Nine Months

Abigail is still having fun crawling all over the house.  Mostly chasing after Hannah and trying to get in to things she isn't supposed to.  =)  She has also figured out how to pull up onto her knees.  She especially enjoys pulling up on the couch if Hannah is sitting there.  Abigail will smile at Hannah, then Hannah bends down to look at Abigail, and Abigail giggles.  So so sweet!  She LOVES her big sister!

We stopped swaddling Abigail for her naps several months ago.  She still sleeps with her legs wrapped in a blanket at night though.  Mostly because they get cold. We'll take the blanket away once it gets cooler and she starts sleeping in footie pajamas. Anyway, I get out the swaddle blanket and lay it on the floor in the living room when it's time to put Abigail to sleep at night.  She hears the Velcro and gets all excited and crawls to the blanket.  Super cute to watch!

Abigail is starting to learn to give kisses.  If you say "Can I have a kiss?"  She will open her mouth, stick out her tongue, and lean towards your face.  This results is a very slobbery lick.  =-)  She is also "dancing" to music.  Hannah didn't start doing this until 10 months, but in all fairness we didn't listen to music that often.  We started listening to Pandora (internet radio) about a year and a half ago.  Hannah loves their children's station and asks to listen all the time.  So not only is music on in the house now for Abigail to dance to, but she heard it while she was in my tummy too. 

We went to the Dallas Arboretum this morning to take pictures with the pumpkins, so no monkey photo yet.  Abigail goes to the doctor next week for her 9 month check up too.  I'll do another post next week with a doctor's report and the monkey photo.  For now enjoy these sweet pictures!