9 Months Old

Ashlee turned 9 months old on Sept. 15! She weighed 17.1 lbs (25th percentile) and was 27 5/8 inches long (50th percentile). Dr. Jamieson said she is perfect! She is getting better about her screaming which is a nice change. She still does it occasionally but not constantly like before. Ashlee decided that being 9 months old gave her permission to start to walk. She wants so bad to keep up with her brothers and sisters. She is a very social little girl. She does not like to be left in a room by herself. She wants to be in the middle of the action! She loves to smile too! She already thinks she can do whatever the big kids are doing. She will get in the middle of sword and noodle fights, try and color and draw, and play kitchen or barbies or ponies. The one thing she doesn't like to do is go down the stairs. She is very fast going up, but she won't even attempt going down. We haven't needed a gate yet cause she will just sit at the top and holler at you until you come and get her. I have worked with her on going down but she just doesn't want to do it. So for now, we will just keep hauling her down and keep trying to teach her.

Ashlee's bright blue eyes always have a sparkle in them. She just made our family complete and has added so much joy and happiness to our home.

Megan adores her baby sister! All of the kids just love her and constantly want to hold her or carry her around, which she is not to tolerant of very often. She just wants to follow them around. For the most part they put up with her getting into their stuff, but of course not always.

Megan took this picture of Ashlee standing up to my legs. That is one thing she loves to do when I am cooking, doing dishes, or working in my craft room. I have to make sure my pants are tied tight cause they get tugged on frequently. I know one of these days I will miss that feeling, so I am treasuring it while it lasts. One thing I will not miss is her constant spitting up and throwing up. Dr. Jamieson has put her on Prevacid to see if it will help. She has a rash/burn from her drooling/spit up on her poor little chest. He believes it has to do with an acid problem in her tummy which is probably causing the food not staying down. Hopefully the medicine helps so we don't have to look for structural problems inside. We shall see in a few days.

Here is a clip of Ashlee starting to walk. Her favorite thing to do when Andy gets home from work is walk between us. She gets so excited and tries to run. She loves to lunge right at the end. I can't believe how much better she gets everyday. She is standing up in the middle of the room too. It will only be a few weeks before she is walking all the time.