Dear Lucy,
Wow. You are 9 months old now, though at the time I’m writing this you’re more like 9 1/2 months old. You are 3 months away from your first birthday, and thinking about that makes me both happy and sad. I hate that you’re growing up because I want you to stay my little baby forever, but each new stage also is so much fun!

At 9 months, you are getting closer and closer to walking. At times instead of crawling you will plant your hands and feet on the floor and “walk” that way. I’ve been told that’s a precursor to walking. Your babysitter thinks you’ll be walking in the next few weeks. I guess we’ll see!

You are still a tiny girl! At your check up, you weighed 16 lbs, 12 oz; were 27 1/4 inches tall and had a head circumference of 45 cm. That’s the 10th, 50th and 50th percentiles respectively. We don’t know how you’re so tiny because you love to eat! You LOVE rice and black beans (just like your mommy), and you also like spaghetti, mac n cheese and plain cheese. You’re not wanting baby food as much anymore since we’ve been feeding you table food. You definitely prefer the real stuff!

Your top two teeth are starting to come through. They haven’t protruded yet, but we can see blocks of white on your gums. Apparently, those teeth didn’t get the memo that you don’t want anymore teeth. 🙂

We’ve gotten you into a napping/bedtime routine, and it’s working wonderfully! Every night, we read you a couple of books, always ending with “Goodnight Moon”, turn on your lullabies and gloworm, and leave you in your crib with Tigger, who you tackle when you fall asleep. It’s always so cute to check on you and see you cuddling Tigger. You guys are BFFs.

And speaking of reading, you LOVE books. Your favorites right now are the “That’s not my….” series and, of course, you love “Goodnight Moon”, though sometimes you flip straight to the end of the book like you can’t wait to finish!

You are constantly smiling and laughing, and those are things I just can’t get enough of. It just makes me so happy and realize how full my life is.

I love you so much baby girl!

Love,
Mommy