9 mos

I actually have some new pictures. We gave up and went to Grama's house, loaded pictures to HER computer, put them on a flash drive, and brought THAT home to get the pictures onto our computer. I should have at least a few posts worth of pictures, so maybe I'll blog a couple days in a row.


On Wednesday Neely turned 9 months old. She had a checkup yesterday, no shots this time though, thankfully. She weighs 21 pounds 6 ounces, and was 29 1/2 inches long (although I haven't double checked the length though, because I pretty much never trust that until I measure her like 5 times myself).

She's still making us laugh with her funny faces-mostly the one with her scrunched up nose, squinty eyes, and the loud sniffing quickly in and out thing she does.

She's stood for a few seconds on her own, and is REALLY thinking about trying to walk to things a few feet away from her.

She used to just smile at me when I would show her how to clap, like she was laughing at me. But out of nowhere a few nights ago she decided it was time. Cason was watching Iron Man with Jess, and apparently Iron Man did something extra tough because Cason got really excited. Jess said he was all pumped, jumping up and down, and that got Neely excited and she started clapping on her own. I got to see her do it later that same night, when she clapped for me out of nowhere. She's done it every day since. She feels pretty big.
She also likes to hang out on the bathroom counter, smiling and laughing at herself, and making a mess of everything she can get her hands on. I love her little teeth in the second picture of her on the counter.
She LOVES this little Veggie Tales toy. She carries it EVERYWHERE we go. She'll crawl around, dragging her by her pigtails. She holds it in her carseat when we leave too.
Jess thinks it's extra cute, because she's not even excited about it like she would be about another toy. She just grabs it calmly, and then she's at peace, because her little companion is with her.

She still LOVES Yo Gabba Gabba, AND started dancing a couple weeks ago when she likes a song. She kind of bounces up and down, and sometimes flaps her arms a little too.

She's a honey.