Annabelle is 9 months (and 10 days) old!

I can't believe how fast Annabelle is developing. It was slow going there at the beginning, and now all of a sudden she is taking off!

Likes:
Playing in Mojo's water bowl! I catch her in there at least once a day. Good thing I clean it every morning and night!

Standing up. She pulls herself up to standing allll the time now. She is rarely on her hands and knees if she can be standing. She can also let go and stand all by herself! She is going to be walking in no time.

Playing with Mojo. Annabelle crawls over when he is playing with a toy, and "plays" with him. We have to watch to make sure Mojo doesn't start playing too rough, but it's cute.

Being held when she is the slightest bit tired or cranky. She's getting a little bit clingier the past few weeks. It's fine with me! I love my snuggles.

Dislikes:
Bananas! Hates them. She also appears to not like peaches or cantaloupe.

Diaper changes. I'm not sure what's up with it, but as soon as we lay her down to get changed, she starts fussing and trying to squirm away. It's so aggravating! I've let her be naked a few times because I get so tired of fighting her, and have cleaned up a couple of pee puddles as a consequence!

Height: WOW. She was 27 inches long at her 9 month appointment, just a couple of days before her 9 month "birthday"! She is in the 91st percentile for height now.

Weight: 17 pounds, 14 ounces. 30something percentile for weight. Tall and skinny!

New Things: Well, clearly we are working on sleep training, so that's newish.

Annabelle's ability to stand up and walk holding onto things is new, and she loves it.

She went on her first jog with me this month in her jogging stroller, and seemed rather indifferent.

She also had her first attempt in the church nursery, although I don't think we'll be doing that again for awhile. It didn't go well. Neither did the 2nd attempt, and I didn't have a great encounter with the staff either time, either. So, we'll be keeping her in church with us for awhile longer.

She had her first solo car-ride up to my parent's house with me. That went surprisingly well, praise God.

Foods:
I can no longer list all the foods she has eaten. She loves carbs (just like her momma!), and surprisingly doesn't seem to like a lot of fruit. Her favorite foods by far are strawberries, black beans, peas, and avocados. She downs both of those like they are going out of style! We have to be careful, though, because she doesn't drink a lot of water during the day, (though we always offer her a sippy cup with meals), and so she has been getting constipated if she has too many "carb" foods, poor thing. We usually give her one pouch of prune baby food or some prune juice every other day just to make sure things are moving. Though lately, with her love of black beans, she seems to be doing just fine :)