt Jessie got her a Grover doll and she loves him. She takes him in the car with her, and we read our Grover books with him too. She is not doing anything really new right now- just a monkey walk, where she is on her hands but uses her feet instead of knees and her butt sticks up in the air so she looks like a monkey. Its really cute. We thought she was doing it because she is wearing skirts and shorts more often and the hardwood floors might hurt her knees. But she does it on carpet too, so maybe its the next step towards walking. She also has this big blue ball that her Aunt Jessie taught her to throw. So she loves to throw that back and forth, plus she is really big on head-butting it too.

The Mad Scientist

So Big!

Kylie is really into immitating us now. When we cluck our tongues, she does. When we clap, she claps. When we wave, she waves. Yes she can wave now! Her biggest thing is when we say "So Big!" She will put her arms up over her head. Its so cute! Sometimes she doesn't quite get both arms up, and only one will go up. But that won't make it all the way and she looks like she is saluting hitler! Its awesome.

She is almost 9 months now and I can't believe it! She is such a happy little girl and is so curious to the point of being annoying sometimes! Changing her diaper is still a wrestling match every single time. Man, you'd think she would have figured out by now that its so much quicker and painless if she just lays still. But no, she acts like I am torturing her or something.

She is standing by herself for longer periods of time now too. Its hard to take a picture though because whenever she sees the camera at all, she stops whatever she is doing and zooms towards me to try and grab it. So I could only sneak a shot of her from behind.

I thought Daylight Savings Time would be good for us because she would get up when the clock says 8 because her body would think it was 7. No such luck. I heard her around 7:15 this morning. Oh well. Not a big deal. She is trying new foods every day and still isn't into it as much. She goes through spurts of every few days not wanting to eat any food. She cries and bats it out of the way so it goes all over the place. But other days she will eat it up no problem. Ah, the joys of having a baby. You just never know whats going to happen every day.

She still doesn't quite get "no" but I think she knows it means something. Because when we say it she just gets this huge mischevious grin on her face and laughs. Her and Maverick are getting along pretty well still. He plays a lot more with her, but we have to watch him when he does. He gets a little carried away sometimes. She gets so excited sometimes when she sees him. Especially in the mornings when she wakes up or if its been a while since she has seen him. She tries to kiss him but he won't let her.

Finally, she is totally in love with Grover. We have a book called Grover and the Everything in the WHole Wide World Museum and she is mesmerized by him. I read it and she just stares and strokes him sometimes. She will even lean down and try to kiss him. Its so cute! We are on the hunt to find a stuffed Grover for her. So far no suck luck- Elmo has invaded everything!

I am also so excited spring is finally here. I am excited to bring Kylie outside a lot more now.