9 months old

Wow can it be that she is already 9 months old, I swear she was just born, I swear we just had her 6 month party, where oh where has my baby and the time gone? Before I know it she will be going to prom, and married and having babies of her own, (notice how I missed all the scream, fights, and other "fun" things that will happen when she gets older)
We went to the doctor, her weight and height are good, still on the small side but well with in the healthy range. And of course they ask if the "big" head is normal, I proudly say yes, she is very smart, and her daddy and uncle both had big heads that they grew into. They have a check list they go through to make sure she is developmentally where or about where she should be: I wrote in italics and bold
Development

• During this period your baby will probably learn to creep, crawl and otherwise get around the room. He or she may even pull up in the bed or on furniture and begin "cruising" around the room. * she has been moving for a while, but never in a way that you can say she was crawling but on 11-9-09 she made the first official crawling motions! and we had to lower the bed to the lowest setting cause she was pulling up in the crib.
  
• Responds to his or her own name.*she has done that for a while, and it is cute cause she even pretends not to hear you, she will have a smile but not look at you and if you move in her sight she moves her head, what a funny girl.
  
• Understands a few words such as "no-no" and "bye-bye." *We have been trying to work on those, but I rarely ever have to say no-no to her.
  
• Begins developing certain concepts - for example, your child will retrieve a toy after he or she watched you put it under a blanket. *oh yes she is always looking for things we hide, usually the things she is not suppose to have :)
  
• May say "dada" or "mama" but not specifically. *I cant say she does say these, she does say what sounds like mama but only if she is upset, hungry or tired.
  
• Sits well independently. * has been sitting for a while
• Bangs two toys together.* yes and yes! I give her measuring spoons to play with in her high chair, she could be drummer!
• Plays interactive games well such as peek-a-boo and pat-a-cake.* she loves to play peek-a-boo, she puts anything over her head then pulls it off and smiles, loves it!
  
• Perhaps the most striking developmental achievement is the use of fingers and thumb to poke, pry, probe and pick up smaller and smaller objects.* she loves finger foods, she eats well pretty much anything, we eat only in smaller bites.
  
• Sleeps through the night except for an occasional night wakening.*always has!
  
• The 9-month-old has now learned to be "cool" or even a little afraid of certain strangers - even family members he or she does not see very often. The baby of this age also begins to take a dim view of being examined by their doctor. *she never really experienced the separation/stranger anxiety.
  
• Often has one or both bottom front teeth.*Yep she has two bottom teeth, they came in he week we moved in to the house, thank goodness it wasn't while we were driving, she was not a happy camper.
  

I am so proud of her, I cant believe she is growing up so fast. I love you Abigail.

Halloween Pictures from Jcpenny

She was a lady bug for Halloween this year. We went to JcPenny to get her pictures done, they turned out so cute, she hams it up every time she is on front of the camera, I am hoping she always is so good.

Sorry the pictures look kinda scratchy and maybe a bit, lopsided, I had to scan them in, shhh.

So cute.

Her are some pictures of Abigail eating, in case you cant tell she has a hard time opening her mouth to eat, NOT!

Trick or treating.

Her first sucker, she loved it, but she was a blue slobbery drooly mess, but i do love her just as much, well maybe a little more.




This was such a creepy clown.
HaHa, I concur





We went with a group of friends, we had a pot luck with lots of food, and friends.Then we took them out to collect some loot!

Pumpkin carving.

Halloween day, we had pumpkin pizza and carved pumpkins





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Churches Trunk or treat. 10-29-09

ER visit

Well Abigail got her first ER visit on Sunday (October 25,2009) and it was all because of me, :( It all happened cause I am a super planner, I was trying to see what clothes we all had that would match/coordinate for our up coming Christmas photos, well I found a dress that Grandma nanna had bought her last year, and i had a dress that will go perfectly, well i got us all dress and when i went to stand Abigail up so we could look at how pretty we are. When her arms fully extended above her head her elbow popt I didn't think anything of it, she has always been a snappy child even inutero, but when she started to cry, that's when i was a bit concerned, but i was like well it is nap time, I was looking at her and how she was not using her right arm, I took her down stairs to give her some food, still no movement, when she went down for her nap, she played with her doll with her left hand and not her right hand, so i told dustun to get ready we will be spending the day in the ER instead of church.
I got a food/activity bag all packed, I was expecting to spend all day there. when Abby got up form her nap she still was not using her arm, so we all loaded up and went to the ER, I was worried about swine flue, so i packed lots of sanitizer and Clorox wipes, and we sat in the kiddy room where it is empty and enclosed, i flinched every time i saw masked people and coughs, I am praying we out smarted the darn pig bug.
we got called back and had dustun do the x-ray and then we waited in our own room , i did feel safer there, I was able to lay down with Abby and we both got a 30 min nap, before the doctor came in, I explained what had happened, and she said it was probably a nursemaid elbow, she said that after she popped it back in place, we ill wait about 30 minutes to see if she uses her arm again, well she took a hold of Abigails arm and pop and a little cry for abby and about 30 second later her arm raised up and she stared to use it!!! It was so quick, she showed us how to do it again, if it happens again, which she said will be very likely now that the ligament has been stretched out.

She was back to her beautiful, rosy check happy self!



I felt so bad, like i was the worst mother ever, but my friend and mom and many nurses say it always happens, to not feel so guilty did make me feel a bit better but i still felt horrible.
The best part of this day was we were in and out in about 3 hours! That is a Wilford hall record