Edy turns 9 months

Yesterday, Edy turned 9 months old. Hard to imagine how time has gone by so fast. She went to the doctor for a checkup, and her says she looks fantastic, and is tracking very well on her development.
She is 80th percentile in head circumference, 55th in height and about 50th in weight - 27 3/4" and 18.9 lbs for those of you keeping score. So my daughter is just about exactly average, except she has a big head. Hmmm...sounds familiar....
She got only one shot this time, and DID NOT like it. NewMom took her for her last appointment by herself and said Edy barely noticed it when they gave her the shot last time. This time that was not the case.
Future work for NewMom and NewDad - start brushing her teeth, or at least let her start gumming the toothbrush to prepare for tooth brushing, and weaning off of night feeding. Night feedings are not only disruptive to parents, but when she gets more teeth, we will have to start brushing them after she eats at night, which doesn't sound too pleasant for anyone.
We also have temper tantrums to start looking forward to, as she gets more mobile, she gets more independent, and we don't want her doing certain things - she she will get irritated. Yeah, fun child raising! But we also have walking to look forward to. i will be happy when that happens so I can save my back from bending over all that time to hold her hands as she runs through the house now.
All in all, a good visit, I'll post the pictures when I get them downloaded off the camera.

Edy's Virginia Visit Part 1

So much happened while Edy was in Virginia with NewGrandma - she fed geese and went on the swing, and learned to read. OK, not really learned to read, but she will obviously be a good student - look at that focus!

She also learned got much better at crawling, following NewMom up and down the hall, and cruising through NewGrandma's L shaped living room set and footstool. It allowed her to hold on to both sides and walk forward, which she really enjoyed, according to NewMom.

When she got back, she looked different - it was very odd that after only a week she had changed that much. Somehow she looked more like a little girl than a baby. I'm probably the only one that sees it, so it goes.

Return from Virginia

Edy and NewMom just got back from visiting NewGrandmom in Virginia fro a whole week. NewDad was left at home, conflicted. On one hand, he sorely missed NewMom and his little girl. On the other hand, he got a lot of stuff done and slept very well.

I will string out happenings over the next few entries, but to condense: Edy's travel score is a C. She did very well actually on the plane, but sleeping nights when she was there was just not happening. She seems to be doing well the first night back home - at least so far.

She was the darling of the flight home to everyone except the guy who was seated in front of her - he deserved it for reclining his seat on an afternoon flight while sitting in front of a woman who has a 9 month old babe in arms.

The flight attendants liked her so much they asked her to pose for a photo op.