9 months old already!

Here we are, another month has gone by and I swear that time just keeps moving faster! This past month seemed to have gone by the fastest. McClellan seemed to change so much and do so many new things this month!

January 10th we started "Big Girl Crawling"-no more army crawling! She is so fast, we are amazed at how she gets from point A to point B in no time at all! It's scary. We bought a gate, although not for a week or two after this...we still need more but for now are getting by with containing her downstairs in the lower level where she plays mostly.

Now that she's crawling all over the place she is also pulling up on things and standing on her own for a few seconds. We've also seen, on a few occasions, her pull up and then take a few steps holding on to things.

McClellan now has four teeth on the bottom and is working on some teeth up top as well. The drool is flowing non-stop these days at our house.

We had our first introduction to Pink Eye, and it super, duper sucks. I ended up getting it too and it royally sucked. The drops burnt my eyes so I can only imagine how McClellan felt when I put them in her eyes 3x's a day! Boo!

McClellan's favorite foods right now are, well, pretty much anything you put in front of her! She's a fabulous eater! So far there is nothing that she hasn't liked. She loves blueberries & turkey right now and wouldn't turn a green bean down if you paid her!

We have been giving her more and more "real" food and letting her feed herself & she loves it! The other night Matt put a roast in the crock pot, along with some carrots and potatoes. I pulled some out and gave some of each to McClellan and she went to town! She absolutely *loved* every single bite! We won't be leaving baby food completely behind-I'll still be giving her oatmeal/multi grain cereal & the baby food that I've made, we'll just start incorporating more finger foods into her meals as well.

So far McClellan has eaten:

Squash-every kind imaginable-Butternut, Acorn, Guatemalan Blue, Spaghetti

Plums

Pears

Apples-we made *tons* of crock pot applesauce with all of our CSA apples and it was a HUGE hit

Blueberries-fresh and also in pancakes

Cheese

Turkey

Pork Roast

Carrots

Potatoes

Green Beans

Peas

Spinach

Sweet Potatoes

Yams

Teething Biscuits (Earth's Best) messy as all get out but McClellan loves them

Puffs (Happy Baby-Greens, Apple & Banana)

Yogurt Melts (Happy Baby Mango Banana so far)

Pickles-dill

Grilled Cheese-with Dill Pickles of course!

French Fries (shame on me)

McClellan is "talking" a lot more these days-lots of "Dada" and a few "Mama's." She babbles non-stop it seems! She even "sings" if you're singing or if there is music on. It's pretty darn funny! Music is a big deal in this house so she hears music all the time. Matt said the other day he was playing some Almond Brothers and she was "singing" along with "Midnight Rider." Pretty impressive for a 9 month old don't you think?

You know what they say, "Time flies when you're having fun," and we're having plenty of fun these days!!