9 Months Old!

Jocelyn is nine-months-old today! She has been out as long as she was in! Crazy! We are celebrating by going to the doctor for her well baby check-up. Poor baby. At least she only has to get one shot today-the flu shot. No vaccinations! I can't wait to see how long she is and how much she weighs! It seems like forever since her last appointment.

In the month since Jocelyn turned 8-months, she has made some more growing-up progress. I guess that's what babies do...but it's a lot of work! She is getting closer to crawling. Yesterday she crawled for real for the first time. She took about 3 "steps" (not sure what you would call it when crawling). These were real steps, up on her knees with her tummy off of the floor. I tried to get her to do it again, but she wouldn't do it. Rather, she rolled everywhere she wanted to go. She is good at getting to places she wants to go-she just doesn't crawl to get there. She will either roll, scooch on her butt, or push herself with her legs while laying on her belly.

As you saw from the video I posted a couple days ago, she is beginning to be able to stand on her own, and she's really good at standing while holding on to things...even with only one hand! She can pull up to her knees, and on a strong day, makes it to her feet. Hopefully she will make some major strides with crawling and pulling up in her 9th month, although I'm pretty proud of her for all the hard work she has done so far!

Jocelyn is an eating machine now. She eats everything we are eating, and absolutely LOVES it. It makes me very aware of the things I eat. We just can't sit down and eat whatever we want anymore when she's around! I hope she keeps up with how she is eating now and doesn't revert to being a picky eater like I was when I was a kid!