9 months!

I can not believe that my baby girl turned 9 months on December 11th! How time flies when your having fun! She is developing the best little personality! She is so much fun and is non- stop! Since she started crawling, she is constantly on the move, which is a lot of fun, but boy, I am worn out by the end of the day! She has also learned to pull-up and will pretty much pull up on any and every thing she can get her hands on. She LOVES to read. In fact the only time you can get her to sit still and cuddle is when you are reading to her or her music is on the TV. Just tonight, I was reading to her and realized that she was playing with the pages as I was reading and trying to turn the page. So, I would lift the page just enough for her to get her fingers under and she would turn the page. WOW, I can not believe that we are already there! It seems like she is doing something new everyday and learning new things all the time! She also loves her bath time. She just loves to splash and play with her toys! She also has crawling races, where she just goes back and forth from one end of the tub to the other as fast as she can. I'm pretty sure I should be letting her do that, but oh well. What can I say she loves and I love it just as much, if not more that she does!

Oh, and the stats for 9 months..... 19 pounds 8 oz and 27 inches long.

We also celebrated Thanksgiving during Maya's 9th month. We spent thanksgiving weekend at my parent's mountain house in Old Fort NC. We had 11 people (my O'Sheilds Grandparents were also there) in a 3 bedroom 2 bath cabin, which even makes for more fun! We had a great time just watching the cousins play, took a trip to the waterfall, took some long walks, slid down the hill on a cardboard box, and built some fires; exactly what you are suppose to do in the mountains! Oh and had some wonderful meals. It was a wonderful reminder that we all have so much to be thankful for!