9 Months Old

Miss Georgia turned nine months old on the tenth of this month. She is as much a joy now as she was a month ago! She is faster than ever with the crawling and pops up to a standing position before you can blink. She has her appt later this month so we'll put out her stats then.
She loves to laugh and especially enjoys her sister laughing along with her. She is starting to fight back when Katie Jo tries to take a toy away from her and sometimes gets dragged around in the process. She is a very determined little baby. If she wants something she will get it and if it means being moved across the room multiple times she will still crawl back to it every time. She especially loves the phone and remote. She has also started eating some table food. She loves bites of bread, noodles, and veggies. She's not eating meat yet. The bottom two teeth are her only ones still. We've used the sippy cup some but she enjoys chewing more than actually drinking. She is still nursing and takes a bottle at night. Her sleeping is better and she usually only wakes once to nurse and then back to bed. She's becoming a better napper with one long and one short. Sometimes we still squeeze in a late afternooner but that one is definitely phasing out. This past month hasn't been with out the scares. She rolled down our steps from the hall to the bonus room landing (four of them) but recovered after a couple minutes of frightened tears. She also choked on some playground debris a couple of weeks ago. I think a leaf must have swept across the back of her throat. I was about one back slap from 911 but thankfully she coughed up whatever it was. So I've decided the pacifier isn't such a bad thing after all. She has reduced her paci use though and now only has it for playground time and sleeping. She started waving a few weeks ago. It usually takes some prodding but she gives the sweetest little hand flap. She loves to play and I don't remember Katie Jo ever playing by herself as much. Georgia will spend time just going from basket to basket checking out what's hiding in there and playing with each thing a few minutes. Most things make it to her mouth so we obviously had cleared out any small parts that went with Katie Jo's toys. Her favorites are the wooden blocks and anything that makes noise when she shakes it. She also loves balls and knocks them around only to chase after them. She makes lots of cooing and talking noises. She says ma, da, and na so far. She uses the ma ma sound with me so I think we'll count that one! I can't imagine why since she only hears it a billion times a day from someone else! She is a definite Momma's girl. She can have her back to me and I'll call her name only to watch her turn her head 180 degrees to find my face. She also is starting to not like being held by other people when I'm in the room. Her hair is starting to come in and so far it seems to be light brown. Her eyes are definitely blue and shine so bright when she smiles. She has two tickle spots on her sides under her arms. She almost always laughs out loud when I poke her there. She's such an observer and can just sit in a room of people and watch. She especially loves watching children play. When she gets really excited she puts her hands above her head and starts bouncing on her bottom. She is a really funny little girl.