Almost 9 Months

Munkey will be 9 months in two weeks. She is crawling faster and faster every day. At first she started out like a sea lion that would shimmy on its belly and pull itself forward with its flippers. Now she's getting some hefty knee action going and can get her belly off the ground. We just finished child proofing this weekend. All our outlets are plugged, cords hidden, and stairs blocked. It's a relief and now she is exploring or as MD called it, going on search and destroy missions.

The solid food thing is coming along surprisingly well. She does best when she feeds herself, I try to help only when she fails. She is eating peas, broccoli, squash, apples, plums, and Cheerios's. She seems to have allergies to bread, egg yolk, and milk products. The last few times I've fed these to her she gets a rash on her face that sometimes spreads on her entire body. She itches like she has fleas and I coat her in cortisone cream. I hope the Dr. can give me more info on rashes and allergies at our next appt.

She is a happy Munkey that likes swinging her legs, lick all her cousin's toys clean, babbling about gaga and ahga (Daddy's former work place) and I always say to her, "Did you just say gaga?", and then she laughs. She has also become almost impossible to dress and it's downright dangerous to change her duty bag. She rolls and squirms like a slug with salt on it. We've had to learn to dress her upside down, sideways, and in the fourth dimension.

Tonight we were at Daddy's fam b'day party and he was dancing with her to the music they've been dancing to since she was little, a lively ditty called "Move, Shake, Drop" by DJ LAZ. After the song was over he tried to hand her back to me and she acted like he had just abandoned her. She didn't want to stop dancing and kicking her legs out wildly while daddy gyrated around the room. So he picked her up and they kept dancing. I wish I had a video of it.

Now here comes the evidence that we have a cute little tomato head.


I think these are Dan's eyes, no one yet is claiming the ears...

Loves to eat snow... all of it.


Logging hours in the high chair...

Is a silly pea eater and becoming dangerously mobile...