Charlie is 9 months old!

Charlie turned 9 months old yesterday! Happy 9 months Charlie Monkey!!!

She had her 9 month well visit on Thursday and only got one shot (her final Hep B shot) and a finger poke. Didn't even flinch at the finger poke and only screamed for maybe 5 seconds after the shot and then just looked at me w/ this face of "what the hell Mom?!?!?" and then grabbed around my neck, stuck her thumb in her mouth and was fine after that. She's such a trooper.

Her 9 month stats:
Weight - 16.8 lbs. (12th %tile)
Height - 27.9 inches (64th %tile)
Head - 17.4 inches (57th %tile)

She's still tall and skinny. Doc seemed to think she needed to gain more weight than she had in the last 3 months since her last well visit but she won't take any more formula. I already feel like I'm fighting to get her to eat a decent amount of formula and the doc said to "force" it on her. Not sure how to do that as she is getting very strong willed at this point but I'll do my best. But I also wanted to say to him to just look at me and Wade, neither of us are large people so I don't really expect Charlie to be. And she had 2 colds/flu in the last 3 months one of which lasted forever and I know made her lose weight as she was hardly eating during it. Regardless the doc was happy w/ her health and said she is doing great reaching milestones accordingly so that made me happy. Still no teeth (altough they are close!) and still not crawling but that just means I can continue to procrastinate child proofing the house. Yay! :)

And just in time for my 1st Mother's Day Charlie started saying "mamamama" today! Makes my heart melt (I don't care that she doesn't know what it means)! She's such a great baby. Wade and I say to each other all the time how lucky we are to have her. She makes our lifes whole and is so much fun.

Now that the weather is FINALLY warming up we've been spending more time outdoors and Charlie seems to love it! Although the fresh air seems to wear her out as her naps are a lot longer after she's been outside. I think there is just so much to do and look at that she tires herself out! Today we'll hopefully get a family bike ride in when Wade returns from mountain biking with Mitch.

Charlie's 1st ride in the Burley (her hat kept riding up and off her head) :)

It's a great day. I honestly feel so blessed right now and life couldn't be better. It must be the warm weather bringing this out but I just feel great. (Now if I could just lose these last 4 stubborn pounds life would be perfect) :)

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms out there. Especially to my Mom. I love you. You are the BEST! Xoxo!