Evelyn at 9 Months

- Evelyn gives the best hugs.  She'll snuggle right up to you and squeeze tight.  And then sometimes she'll come back for another one right away.
- Evy is crawling up the stairs like a champ. She will sneaks up the stairs if someone happens to leave the gate open.  And with a 3 year old in the house who can open up the gate by himself, it happens more than I'd like.

- Getting into cabinets and drawers.  Her favorite drawer is the one with all my hair stuff.  I'll find her with all my combs, brushes, clips, straightener, etc. pulled out.  I think I have a little girly girl on my hands.
- Eating lots of food!  I've been putting food in the mesh feeder and she loves it. She's also liking feeding herself these days so bananas, avocados, and mangos have been favorites.

- First swing.  She liked it, but I think she'd like to climb around the jungle gym more.
- Evy's starting to babble.  Her favorite, "Dadadadada!"  She'll through in a, "Yayayaya," every once in a while too.  It's so funny listening to her.  She'll be talking so loud sometimes and then other times she be whispering it likes she's talking to herself.  Nate does like to encourage Evy to talk by calling out, "Dadadada," to her and they'll get going back and forth.

- Loves looking out the windows especially when we're watching for brother's school bus.
- Her 9 month stats: 18 lbs (47th percentile), 27.5 inches tall (42nd percentile), and 17 inches head circumference (39th percentile.)  I went back to look at Nathan's stats at this age and they are practically the same size, but Evy's percentiles are quite a bit higher since she is a girl.

- If there was any question, Evy is a mommy's girl.  Brad can be trying to calm Evy down, but once mommy is there she stops.  And of course, she wants me to hold her all the time when we're out.
- She is pulling everything out.  Books, toys, puzzles, videos, wipes, blocks, simply everything she can get her hands on.

- She does the cutest head tilting, back and forth, back and forth, all while giving you a huge grin.
- Evy is waving!  Seriously melts my heart.  She loves saying hello and night night to daddy.
- Nathan and Evelyn have not been getting a long great, but it's getting better.  Evy's usually pretty easy going and doesn't put up a fuss, but Nathan is definitely not used to having someone touch his things.  So Nathan's come up with a new nickname for her.  In the TV show Daniel Tiger, Daniel gets a new baby sister, Margaret.  Daniel has to learn to get a long with his new baby sister.  So sometimes in an exasperating moment, Nathan will yell out, "Margaret!"

- It's so fun seeing her little personality and funny side coming out.  She is such a little cutie and she's so sweet to all of us.