Audra and her fancy cardboard box walker!

Our sweet little busy nine month old girl!!

9 months!

This was a busy month for Audra!

• She had her 9 month Dr. appointment a couple of weeks ago and she was 15lbs and 7oz and 27.5 inches tall. Since becoming mobile she dropped down to 5th percentile for weight but is 50th percentile for height. I'm just glad she is on the charts since neither I or any of my siblings made it on there for weight! Her pediatrician said she probably will fall off the chart by her birthday but it's totally fine.
• She loves climbing to a stand on anything including the sliding glass door and my pant leg and spends her days going from one object to another to stand. It is pretty cute to look down and see her standing next to me just holding onto me with one hand.
  
• She also loves cruising along furniture.
  
• She can wave goodbye sometimes but not every time we ask her.
• Since becoming so mobile she is into EVERYTHING!!! I pretty much follow her around the house all day making sure she doesn't hurt herself.
  
• She thinks it's pretty fun to use her cardboard box as a walker. I know fancy right? :)
• She still eats pureed food but loves to feed herself pieces of chicken and turkey and avocado and banana. She especially loves feeding her food to Lucy so now Lucy spends most meal times in her kennel so Audra isn't tempted to feed her.
  
• She can now say Dada too!
• She is sooooo much happier now that she is on the move!
  
• Every time I go to get her in her crib she is standing now!
  

I think that is it! I seriously can't believe how big she is getting and how much she is changing every day now! I just feel so grateful to be her mama! Even on the longest days she is such a joy!!

8 months

• With 8 months came Audra mastering crawling.
• She took her first road trip to Santa Cruz for a wedding and to see her Palmer Grandparents and did really well considering how much time spent in the car over a few days.
• She also said her first word this month! MAMA!! :)
• She also took another trip to Oregon.
• While we were there she sat in the sassy seat at dinner which is a little chair that hooks right onto the table and loved it! She loved sitting at our level and talking and yelling and doing her fake laugh! She was a riot!
• She got her top two teeth while we were traveling too which made for a fun combination!
• She loves smacking her lips while she plays
• She sat in a restaurant high chair for the first time and ate some bread while we waited.
• She can also now gracefully move from a sit to a crawl and vice versa.
• She loves to sing (are you surprised?) and will actually go into this little falsetto! It is so cute! Sometimes when we are in the car I will ask her if she wants to sing and she will do it!
• She is loving lots of other foods now but mostly sticking to veggies and fruits. Avocado, bananas, sweet potatoes and apple sauce are still staples. She also enjoys the earth's best chicken and sweet potato puree.
• I think that is it! Just can't believe how big she is getting and love her more everyday!
  

7 Months

Ok so I have been the worst blogger ever!! I think it has been two months now... oops! Well I figured since Audra will be nine months old in a couple of days I better catch up with at least the post about all she has been doing as she grows! Someday I may be able to catch up even more but at this point I may just pick from here.

Here was my girl at seven months!

She had just mastered sitting up the week before and on her seven month birthday she was onto army crawling! Also on her seven month birthday she began blessing me with ELEVEN hours of straight sleep a night! I know amazing right!? Well before you get too jealous I have to tell you it only lasted a few weeks. That was an amazing few weeks though!

This month she got her second little bottom tooth! So cute!

This was her first month of learning about food! She loved anything orange for a while! Sweet potatoes were a big hit! Carrots were also a favorite. Peas not so much. In fact when I gave them to her to try she stuck her tongue out and made a gagging noise. She loves unsweetened apple sauce and blueberries and has fun feeding herself banana puffs!

She now loves her sippy cup!